Best veggie bacon?

[moose]

Where's the protein in toast or jam butties?

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

atomik- Yup. They've always been my 2nd choice. Speaking of which, it really pisses me off that cinemas can't be arsed to throw a few veggie frankfurters in a boiler and offer the choice of veggie hot dogs. How hard can it be in this day and age?

Exactly and it's the same thing at football grounds too, where it is [wrongly] assumed that vegetarians don't follow football.

That really pisses me off too, on bonfire night, I was really hungry whist everyone was stuffing their faces, the meat eaters had a choice of hot dogs, burgers, or Chilli(beef) with nachos.
The veggie option was mini doughnuts, or mince pie with a cup of mulled wine, and there's only so many doughnuts and mince pies a girl can eat before they turn sickly,,, I really did fancy a veggie hot dog with ketchup, mustard and some fried onions,

 

[pogofish]

Where's the protein in toast or jam butties?

In the bread, somewhere between 10 & 20%.

There is also an ongoing proposal from some industro-bread producers to have minimum protein levels set in law. This would of course be further dependant on additives (particularly Lysine, which is largely meat, fish or soy-derived) & even more industrial processing so it would effectively serve to kill-off the few traditional bakers we have left.

 

[mr steev]

What I don't understand is why they make them look like and call them the same names as what they're substituting?

I think part of the reason for this is that it is not only vegetarians who buy fake meat products. Quorn, for example, are trying to portray a low-fat healthy 'alternative'.
It's the same reason why you see products labelled 'meat-free' rather than 'vegetarian', because most omnivore's have a low opinion of 'vegetarian' food.

 

[tarannau]

But with the greatest of respect Quorn's just dull, whatever way you wrap it up.

Its best characteristics are that it doesn't taste of too much, it absorbs flavours ok and its texture isn't too bad. None of which are particularly impressive to be honest. Unless tasteless fodder is your thing.

It's more a sign of deperation that they're sticking 'low fat' and 'healthy alternatives' stickers on their product as a selling point, like own label salads and reduced cans of diet baked beans.

It's hardly the best advert for vegetarian food. Fungus based tasteless protein; but it's healthy...

 

[nino_savatte]

But with the greatest of respect Quorn's just dull, whatever way you wrap it up.

Its best characteristics are that it doesn't taste of too much, it absorbs flavours ok and its texture isn't too bad. None of which are particularly impressive to be honest. Unless tasteless fodder is your thing.

It's more a sign of deperation that they're sticking 'low fat' and 'healthy alternatives' stickers on their product as a selling point, like own label salads and reduced cans of diet baked beans.

It's hardly the best advert for vegetarian food. Fungus based tasteless protein; but it's healthy...

I agree - oddly enough for a veggie - but I find that Quorn just makes me want to heave.Give me a tasty wild mushroom anyday.

 

[Hollis]

I find the desire to imitate bacon quite bizarre really. Now I love my meat.. oh yes... blah, blah, but bacon.. disgusting stuff. Yuk!!

 

[mr steev]

But with the greatest of respect Quorn's just dull, whatever way you wrap it up.
It's hardly the best advert for vegetarian food. Fungus based tasteless protein; but it's healthy...

I agree. But I'm sure alot of non-vegetarians buy it as 'a healthy alternative'

Personally, I did use quite a bit of Quorn when I first discovered it, but now prefer to use mushrooms or paneer or something for 'texture'. My (meat-eating) gf still buys the escalope things every now and again, but, as you say, I find them bland.

 

[rowan]

But with the greatest of respect Quorn's just dull, whatever way you wrap it up.

Its best characteristics are that it doesn't taste of too much, it absorbs flavours ok and its texture isn't too bad. None of which are particularly impressive to be honest. Unless tasteless fodder is your thing.

It's more a sign of deperation that they're sticking 'low fat' and 'healthy alternatives' stickers on their product as a selling point, like own label salads and reduced cans of diet baked beans.

It's hardly the best advert for vegetarian food. Fungus based tasteless protein; but it's healthy...

But it's not! See this post Pogofish put on another thread