what's the point of quorn?

[Drago]

I've never tried it. Are they really that bad?

 

[Welsh wheels]

Most quorn meat I don't like, but I do like quorn sausages and quorn meatballs. The former make a very good sausage casserole and the latter make a decent spaghetti. I'm not even vegetarian either.

 

[bikingdad90]

Isn't it made from fungus or algae or something equally snot like?

Yes, it's made from MyCOPprotein which is a funghi grown in water. Essentially they harvest it and then process it. There factory is on the route to Kildale and the moors in Stokesley.

Had an interview there once and the premises are brand heavy with products for sale in reception.

 

[PeteXXX]

I saw saw quorn mince in the supermarket on a promotional price of £1 for a 500g (I think) bag. I got several and used them for shepherds pie etc. Once the onions and other ingredients had been added it tasted pretty much the same as 'normal' mince.

 

[John the Monkey]

Isn't it made from fungus or algae or something equally snot like?

Mycoprotein, so funghi. according to wiki; "...it is derived from the Fusarium venenatum fungus and is grown by fermentation using a process that its manufacturer has described as similar to the production of beer or yogurt"

 

[mickle]

If you're vegetarian, why eat meat free sausages? Isn't acting out the ritual perpetuating the desire for meat?

A meat substitute I can utterly understand. A meat substitute designed to look and taste like meat goes way beyond me (although I'm cool if it floats your boat).

I laugh at the fecking idiots who think that meat has an exclusive on being sausage shaped. For your information, this is the shape of something made of meat:

 

[Tim Hall]

Isn't it made from fungus or algae or something equally snot like?

Like mushrooms then.

 

[AndyRM]

I've never tried it. Are they really that bad?

The Linda McCartney stuff is really tasty, particularly the rosemary and onion sausages, mozzarella burgers and country pies. The dried stuff that you make up with water can be a bit bland, but if you whack a load of herbs into the mix you can make it more exciting.

 

[John the Monkey]

Like mushrooms then.

Quorn's 2002 debut in the US was more problematic than its European introduction. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) expressed multiple concerns over the product. Much of the concern from CSPI and others was over the original labeling of Quorn as a "mushroom based" product, since Fusarium venenatum is not a mushroom (rather, it is a microfungus). The sale of Quorn was contested by The American Mushroom Institute, rival Gardenburger, as well as the CSPI. They filed complaints with advertising and trading-standards watchdogs in Europe and the US, claiming the labelling of Quorn as "mushroom based" was deceptive. The CSPI observed that while a mushroom is a fungus, Fusarium is not a mushroom, and stated, "Quorn's fungus is as closely related to mushrooms as humans are to jellyfish."

 

[Grant Fondo]

Does Quorn taste like Queat and Quarley?

 

[Drago]

I laugh at the fecking idiots who think that meat has an exclusive on being sausage shaped. For your information, this is the shape of something made of meat:
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Isn't that where bacon comes from?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

If you're vegetarian then be a vegetarian rather than pretend to eat meat.

err when did I say other people shouldnt eat it? tosspot yourself.

blah blah bollocksy bollocks

That's where you said it if you can't remember. Double tosspot.

 

[marknotgeorge]

The posh people insist on Quorndon us commoners say Quorn same place though and no they don't make Quorn there

I thought they were misspelling Quarndon - a posh village near Derby. I've learned something today.

 

[Drago]

The Linda McCartney stuff is really tasty...

Because Linda McCartney is actually inside it?

 

[derrick]

don't get it.
If you're vegetarian then be a vegetarian rather than pretend to eat meat.

oh and when I have tried it, it's just not nice, texture or the way it takes on the taste of everything it's mixed with

Just means more proper food for non veggies.