Vegetarian recipes

-- A selection of the wide range of vegetarian recipes enjoyed by visitors to National Trust properties -- Brings together traditional regional recipes from National Trust chefs in England and Wales "It is a fact that great eaters of meat are in general more cruel and ferocious than other men; this observation holds good in all places and at all times; the barbarism of the English is well known." This was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's opinion of the benefits of a vegetarian diet. These days the National Trust is providing more and more vegetarian dishes to suit growing demand from the swarms of "barbarians" who visit National Trust properties every year! To keep the cook entertained there are details of the ancestors' attitudes towards health and food and quotations from all manner of notable vegetarians, from the Romantic Percy Bysshe Shelley, to the irascible George Bernard Shaw.