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Meat vs Quorn
Hayley_baby
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If supermarkets swapped all the meat for quorn would anyone notice?
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Hayley_baby
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It was obvious. The texture more than anything.
Why would you want to eat a substitute rather than the real thing.
Having seen the horrible pink mush that Quorn is made out of when I used to work for them, I would never touch one of their products ever again.
The smell of that stuff is something you will never forget if you have ever smelled it.
now these ae gorgeous, my girlfriend got some and i couldn't believe they were not meat
http://www.frysvegetarian.co.uk/product/vegetarian-sausages/vegetarian-hot-dogs/
Now they are one of the best! I'm a Quorn fan married to a meat eater - he doesn't mind Quorn however. Now dry Soya is a different matter - when we go to our apt in Turkey the in laws think soya is amazing - this time I managed to take some frozen Quorn (:o) and use it there in my dishes as it didn't even defrost - they thought it was amazing - they don't have it there up North. But even as a veggie I know there's a difference, if someone gave me mince or chicken - I'd know as vice versa. Having said that Quorn is brilliant.:) I don't eat any meat btw.
I don't like the Fry's stuff, it all tastes too buttery to me. And Quorn has a horrible aftertaste.
On the whole i'd say that Redwood (now renamed to the execrable "vBites") make the best meat-free alternatives, but they've stopped making their most tasty product, the Merquez-style sausage.
If you want the best meat-free hotdog then i'd say that Taifun's Tofu Wiener tastes the best, especially if you cook them properly in boiling water.
And i should point out that most of Redwood's stuff is currently included in Holland & Barrett's penny sale (buy one full price, get another for 1p).
I agree. When Quorn mince (or similar) is on special offer I buy it. I make a spag bol from scratch (no jars of sauce etc) and fresh veg and nobody in my house notices the difference.
It's OK in chilli / bolognese, but in chunks / fillets the texture is noticeably different.
And it goes through me like an oiled up ferret
I don't know, perhaps people that eat it are vegetarians or, you know, they like it?
Oh no, not pink mush! The horror! :eek:
you can cook mince from frozen.
If you don't want to or can't eat meat then eat vegetables.
Simples!
No need for this Quorn rubbish or other fake meat products!
Or Quorn or anything else that isn't meat that you like the taste of.
Quorn and other non-meat products fill a niche. What's it to you if people enjoy eating them?
Quorn products allow some of us to eat similar meals to our meat eating spouses. That is certainly why I use them, when we have sausages he has meaty ones and I have quorn.
Makes for an easier life really.
Do they taste same as meat ? no luckily they don't because one of the main reasons I gave up meat was because I didn't like the taste or texture.
Right. Quorn is Quorn and the range is so varied that just because you don't like one thing it doesn't mean you won't like another.
The Southern Fried Bites are amazing!
Also there are various other alternatives (I prefer the Cauldron sausages for instance).
only if you buy the shit stuff that comes frozen and looks like chicken feed.