Vegan sausages

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The waffle iron is nice and hot for this one, so apologies in advance.

I was a carnivore for the first 35/36 years of my life, even used the idiotic line "for every animal you don't eat I'll eat three" with a vegan acquaintance, so I'd like to think I have some insight. For me it's neither the taste, nor the shape that is offensive, although the smell of meat being cooked is pretty objectionable and persistent once you have a certain sensibility.

A few dalliances with vegetarianism never really stuck, until I saw this ostensibly humorous video:

Nothing that lives and breathes and feels should ever end its days like that - an abominable perversion of nature.

Another epiphany came when walking through a supermarket aisle and I realised that surrounding me, wrapped in plastic and clingfilm was thousands of bits of corpses - like a horror film, except real and wholly normalised.

Personally, I now find the rearing of sentient animals to slaughter them for mass-produced meat morally repugnant and wholly indefensible - the reason it happens behind closed doors is to deliberately obfuscate and sever the link in people's minds between cute farm animals and the stuff they shove in their gub.

Wild game is less objectionable (proper wild game, not managed stuff on estates - f*** those guys) - those animals have a chance to live free and while they may be terrified for the last moments of their life, it's nothing compared to what happens in factory farms and abbatoirs. And with game there's not the disconnect between killing and consuming that there is with mass-produced stuff. Although I would add that I would not shed one solitary tear for a game hunter killed by their quarry.

I still consume dairy because I'm a massive hypocrite, but I can't countenance eating battery or free-range eggs, having learned what goes on in hatcheries. (Free-range is another marketing ploy designed to obfuscate the link between process and end product)

Finally, Linda McCartney chorizo and red pepper sausages are delicious but most meat substitutes are terrible when compared to properly prepared vegan food.
 
When it comes to meat, I think everyone probably does have their "squick point" i.e. where they find whatever objectionable. But I'm a country lass, well used to handling game, so the process of critter-to-plate isn't the issue for me. It's the ultra cheap meat that gets me - poultry in particular. People want premium cuts at knockdown prices, and alas, something has to give.

I couldn't give up meat, but must confess that I do eat a lot less meat than I used to, and what I do eat is better quality / higher welfare.
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
In the interest of research I bought a Greggs vegan sausage roll. It tastes like sage and onion stuffing, which is prowhat it is. Far too heavily spiced.
The pastry was quite good though.
 

pjd57

Guru
Location
Glasgow
The Iceland " no bull" and " no porkies " burgers and sausages are in my opinion the best on the ( mass) market just now.
 

Nigeyy

Legendary Member
As a vegetarian who was brought up on meat, I'm not afraid to say I like the taste of some meats (at least from what I recall). I don't see anything wrong with that -it's just a flavour after all. I also don't see anything wrong in having veggie products that look and/or taste like meat -why not enjoy that flavour but without all the meat industry stuff that goes with it?

However, I can't see how I'll ever eat meat again given various reasons (many of which have been mentioned so I won't bore anyone with my reasons). I personally don't see anything wrong choosing not to eat meat but eating meat-like veggie products. I'll hazard a guess that it's not the taste or texture of meat that puts many vegetarians or vegans off (though I'm sure there are some), it's more from a personal moral standpoint -and what has to happen to get that piece of meat to your plate and the various things the meat industry does.


That they don't want it to taste of meat ? I'm sort of presuming,a Vegan poster could probably tell us though.I wouldn't of thought a vegi or vegan would want a meat substitute to actually ''taste" of meat though.Maybe they do ?
 

Pale Rider

Legendary Member
In the interest of research I bought a Greggs vegan sausage roll. It tastes like sage and onion stuffing, which is prowhat it is. Far too heavily spiced.
The pastry was quite good though.

I had a Greggs vegan sausage roll at lunchtime.

The pastry was tasty, although I'm not sure how vegan pastry works.

The filling tasted odd, a bit too heavily spiced.

Seems to me if one must have a savoury pastry treat, it may as well be the Full carnivore's Monty.
 

Adam4868

Legendary Member
I had a Greggs vegan sausage roll at lunchtime.

The pastry was tasty, although I'm not sure how vegan pastry works.

The filling tasted odd, a bit too heavily spiced.

Seems to me if one must have a savoury pastry treat, it may as well be the Full carnivore's Monty.
I wouldn't judge vegan food at Greggs.
 
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nickyboy

nickyboy

Norven Mankey
I went to Glossop's only vegan pub recently (it's not a fad thing, it's been vegan for a zillion years). Had their Spinach and Chickpea curry (I went "deluxe" with added smoked tofu).

Blimey it was good. Proper home made fresh vegan grub is ace

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AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
I wouldn't judge vegan food at Greggs.

Why? They sell vegan stuff so judging it is fair game I think. The Mexican bean wrap is good too, though I prefer the sausage roll.
 

Supersuperleeds

Legendary Member
Location
Leicester
Had a couple of days away with work a few weeks ago and someone made chocolate brownies, one batch the traditional recipe and another a vegan recipe. The vegan recipe was so much nicer than the traditional.
 

Adam4868

Legendary Member
Why? They sell vegan stuff so judging it is fair game I think. The Mexican bean wrap is good too, though I prefer the sausage roll.
Sorry my bit of sarcasm ! But I never eat there I think it's shite.Not just there greggs,Sayers,pound bakery whatever.Id prefer to give my custom and stomach to a independant bakery/cafe.But each to their own.
 

MarkF

Guru
Location
Yorkshire
Sainsburys Cumberland veggie sausages are rather good. :hungry:

Yes they are, particularly in a sarnie with HP brown sauce.:hungry: The best Veggie burgers I've ever had were the (non-frozen) Linda McCartney mushroom burgers, stopped making them a couple of years ago.:sad:

Sorry my bit of sarcasm ! But I never eat there I think it's shite.Not just there greggs,Sayers,pound bakery whatever.Id prefer to give my custom and stomach to a independant bakery/cafe.But each to their own.

I use all those places when I am cycling, that's the only time, I agree the fayre is shite but I can't be arsed looking around for a quality independent bakery when I just want some "fuel", they provide an economical service to me from Leeds to Skipton.
 
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