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Veggie Sausages and other products.

Roy

Recently been cutting back on meat intake, normal autistic trait from young, only really eat processed meat.

Tried some of the new vegetarian sausages today, ‘THIS isn’t pork sausages’, really enjoyed them and the texture is really good. Some brands have been vile. Would be interested to know if anyone else has found some good veggie alternatives on the market. I do cook some vegetarian meals from scratch, interested more in off the shelf for when busy.

  • I am about to do dinner which is going to feature veg sausages - they are from a brand called 'meatless farm' I think. They look good! 

    I got them through my regular Gousto box - I also prefer to avoid meat for many meals a week so hence why I picked these over regular sausages. 

  • I do like the Quorn chicken pieces, I fry them in some soy sauce, then add them to  stir fry veg and Chinese sauce. Really tasty and cooked in about 10 minutes.

  • in reply to Profiler

    Autism and digestive issues do seem to coexist together.

    It would depend what kind of soup of course as many do contain meat products, so wouldn't be vegetarian. Even something like tomato soup contains cream/milk, so wouldn't be vegan. 

  • I guess I could be considered a vegetarian and a vegan as I only eat soup and drink water. I have a very sensitive tummy and can't eat too much...If I do it makes me ill.

    But I think if I could eat a variety of foods I would be vegetarian anyway. I just don't like the thought of sweet little animals being killed for food like that.

  • I am a bit limited by my wheat allergy when it comes to veggie/vegan sausages but like the Asda OMV sausages which are pretty much the same as the M&S plant bangers. My sister in law really likes the Richmond ones but I’m allergic to them so I don’t actually know what they’re like myself. I prefer the ones that are more soya based, not a huge fan of the mushroom based ones

  • in reply to Caelus

    Vegetarian sausages don't have any meat in them Open mouth

    Vegetarians don't eat any meat but do eat dairy products. Vegans don't eat any meat or dairy.

  • in reply to Caelus

    Vegetarian sausages don’t have meat in but they can have dairy and egg in them which vegan sausages don’t 

  • oh no, i had a vegan sausage one time and it was disgusting, tasted like plastic and had a strong after taste that you couldnt get rid of.

    but then again that was a vegan sausage.... im sure veggie sausages still have real meat in them just has a addition of herbs spices and stuff... so depends, a vegan sausage is disgusting, a vegetarian sausage can still have meat in but be nice because its meat that is more seasoned with other stuff.

  • I've been veggie for around 40 years. My go to product has always been Quorn, mainly because that was all that was available. I was less keen on the Linda McCartney stuff. 

    Nowadays there are so many brands available and the choices can be overwhelming. I've tried a few of the newer ones but I tend to revert back to Quorn, as that's what I'm familiar with. The Vegetarian Butcher products are also quite good.

    Like out_of_step I don't want something to resemble or taste like meat too closely, however I understand there is a market for that.

  • I find a lot of the fake meat things are too weird. To a vegetarian they are too close to actual meat (my carnivore partner heavily disagrees!) I trust quorn sausages because theyve been around for years and the recently discovered richmond ones are pretty good as a breakfast item. I don't necessarily think meat free / alternative automatically = healthy. It probably depends what they are made from.

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