Allergy and Vegan Friendly Food at Greenbelt 2010
Over Greenbelt 2010 (and a little beyond), get the lowdown from our team of talented, opinionated and observant Guest Bloggers. Here, Lobelia Lawson explored the festival traders' provision for vegans and those with food allergies.
What a contrast to when I was at Greenbelt 2 years ago! It seems that people are starting to recognise a need for wheat/gluten free food as well as using fresh quality ingredients that make eating vegetarian/vegan so much easier!
Festivals have always posed a problem for me when searching for something to eat, and I found that if I couldn’t bring my own food that I was eating only plain jacket potatoes or plain chips which doesn’t make for the healthiest of meals over time. Even at a festival as eco-conscious as Greenbelt, I’ve had a hard time in the past. Enter places like Thunder Dragon, Food from Bhutan, the Mash Shack, and even Nuts is offering some delicious gluten/wheat free apple ginger cake this year.
I spoke to the lovely Roger from Thunder Dragon where I’ve eaten almost every meal since arriving on site.
There are so many things that I can eat on the menu! A lovely green Thai curry, chickpea curry, beautiful rice with black mustard seeds in, a daal that is to die for, and they even do very nice nachos with proper cheese instead of that cheese sauce that seems so popular at festivals and is a real no no for celiacs and wheat free patrons. It’s great to see that through great recipes and using fresh ingredients that all kinds of special diets can be accommodated.
Lobelia Lawson is a musician, jeweller, chef & mother, sometimes simultaneously. She blogs at lobelia.net & afraidoffood.wordpress.com
