what's the point of quorn?

[ianrauk]

Pescatarians.

Which is my point.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

It would be nice if, instead of bickering about definitions, people would be more tolerant of others with different eating habits.

 

[Tin Pot]

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

Should we be in a scenario where animal life can't be farmed, we can grow protein foods.

 

[winjim]

Should we be in a scenario where animal life can't be farmed, we can grow protein foods.

Quorn and energy gels, the food of the future. It's what we'll be eating on Mars.

 

[theclaud]

Quorn and energy gels, the food of the future. It's what we'll be eating on Mars.

Yay!

 

[classic33]

Should we be in a scenario where animal life can't be farmed, we can grow protein foods.

Will you then think about the plants?

 

[Drago]

I'm a big supporter of the vegetarian movement.

All the more steak for me.

 

[theclaud]

I'm a big supporter of the vegetarian movement.

All the more steak for me.

Yes that's certainly an advantage during the great Western steak shortage that blights our lives.

 

[Grant Fondo]

So that's why I keep getting cravings for heroin, it's the methionine lol.

Quorn Mince, 100g
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 393 kJ (94 kcal)
Carbohydrates
4.5 g
Sugars 0.6g
Dietary fibre 6.0 g
Fat
2 g
Saturated 0.5 g
Protein
14.5 g
Tryptophan 0.18 g
Threonine 0.61 g
Isoleucine 0.57 g
Leucine 0.95 g
Lysine 0.91 g
Methionine 0.23 g
Phenylalanine 0.54 g
Valine 0.60 g
Histidine

 

[Drago]

Lots of stuff ending in "ine" sounds ominous. Never heard or anything good ending in ine.

 

[User169]

So that's why I keep getting cravings for heroin, it's the methionine lol.

Quorn Mince, 100g
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 393 kJ (94 kcal)
Carbohydrates
4.5 g
Sugars 0.6g
Dietary fibre 6.0 g
Fat
2 g
Saturated 0.5 g
Protein
14.5 g
Tryptophan 0.18 g
Threonine 0.61 g
Isoleucine 0.57 g
Leucine 0.95 g
Lysine 0.91 g
Methionine 0.23 g
Phenylalanine 0.54 g
Valine 0.60 g
Histidine

Just gives the amounts of essential amino acids, no?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Lots of stuff ending in "ine" sounds ominous. Never heard or anything good ending in ine.

Er, wine?

 

[classic33]

So that's why I keep getting cravings for heroin, it's the methionine lol.

Quorn Mince, 100g
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 393 kJ (94 kcal)
Carbohydrates
4.5 g
Sugars 0.6g
Dietary fibre 6.0 g
Fat
2 g
Saturated 0.5 g
Protein
14.5 g
Tryptophan 0.18 g
Threonine 0.61 g
Isoleucine 0.57 g
Leucine 0.95 g
Lysine 0.91 g
Methionine 0.23 g
Phenylalanine 0.54 g
Valine 0.60 g
Histidine

Company supplied figures
Amount per 100g*
Energy (kcals) 85
Protein 11g, Carbohydrate 9g, Sugars 0g, Fat 3g**, (Of which saturates 0.7g), Fibre 6g, b-glucan 4g, w-3 Linolenic acid 0.4g, Calcium 42.5mg, Magnesium 45mg, Zinc 9mg, Iron 0.5mg, Potassium 100mg, Vitamin B1 Thiamin 0.01mg, Vitamin B2 Riboflavin – 0.23mg, Vitamin B3 Niacin 0.35mg, Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid 0.25mg, Biotin 0.02mg, Phosphorous 260mg, Copper 0.5mg, Manganese 6mg, Selenium 20ug, Chromium 15ug, Molybdenum <25ug, Sodium 5mg, Salt 0.0125g.

* Wet weight; ie as consumed. For conversion to dry weight, multiply by 4
** AOAC method used
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists

 

[smutchin]

Yes that's certainly an advantage during the great Western steak shortage that blights our lives.

Drago eats a lot of steak. Can't you tell?

 

[Drago]

Steak Shortage? Holy Trump, please say it isn't so?