Dönerspende Diaries: The Rules of the Grill
found at: http://www.durum-kebap.at/
OK, rules is probably too strong of a word, but as I mentioned in my last post, the goal of the Dönerspende challenge is to save money *and* eat as healthily and heartily as you can.
Here’s the few guidelines for submitting and suggesting Dönerspende recipes:
- Each recipe should be a “complete” meal. That is, protein, carbs and veg. Protein can (and probably will be, more often than not) vegetable-based. Meat is expensive; organic, free-range meat even more so. Get a couple of veg-protein recipes under your belt and you just might realize how much meat you can go without.
- Each recipe should feed at least two people. Because sharing is nice.
- Each recipe, when priced out per person, shouldn’t cost more than 2.50 Euro. That’s the average price of a döner in the Hauptstadt.
- Spices shouldn’t be included in the final price breakdown. It’s way too much a pain to calculate the per-serving price of 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. That said, recipes shouldn’t require bizarre or only-at-KaDeWe ingredients. Be rational.
A side goal, too, is for people to collectively come to the realization that cooking with and for other people is actually cheaper than cooking just for yourself. It’s a recession, people, and soup kitchens are cool again. Get your ladle on with other hungry Berliners you know.
Have a suggestion? Or want to share a recipe? Toss it in the comment pile below. For our part, HIB will post weekend-ready Dönerspende recipes on Fridays, or whenever the spirit moves us from the laptop to the kitchen and back again.
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February 26th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Is cream a protein?
February 26th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Unfortunately not. Cream gets almost all its calories from fat. (See http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/51/2)
February 27th, 2009 at 11:06 am
dairy products definitely have protein; and according to Frances Moore Lappe (the 1970s U.S. guru of veg eating) although dairy products may seem to have less protein by weight than say, beans, it’s somehow more “useable” protein, i.e., your body sucks it up better. there is more science here that i’ll sort out later, not enough coffee.
so yes – cream is a protein. have at it.
also: oddly clunky but kind of cool tool, from the U.S.D.A. — get the nutritional value of all sorts of foods, here:
http://199.133.10.140/codesearchwebapp/(ss3ubjywl2zmsw553vtyu245)/codesearch.aspx
February 27th, 2009 at 11:09 am
@tonio: there’s certainly fat in dairy products, but it’s not all terrible, and opting for low-fat or non-fat milk/cream is probably the best choice, if you’re watching that intake.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I didn’t say the fat in cream was “terrible”, but cream itself (as opposed to milk) is almost pure fat and cannot reasonably be used as a protein in a meal. The ratio of protein to fat in cream is so low you’d have to consume an enormous amount of cream to get a sufficient amount of protein, with the result that you’d be consuming a truly staggering amount of fat in the process. There’s no such thing as low-fat or non-fat cream. If you took the fat out of cream you’d be left with the equivalent of a teaspoon of skim milk mixed into a liter of water. If you don’t want your protein to be vegetable-based, use eggs or (preferably low-fat) dairy products like milk, cheese, or yogurt, but not cream.