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meatballs, chickenish breasts, and more from last week

Oct 20, 2024

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Hey my lovely Pot Heads,

There’s no new recipe this week which gives you plenty of time to focus on how you’re going to utilize last week’s recipe the Artichoke Chickenish Nuggets. But don’t worry, I’ve got plenty of ideas.

Nuggets For Everyone

Michelle Albanes-Davis

Oct 13

Everybody knows I’m really not into fake meat. I’ve been vegan for 21 years and vegetarian before that, so my ideas around the taste and texture of meat are vague. Considering that I was never really into meat in the first place, my memories of eating meat largely consist of me complaining and trying to get out of it. So even if fake meat tastes just like the real thing, it completely creeps me out. It’s too close to my very vague memories so I can’t enjoy myself. Of course, I live in a world full of meat. Hell, I live on the same block as a KFC so when I go to walk my dog, the air often smells finger lickin’ good– so to speak. The appeal isn’t lost on me even if I can't stomach eating it myself. So in my recipes I am always trying to mimic the experience of eating meat without actually going for the same taste and texture. It’s a subtle but important difference. That brings us right to this week’s recipe: Artichoke Chicken Patties and Nuggets.

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As I said last week, I had envisioned this recipe as a good substitute for nuggets and patties of fake meat that lots of people keep in their freezer. It’s all of those things but damn, there are so many other ideas I didn’t think of. In the subscriber chat (which you should absolutely join) Patrick commented that he might want to make them into little falafel and I was blindsided. OF COURSE this recipe could be used in other ways and I’m here to share two more with you.

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Ball Out

meatballs, chickenish breasts, and more from last week

Nuggets For Everyone

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