Ah, no. If the dish contains recognisable beans or has the distinctly grainy starchy texture characteristic of mashed beans (with no other redeeming features), it's not worth trying.
I have persuaded committed carnivores to eat and enjoy vegetarian dishes
I hear the R4 farming programme every morning. It's not completely unbiased, but then not all farmers are competent and-or care deeply about animal welfare. Find one that is and does, and support it!
Dried beans and chickpeas 194Following up to June Hughes there's various nature reserves near me. One is a reedbed supporting Bittern, but it got there from old mine working subsistence, so...
Depends how you define 'nature'. The only 'natural' habitats in the UK are likely to be clumps of ferns growing in inaccessible crevices on near-vertical rock walls, and even those may have been affected by pollution. Dartmoor (and other moors, even in Scotland), exist because of a combination of prehistoric agriculture and climate change. Over-grazing is in large part a function of agricultural funding; as hill farms become less viable, watch under-grazing become the issue (as it already is in parts of Cumbria, after foot&mouth).
Heavens, that wasn't lashing out :-)
It's not. But I'm interested in the recipes.
yup. The 'before' table is laden with nothing but grease, carbohydrates and over-cooked protein; over 8 weeks the participants apparently learn to like vegetables, especially raw vegetables, fruit and buttorted pulses. It might be worth trying some recipes for your dad!
Problem as mentioned elsewhere -- a small freezer, and it's full of really good sausages (sorry).
regards sarah
-- Think of it as evolution in action.
