Best veggie bacon?
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subversplat
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This substitute bashing does seem awfully like a group of people trying vainly to hide their meat eater's guilt by pointing and making fun.
crustychick
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So, no more recommendations of good veggie bacon products?
Okay, go on with your contrived argument then.
to your point though: veggie bacon, and veggie sausage are hardly pointless, trendy and/or fashionable. There is a demand for these things as some people do not wish to eat meat due to ethical reasons not because they dont' like the taste. So, some clever people thought - aha! there is a gap in the market, lets try and make a vegetarian substitute. Obviously they are not going to taste exactly the same as they are not the same. But they make some people happy so whats the problem. Nobody is forcing you to eat them. If I wasn't veggie I probably wouldn't eat them either (with the exception of some rather fantastic sausages of course...)
Some veggies would rather not eat something which reminds them, whether through taste, flavour or texture, of meat. Others wish to use meat substitutes as they like them. Why should they not? It's hardly "fashion" though. It's personal food choices based on ethical or religious or any other reason.
Personally, I don't really ever have meat substitutes and mostly prefer to cook interesting vegetarian food from scratch. However some omnivores when confronted with a vegetarian coming to dinner are at a loss for what to cook and cook the same as for everyone else but with a veggie meat-type substitute in place of the chicken or beef or whatever. Fair enough. there is a demand for it. For whatever reason.
Okay, go on with your contrived argument then.
to your point though: veggie bacon, and veggie sausage are hardly pointless, trendy and/or fashionable. There is a demand for these things as some people do not wish to eat meat due to ethical reasons not because they dont' like the taste. So, some clever people thought - aha! there is a gap in the market, lets try and make a vegetarian substitute. Obviously they are not going to taste exactly the same as they are not the same. But they make some people happy so whats the problem. Nobody is forcing you to eat them. If I wasn't veggie I probably wouldn't eat them either (with the exception of some rather fantastic sausages of course...)
Some veggies would rather not eat something which reminds them, whether through taste, flavour or texture, of meat. Others wish to use meat substitutes as they like them. Why should they not? It's hardly "fashion" though. It's personal food choices based on ethical or religious or any other reason.
Personally, I don't really ever have meat substitutes and mostly prefer to cook interesting vegetarian food from scratch. However some omnivores when confronted with a vegetarian coming to dinner are at a loss for what to cook and cook the same as for everyone else but with a veggie meat-type substitute in place of the chicken or beef or whatever. Fair enough. there is a demand for it. For whatever reason.
crustychick
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editor said:
Erm, sorry to get back onto the thread topic, but what is your veggie bacon replacement which you like Editor???
ddraig
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crustychick's last post makes most sense to me.
personally a lot of meat substitutes do not appeal to me whatsoever. this is probably down to me not 'missing' it as i've never had bacon etc.
my dad however, was fascinated by it when it came out, he had some rasher style stuff 'not bacon' maybe
i do however like a wide range of veggie burgers, nut cutlets and veggie sausages. every sat/sunday after being out the people i lived with used to do elaborate bacon/sausage rolls. the smell makes me sick but food cooking makes me hungry. so i started having rolls with 3 or 4 linda's sausaes with a tesco nutcutlet and loads of ketchup. not because i wanted to be like them or missed meat, just was easy and along the same lines.
so yes veggie substitutes can be a bit silly but so what, if it gets more people to become and stay veggie, saving a load more animals then i'm all for it.
no ecoli, bse, salmonella etc for me
firky - wtf are quasimodo ethics u loon?
personally a lot of meat substitutes do not appeal to me whatsoever. this is probably down to me not 'missing' it as i've never had bacon etc.
my dad however, was fascinated by it when it came out, he had some rasher style stuff 'not bacon' maybe
i do however like a wide range of veggie burgers, nut cutlets and veggie sausages. every sat/sunday after being out the people i lived with used to do elaborate bacon/sausage rolls. the smell makes me sick but food cooking makes me hungry. so i started having rolls with 3 or 4 linda's sausaes with a tesco nutcutlet and loads of ketchup. not because i wanted to be like them or missed meat, just was easy and along the same lines.
so yes veggie substitutes can be a bit silly but so what, if it gets more people to become and stay veggie, saving a load more animals then i'm all for it.
no ecoli, bse, salmonella etc for me
firky - wtf are quasimodo ethics u loon?
fractionMan
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There is a reason that veggie sausages exist, and it is this:
If you live in a mixed veggie/non-veggie environment, then it's easy to make bangers and mash for everyone. Simple.
Veggie bacon however is just plain wrong. Have a fried egg or something instead. Funny how none bothers with veggie black pudding.
If you live in a mixed veggie/non-veggie environment, then it's easy to make bangers and mash for everyone. Simple.
Veggie bacon however is just plain wrong. Have a fried egg or something instead. Funny how none bothers with veggie black pudding.
cyberfairy
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grilled or fried halloumi cheese strangely tastes like bacon...if you in london, check out the cafe in hercules street, holloway road for a huge cheap veggie fry up featuring the above....
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I try and avoid nestlé but their products are everywhere and sometimes I don't even realise I'm buying a nestlé product. It is pretty much impossible to eat ethically, short of being self sufficient.
One day, I'll have my little cave house and olive grove.
edit to add: Does anyone know what standards have to be achieved for meat to be classed as freerange?
One day, I'll have my little cave house and olive grove.
edit to add: Does anyone know what standards have to be achieved for meat to be classed as freerange?
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