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I live in Texas and have been unable to find vegetarian suet since we arrived 13 years ago. When I ask in the local stores and supermarkets, they have no idea what I am talking about.

Does anyone have any idea where I could get some from.

Thanks.

I read somewhere that if you chill butter till it's really cold and hard, then grate it, you can use that. I've never tried it myself, so I don't know how true it is, but it's worth a try. I've just made some vegetarian mincemeat and the recipe used melted butter. That turned out well and it tastes good.

Thanks for replying. We want to make some vegetarian stew and dumplings. I have seen vegetarian suet somewhere but cannot, for the life of me, think where.

We may try the hardened butter and see how that goes.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I've made dumplings with butter rather than suet. They're prone to breaking up and seem to take longer to cook than the version with suet, so if you're going to try this method I suggest you make the dumplings smaller than normal.

Here's a link to how to make dumplings without suet:

http://www.notdelia.co.uk/dumplings/

and a link to a picture of the dumplings popped into a soup:

http://www.notdelia.co.uk/jamie-olivers-brown-windsor-soup/

If you're not confident of success, I suggest you cook the dumplings separately from your stew because if the dumplings break up too much they could spoil the taste and texture of your stew. You can cook them in a separate pan by simmering them in vegetable stock or a stock made with Marmite. Good luck! Please let us know how you get on.

You can get a vegetable suet substitute. I have bought it here in Seattle. I suggest that you check out whole food outlets and health food stores. The veggie suet is usually made of palm oils and rice flour. Don't give up, I've managed to find vegetable substitutes for pretty much all of my recipes.
Good Luck
Alex