Nut roast
vegetarian dish
A nut roast or roasted nut loaf is a vegetarian dish consisting of nuts, grains, vegetable oils, broth or butter, and seasonings formed into a firm loaf shape or long casserole dish before roasting and often eaten as an alternative to a traditional British style roast dinner. It is popular with vegetarians at Christmas, as well as part of a traditional Sunday roast. Nut roasts are also made by Canadian and American vegetarians and vegans as the main dish for Thanksgiving or other harvest festival meals.
History
The earliest known nut roast recipes emerged in the early 20th century, influenced by the vegetarian movement, health reformers, and concerns over food shortages. Almeda Lambert's Guide for Nut Cookery, published in 1899, contained a recipe for a vegetable nut roast. E. G. Fulton's 1904 Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods contained two nut roast recipes; the book emphasizes nuts as primary meat substitutes due to the prevalence of disease among animals. Florence A. George's 1908 cookbook Vegetarian Cookery contains two nut cutlet recipes. Emarel Freshel's Golden Rule Cookbook (1910) featured a Michaelmas Loaf, a nut roast that was moulded, placed in a roasting dish, and basted rather than baked in a tin.
Meanwhile, at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, John Harvey Kellogg was developing nut-based roasts and cutlets, believing nuts to be the future of food sustainability. His work helped popularize nut-based meat alternatives, particularly among the health-conscious elite.
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