Not being a vegetarian myself, and having been indoctrinated for both East and West cooking in the art of a reduced stock, it is challenging for me to cook for my vegetarian friends. In fact, I admit to being a bit vexed especially when it comes to cooking for an herbivore and omnivore mixed crowd. Upon serving certain dishes, I intone the injunction to 'love thy neighbor' to myself and refrain from saying, "This dish would have been five times better had I used beef bone, but there are vegetarians here." I usually end up in a sort of compromise where a hearty vegetarian dish is served along with a meaty counterpart. For the most part I've found that it is indeed possible to please everyone.
One of my champion dishes for vegetarian and non-vegetarian friends alike is vegetarian borscht. Borscht undoubtedly is mainly a vegetarian dish anyway, is filling and thrilling, and almost all vegetarians (except for those ultra-orthodox 'vegans') will eat at least yoghurt and usually sour cream and cheese as well. And who can resist that dollop of fresh dill spiked sour cream floating and mingling in the blood red broth of a borscht, with a de rigueur hand torn crust of pumpernickel on the side. It is indeed a festive, inspiring sight that quite simply incites hunger.
Vegetarian Dishes
Fortunately for us stock fanatics borscht is prepared with hearty and rich root vegetables, which really stand out on their own and add wallops of flavor to the liquor. A good borsch tastes like the good earth that it came from is my motto. Finally, although borscht is perceived as yucky to beet-hating kids and pretty much forgotten about as an adult, I'm always disappointed to find I've been left with an empty pot at the end of the night, meaning no leftovers for me the next morning.
Vegetarian Borscht
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