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Vegeies, what's your beef?
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What's the vegie equivalent to beef or lamb or something luffly like that??
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When im doing vegie mushrooms are my meat i cook them in everythingeg bolagnase just chuck in a shed load of mushrooms instead of mince and viola its soooooo nice
linda mccartney did sage and onion sausages one year for crimbo - they were amazing, havent seen them since though.
also at christmas ,i have nut roast
Tesco's own rage (in the green boxes in the frozen dept.) is lovely, the sausages and burgers, especially the big quarterpounder ones.
Quorn mince is great with any sauce, I cook it in lasagnes, bologneses, fajitas, with rice, anything. The Quorn chicken-style pieces are good too, I like them in that Patak's Balti sauce.
Linda McCartney stuff mings.
Absolutely. I usually get Cauldron brand Tofu as well, which can be used as a meat substitute, although it isn't universally liked...or at least not when I cook it :eek2:
Agree with KHSS on Tesco's own range, especially the Feta and Spinach bakes which I suspect they may have stopped making :crying: and the Quorn "chicken" pieces are a winner, too.
I'm not a big fan of the Quorn mince though, I much prefer the Realeat Mince that Tesco stocks..and Asda's own-brand soya mince is good too. In their frozen section, I believe
Quorn mince is good for bolognaise or chillis.
or Aubergine
The ones in the puff pastry squares? If thats what you mean, they do still make them, I had them on Friday night
Quorn mince is really good, I made a quorn mince lasagne for my family and they didnt notice it wasnt beef, and didnt believe me after I told them it was quorn. In fairness, its the only quorn product that really tastes like meat.
I agree with linda mcartney stuff minging, but the country pies are realllly nice. Quorn chicken style pieces are good in fajitas and the tikka chicken pieces are good too. Not too keen on their sausages though.
You're meant to use alot of mushrooms if you're veggie but i'm not too keen on them so tend to use other vegetables instead, alot of potato, sweet potato, aubergine..that kind of thing.
What's nut roast like? Never tried it, probably cos I don't really like nuts?!
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why do veggies try to eat things as similar to meat as possible? why not just go for the more tastier meat option or not at all...
like veggie mince, veggie sausages, veggie bacon....
it puzzles me.
meat rocks. end of.
If they go veggie because they hate the taste of meat, then obviously it would be weird for them to go for all the substitute meat stuff. If they go veggie because of animal rights, or because theyre intolerant to meat, then its perfectly understandable that they may still miss the taste, or they may even just like the vegetarian alternative in its own right, not to mention the fact that a lot of the veggie alternatives are lower in fat and calories - ie quorn sausages being about 60 calories each, compared to about 150 or 200 calories for the average pork sausage.
I am a meat eater and I love making quorn bolognase. I eat quorn a lot.
guess thats a fair point, just from what ive tasted it doesnt taste anything like meat. just my oppinion of course.
youve also got people like my mum whove been vegetarian for so long, they couldnt tell you whether the substitutes tasted like meat or not, and they dont much care, they just like them for what they are.
May be old - but ^ is still true
Theyre exactly like the beef and onion pies you get in a chip shop.
I'm not sure if it's Linda McCartney but I used to buy vegetarian sausage rolls. They were looooveeely and puffed up massive. But I don't have an oven now so can't have them.
Im like button, i love meat, but i love quorn too, and one day Koe, you will taste it in with something else, and you ill love it! i promise!
I like the taste of meat, but sometimes the reality of it (veins, chewy fat bits) make me want to puke, so I eat quorn saussies instead. I also can't eat beef cause it messes with my digestion, so again, quorn burgers and mince = godsend. The only real meat I eat is chicken breast meat and bacon. And for the record, veggie bacon is rank.
Although Mr. Kaff is a meat eater but still likes the taste of quorn. For him it's not a replacement, just an additional tasty thing he can eat.
According to a quick google search early frozen meals were found to contain some meat, and some products had double the advertised fat - but that was very early days apparently.
quorn is nothing like meat, but it tastes quite nice for a meat-free product!