My father grew up on a farm outside Des Moines, and we went back every other summer as my Grandma's birthday was August 1, which meant family reunion. Given that there were about 50 of us cousins it was a big party.
I grew up in Maine, and Mother wouldn't fly, so it was a two or three day car trip out, and the same back, in an economy car with no AC. One of the many reasons I don't get carsick very easily.
I think it's just the food; Iowa food was so different than all that seafood I was used to eating in Maine.
I just realized the other week that the weirdo chili my mother always made, which she learned to make from her Iowa in-laws, is some kind of bastardized version of Cincinnati chili. Only we ate it like a soup, with saltines, instead of over pasta, and the beans and onions were already in it.
Why would tofu ruin gazpacho? The recipe is for grilled shrimp but tofu is cheaper and better for me-and as a hypoglycemic I need to put protein in things.
Interesting, I never once had gazpacho with any form of meat or protein in it. It is meant to be a very light, cold summer soup made of veggies. However, gazpacho is also one of those things that can vary widely by area of the country. Also, it's not intended to be a main course. It's like a blended salad. I'm guessing your recipe came from a different province than Andalucia. Or, it's a recipe that has been made to an American's taste, because, honestly, I've never met a Spaniard yet who put seafood or any kind of protein in their gazpacho.
However, I can understand the need to meet dietary demands. And the way we ate gazpacho when I was in Spain included throwing in cubed bread. I could well imagine the tofu as replacing the bread. :D
This is probably very 20th century of me, but I sort of love watching the way that recipes get adapted, and really love that in cooking for myself I can sort of do whatever I want. I make no claims for authenticity! But I love that when I make a cobb salad, I can substitute goat cheese for the blue cheese, and roasted corn for the boiled egg (that's something I picked up in a restaurant) and turkey bacon for the bacon and have something that's more to my own tastes, even if it's maybe not "really" a cobb salad anymore
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I grew up in Maine, and Mother wouldn't fly, so it was a two or three day car trip out, and the same back, in an economy car with no AC. One of the many reasons I don't get carsick very easily.
I think it's just the food; Iowa food was so different than all that seafood I was used to eating in Maine.
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Yeah, I don't even know.
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::weeps::
::clutches her fond memories of Spain tightly to her chest stomach::
Zucchini pancake, OTOH, are very yum. A mix of potato/zucchini is very good, too.
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However, I can understand the need to meet dietary demands. And the way we ate gazpacho when I was in Spain included throwing in cubed bread. I could well imagine the tofu as replacing the bread. :D
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