Veggie Option

[Menu]

Richmond's pork sausages are rubbish though.

Worst opinion I've ever read on here.

[SpiderChrist]

Worst Best opinion I've ever read on here.

And their vegan sossies are fucking rank too.

[thenoise]

Best veg sausages are Cauldron Lincolnshire. A nice texture, skin crispens up nicely under the grill and goes nicely with beans egg and mushrooms for an acceptable fried breakfast, or mash gravy and peas for an acceptable dinner. If you're feeling really fancy, they make a great toad-in-the-hole too.

The Cumberland are fine but a bit too peppery for me.

[thenoise]

Disclaimer: I've not eaten proper meat since 1989, i was brought up on the stodgy old-school kind of vegetarian food - nut roast, homity pie, wholemeal pasta and plastic shoes - so I'm not very interested in realism in my meat substitute. However I will concede that Linda McCartney sausage rolls are very nice (the meatballs are acceptable, the rest of her range, not so much).

For vegetarian burger options, the humble beanburger is unfairly maligned. Its a pity that this solid tasty and unapologetically vegetarian fastfood option has been replaced by suspicious tasting jackfruit etc.

[seepage]

Yes, until my local co-op stopped selling them, used to enjoy the Cauldron ones in a sub roll with the semolina on top, with a ton of butter and black pepper. I think they've stopped all veg sausages, and all Quorn. Oddest thing to stop was hand wash about 5 years ago.
 

[Jockice]

I've just had a Rustlers Meatless Maverick burger for the first time ever. It was okay, although the bread was a bit rubbery, but that'a probably because I put the whole thing in the microwave rather than separating it and putting the bun in the toaster, as suggested.

There was a slice of real cheese with it though, so it wasn't a totally vegan option. But I'm not totally vegan anyway, so slipped it on. I've become quite fond of vegan cheese nowadays (it took a while though) and have some in my fridge but since I didn't have any slices and I'd have to open a lump of the stuff I went for the slice in the pack. I don't drink milk anymore (I love Alpro, apart from the cashew flavour, which is rank) so that was that. The cheese was there so I ate it.

The tube of their 'signature sauce' in the pack can fuck right off though.

[Jockice]

I mean that's just my opinion, I'm no expert, I do eat meat and I also once ate some noodles out of a bin, just for a yardstick of my culinary standards.

Are you a member of Happy Mondays?

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

What's the status of vegan cheese these days? Have they managed to make one that doesn't turn into a puddle of oil when it melts?

[Pink Gregory]

What's the status of vegan cheese these days? Have they managed to make one that doesn't turn into a puddle of oil when it melts?

All the major brands are still too sticky when melted, although I've got used to using less to mitigate that.

[LynnBenfield69]

Any vegan cheese made using coconut tastes awful and sticks to the roof of your mouth.

Can also confirm Richmond veggie sausages are disgusting.

[Pink Gregory]

We just go between Violife Mature and Applewood Smoked.  Nuurish camembert was okay, haven't tried baking it.

We got some crazy good cultured vegan cheese through mail order for christmas, but that was pretty expensive and fairly specialist.

[seepage]

I get an instant gag reflex from vegan cheese containing coconut.

And yes, Richmond veggie sausages are the worst I've had, although I wouldn't say revolting.

[JaDanketies]

The vegan cheese is just a nutritional hole too, it's all awful fat. You can make your own with some cashews

[Menu]

And their vegan sossies are fucking rank too.

How could you??

[SpiderChrist]

The vegan cheese is just a nutritional hole too, it's all awful fat. You can make your own with some cashews

Sadly I'm one of those freaks with a nut allergy. And an egg allergy. And I'm lactose intolerant. If I was a horse they'd have shot me years ago.

[Menu]

You'd have probably ended up in a Richmond Sausage.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

To briefly go on a nutty tangent: nuts also make a poor substitute for flour.

[bgmnts]

Probably said it before multiple times but if you want a cheesy taste in a sauce or on beans or whatever just put a spoon or two of nutritional yeast in it. Gives a very nice cheesy and slightly nutty taste and is presumably much, much healthier than cheese.

[Pink Gregory]

Probably said it before multiple times but if you want a cheesy taste in a sauce or on beans or whatever just put a spoon or two of nutritional yeast in it. Gives a very nice cheesy and slightly nutty taste and is presumably much, much healthier than cheese.

Nutritional yeast and english mustard, sometimes a bit of miso paste

[Sebastian Cobb]

Here's as good a place to ask as any: what should I do with a spare Pak Choi? I've already cooked the thing I wanted to and it's left over.

I've already shoved it up my arse.

[Crenners]

Here's as good a place to ask as any: what should I do with a spare Pak Choi? I've already cooked the thing I wanted to and it's left over.

I've already shoved it up my arse.

Chop off the root, slice the leaves inc crunchy white bits to 2 inch pieces.

Stir fry in hot wok, soy, ginger, garlic, maybe a bird's eye chilli if you got one, splash of vinegar, pinch of salt and sugar, then splash of water and cover to steam. Sprinkle with crushed peanuts and serve over rice.

[Jockice]

Nutritional yeast and english mustard, sometimes a bit of miso paste

No chance. Mustard is bad. And while we're on this sort of subject, coconut is delicious. I can't understand why so many people have a downer on it.

[JaDanketies]

fiancee used cashews for cheese sauce today and it was very nice and tasted like cheese sauce.

[SpiderChrist]

No chance. Mustard is bad. And while we're on this sort of subject, coconut is delicious. I can't understand why so many people have a downer on it.

In my case, my dislike of coconut is directly related to the vomiting that shortly follows when I consume it. Even the smell of it can make me retch.

[Jockice]

In my case, my dislike of coconut is directly related to the vomiting that shortly follows when I consume it. Even the smell of it can make me retch.

Fair enough then. Mustard has much the same effect on me. Takes all sorts eh?

[SpiderChrist]

Fair enough then. Mustard has much the same effect on me. Takes all sorts eh?

Yeah, mustard makes me puke too. And bananas. I fucking hate bananas. Cunts.

[Jockice]

Yeah, mustard makes me puke too. And bananas. I fucking hate bananas. Cunts.

Bananas are ok but only fresh ones. The black bit when it's started going off is not the 'best bit' as my mother regularly tried to convince me.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Chop off the root, slice the leaves inc crunchy white bits to 2 inch pieces.

Stir fry in hot wok, soy, ginger, garlic, maybe a bird's eye chilli if you got one, splash of vinegar, pinch of salt and sugar, then splash of water and cover to steam. Sprinkle with crushed peanuts and serve over rice.

Nice one, thanks!

[holyzombiejesus]

Isn't it a bit odd to buy vegetarian/ vegan produce made by companies who make most of their money from selling meat? I guess if you follow the ownership of companies then most will have some link to the meat industry but it seems a bit odd to me to be going in to McDonalds for a vegeburger or buying Richmonds veg sausages. Then again, I really like Heck's vegan sausages so I'm obviously full of shit (and sausages).

[JaDanketies]

Isn't it a bit odd to buy vegetarian/ vegan produce made by companies who make most of their money from selling meat? I guess if you follow the ownership of companies then most will have some link to the meat industry but it seems a bit odd to me to be going in to McDonalds for a vegeburger or buying Richmonds veg sausages. Then again, I really like Heck's vegan sausages so I'm obviously full of shit (and sausages).

some people have a problem with it, but I rationalise that they're all owned by Unilever anyway. Also my fiancee isn't a vegan but she happily eats the Richmond vegan sausages, so I can also justify it pragmatically in that it stops her from eating meat. And my money isn't directly going to pay for animal exploitation, it's merely going to fund a company that makes the bulk of its profits in animal exploitation. It's like buying artisan bread from the Los Zetas cartel. Maybe you can cross your fingers and hope that enough people start buying Los Zetas' artisan bread, they'll eventually give up on the beheadings and focus on breadmaking.