Vegetarianism

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2 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Top level

 

Needless to say.

 

 

[Tony Moanero]

 

[Mudface]

3 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

Some of his restaurant reviews in the Guardian/ Observer are brilliantly acidic.

[Paulie Dangerously]

On 12/01/2020 at 18:38, Bjornebye said:

Mate you need to try these:

 

 

 

 

I've had these and they were lovely. Had the No Chick burgers tonight which were indistinguishable from the crispy, chopped and shaped chicken burgers which I fuckin love.  

[Chip Butty]

23 hours ago, mattyq said:

I believe this is known as a Royale

A Royale with cheese 

[Bjornebye]

59 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

I've had these and they were lovely. Had the No Chick burgers tonight which were indistinguishable from the crispy, chopped and shaped chicken burgers which I fuckin love.  

The Plant Kitchen stuff in M&S is lovely. 

 

She tried the KFC vegan burger the other day and loved it. Personally I think she is a hypocrite for buying anything from there as a vegan but her reply was "By them selling it if it means one person going in who would normally buy a chicken buys a vegan burger then its one chicken saved". Hard to argue with that to be fair. 

[Chip Butty]

Currently on a course and on Monday the training center served up a vegetarian casserole. All well and good.

Cut to today, said Vegetarian casserole is now in a different large flat servicng dish and sporting reasonably sized circles of puff pastry and is now called Vegetarian Pies. 

 

Now, I'm all up for not making waste, but at least have the decency to make an effort, and for those of us who don't eat meat, please make sure you cover your tracks you unimaginative cunts. This is exactly why people are put off from eating more vegetable based diets. 

 

By the way, it was bang average both as a casserole and a pie. 

[Red Phoenix]

8 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

 

They have to face some type of disciplinary action if they're putting cheese in weird shaped yorkshire puddings like that. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.

[Pidge]

4 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

The Plant Kitchen stuff in M&S is lovely. 

 

She tried the KFC vegan burger the other day and loved it. Personally I think she is a hypocrite for buying anything from there as a vegan but her reply was "By them selling it if it means one person going in who would normally buy a chicken buys a vegan burger then its one chicken saved". Hard to argue with that to be fair.  

Oh my God I want KFC to start selling whole chickens.

[elvis]

18 hours ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

I've had these and they were lovely. Had the No Chick burgers tonight which were indistinguishable from the crispy, chopped and shaped chicken burgers which I fuckin love.  

I had one of these last night on a brioche bun , with shrooms , onions, lettuce a sprinkle of cheese and some tomato/relish . Very nice 

[Strontium]

18 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

She tried the KFC vegan burger the other day and loved it. Personally I think she is a hypocrite for buying anything from there as a vegan but her reply was "By them selling it if it means one person going in who would normally buy a chicken buys a vegan burger then its one chicken saved". Hard to argue with that to be fair. 

 

I've seen a few hardline vegans making the same argument, that you shouldn't buy anything from KFC, McDonald's etc because those companies are responsible for the slaughter of millions of animals. I don't agree with it, and here's why.

 

Businesses aren't moral arbiters. They respond to what their customers want. The only reason KFC sells fried chicken is because there's a market for it. If everyone in the country was vegetarian, they would - quite clearly - only sell veggie stuff.

 

Therefore the only way to get them to sell fewer meat products is to keep buying meat-free products from them. Show them there's a big and growing market for vegan and vegetarian alternatives, and they'll offer more of them. This is exactly what has happened with Greggs, for whom the vegan sausage roll was such a success that they've brought in the vegan steak bake and are looking at expanding the range further. And it's a virtuous circle - as more and more alternatives become available, it becomes easier for people to switch to them.

[Mudface]

They want to expand their market though, not just swap people having chicken/ burgers for people having the veggie stuff. They want both sets.

[Strontium]

I don't think the food market as a whole can expand much more, we already eat way too much as it is.

[Mudface]

48 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

I don't think the food market as a whole can expand much more, we already eat way too much as it is.

True (although the population is still rising and will do for the foreseeable future), hence the current direction by various fast food outlets to attract people who wouldn't normally have bought from them. It's good in terms of choice for veggies/ vegans, it might even help convert some people, but it's not really going to make much difference to the number of animals killed for food.

[TheHowieLama]

I would like some from column A and some from column B

[Paulie Dangerously]

3 week today and still enjoying it.  Faced two of my biggest fears yesterday.  Cooking bacon for MrsD and KidD and going out for a few drinks and a meal with MrsD.  I was concerned that both things could've made me think "aw fuck it" and have a little go on the meat again but they didn't. 

 

Had a lovely paneer chili masala in Saffron in Crosby if anyone wants a recommendation.  Also, got ourselves one of those "hello fresh" boxes on offer.  Loads of good vegetarian ideas in there.  We've had miso and honey aubergine tacos which were fantastic and I've just made the fillings for a mushroom and caramelised onion wellington which is going to be done for our tea. 

 

 

[Paulie Dangerously]

Caramelized onion, portabello mushroom and goats cheese Wellington

[TheHowieLama]

Do you call that rapini or broccoli rabe?

[Paulie Dangerously]

Tenderstem broccoli

[Tony Moanero]

39 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Caramelized onion, portabello mushroom and goats cheese Wellington

Looks lovely, that.

[General Dryness]

2 hours ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Caramelized onion, portabello mushroom and goats cheese Wellington

That's basically a mushroom, cheese and onion pasty.

[Tony Moanero]

9 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

That's basically a mushroom, cheese and onion pasty.

You say that like it’s a bad thing!

[General Dryness]

5 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

You say that like it’s a bad thing!

No not at all mate, love a good pasty me.

[redheart]

On 23/01/2020 at 13:46, Strontium Dog™ said:

 

I've seen a few hardline vegans making the same argument, that you shouldn't buy anything from KFC, McDonald's etc because those companies are responsible for the slaughter of millions of animals. I don't agree with it, and here's why.

 

Businesses aren't moral arbiters. They respond to what their customers want. The only reason KFC sells fried chicken is because there's a market for it. If everyone in the country was vegetarian, they would - quite clearly - only sell veggie stuff.

 

Therefore the only way to get them to sell fewer meat products is to keep buying meat-free products from them. Show them there's a big and growing market for vegan and vegetarian alternatives, and they'll offer more of them. This is exactly what has happened with Greggs, for whom the vegan sausage roll was such a success that they've brought in the vegan steak bake and are looking at expanding the range further. And it's a virtuous circle - as more and more alternatives become available, it becomes easier for people to switch to them.

 

Just like Burger King and McDonalds all the veggie stuff is cooked on the same grill etc as murder food and hence is not veggie!

[Strontium]

9 minutes ago, redheart said:

 

Just like Burger King and McDonalds all the veggie stuff is cooked on the same grill etc as murder food and hence is not veggie!

 

That's not true. McDonald's spicy veggie wrap, KFC's vegan burger and BK's veggie bean burger all have dedicated food preparation areas. They wouldn't be certified by the Vegetarian Society if they didn't.