At the end of the day it seems like an appetising toss up between vegetable refuse/lab grown fungus and snouts/eyelids/testicles.
Greggs vegan sausage rolls
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At the end of the day it seems like an appetising toss up between vegetable refuse/lab grown fungus and snouts/eyelids/testicles.
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I had not had Greggs for years..used to have them regularly at school. With all the hullabaloo around Greggs at the moment I thought I'd re-introduce myself to them and got a sausage roll...yeah I wasn't impressed at all. Not good. I guess I've been spoiled over the years with sourcing my sausage rolls from a local butcher, not that I'm a great consumer of sausage rolls, but do enjoy them when I do. So no chance of me trying the vegan one. All I can say the Greggs Marketing team have played a blinder. Well done to them. They've created a real buzz around cheap and pretty sub par food.
I did try the vegan burger at McDonalds as everyone was raving about it, even meat eaters were saying it was as good as the meat alternatives. All I can say they must specially select people who say that because it was nothing like the meat burgers, was overly sweet, the meat had a soggy texture and was generally lacking in texture. And even less satisfying as their meat burgers.
As for meat trimmings going into sausages...well of course...thats the point. They were intended to make use of more of the animal and use up the trimmings from the better cuts of meat. Doesnt mean to say it's not good food and you cant make a good sausage that contains that. Should have a healthy dose of decent meat too. No different to having a nice rack of ribs and picking the bone and gnawing at all the stuff stuck to the bone, or gnawing at the bone of a chicken wing or thigh...thats basically the sort of tissue it is.
I did try the vegan burger at McDonalds as everyone was raving about it, even meat eaters were saying it was as good as the meat alternatives. All I can say they must specially select people who say that because it was nothing like the meat burgers, was overly sweet, the meat had a soggy texture and was generally lacking in texture. And even less satisfying as their meat burgers.
As for meat trimmings going into sausages...well of course...thats the point. They were intended to make use of more of the animal and use up the trimmings from the better cuts of meat. Doesnt mean to say it's not good food and you cant make a good sausage that contains that. Should have a healthy dose of decent meat too. No different to having a nice rack of ribs and picking the bone and gnawing at all the stuff stuck to the bone, or gnawing at the bone of a chicken wing or thigh...thats basically the sort of tissue it is.
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This is marketing "Sell against"
The meat offering is bland like most other UPF, designed not to offend anyone & sell EleventyBillion, which results in tastes good to no-one.
Veg based one needs some food techs to make it tasty. Bingo tastes better than meat one it is an easy win... And the populace is lapping up veg anything regardless of the actual ingredients or processing.
And for them it is even cheaper to produce.
Winner winner non chicken dinner
The meat offering is bland like most other UPF, designed not to offend anyone & sell EleventyBillion, which results in tastes good to no-one.
Veg based one needs some food techs to make it tasty. Bingo tastes better than meat one it is an easy win... And the populace is lapping up veg anything regardless of the actual ingredients or processing.
And for them it is even cheaper to produce.
Winner winner non chicken dinner
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Well that is marketing in practice again, this time government backed..I've never tasted a veg option that is tastier than a decent meat alternative. Of course there are alot of crap meat products out there, so that is easy competition, but offer up a decent sausage/burger/steak slice option up against the best veggie or vegan option bred from slime in a laboratory test tube and not only is it in a different league in terms of flavour and texture its also healthier and not a poison to your system.And the populace is lapping up veg anything regardless of the actual ingredients or processing.
And for them it is even cheaper to produce.
Winner winner non chicken dinner
If we let the government and activists win this is the future of food in the not too distant future...well for us at least, you can bet those in charge will be tucking into a plate of proper meat and two veg:-
Support your local producers even if it costs you a bit more.
