New Fivers contain animal fat...

[thomasjonny69]

FFS!
You couldn't make it up.
Who gives a flying f**k?
It's a £5 note not a bloody sandwich!

Do people genuinely get uptight about this sort of thing?

[Ste1987]

thomasjonny69 said:

FFS!
You couldn't make it up.
Who gives a flying f**k?
It's a £5 note not a bloody sandwich!

Do people genuinely get uptight about this sort of thing?

I read an article somewhere that being veggie is just as, if not more, harmful to the planet than being omnivore. Would love to see reactions to that.

[ChemicalChaos]

Oh, the hysterical-ness

http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/29/putting-meat-in-the-...

[kowalski655]

Ste1987 said:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/28/outrage-as-bank-of-e...

Vegans and vegetarians are not happy, unsurprisingley

When are they EVER bloody happy? Must be the diet that makes them so miserable....maybe get a nice juicy steak inside them,that might help

[Mammasaid]

kowalski655 said:

Ste1987 said:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/28/outrage-as-bank-of-e...

Vegans and vegetarians are not happy, unsurprisingley

When are they EVER bloody happy? Must be the diet that makes them so miserable....maybe get a nice juicy steak inside them,that might help

Steak....

[daddy cool]

Shame it wasnt pork tallow - the ststorm would be epic to watch.

[Mr Snrub]

So by "mass outrage" they mean two Twitter users. Thank God for insightful journalism eh?

[ChemicalChaos]

daddy cool said:

Shame it wasnt pork tallow - the ststorm would be epic to watch.

I suspect they quite deliberately avoided pork tallow as there'd be riots. The bank would be declared "racist" and the government would no doubt offer counselling and compensayshun to all the poor traumatised people whose human rights had been affected.

[Mr Tracy]

Ste1987 said:

I read an article somewhere that being veggie is just as, if not more, harmful to the planet than being omnivore. Would love to see reactions to that.

Here's mine, I don't eat meat because I don't like meat. Whether or not it's more or less harmful to the planet is of no consequence

[Ste1987]

Mr Tracy said:

Ste1987 said:

I read an article somewhere that being veggie is just as, if not more, harmful to the planet than being omnivore. Would love to see reactions to that.

Here's mine, I don't eat meat because I don't like meat. Whether or not it's more or less harmful to the planet is of no consequence

And that's fair enough

[Hugo a Gogo]

I think it's pretty stty to do this without telling anyone

I'm not a veggie or religious, but there'll be a lot of Hindus pretty unhappy about it

[Sparkyhd]

I was surprised when withdrawing cash this morning to be offered extra choices

• Receipt
• View balance
• Streaky
• Smoked

[daddy cool]

Hugo a Gogo said:

but there'll be a lot of Hindus pretty unhappy about it

But they choose to believe something batst mental...

[Mr Tracy]

Sparkyhd said:

I was surprised when withdrawing cash this morning to be offered extra choices

• Receipt
• View balance
• Streaky
• Smoked

Apparently it tastes like chicken

[geeks]

K12beano said:

jeff m2 said:

Don't lick them.
Don't eat them.
You'll be fine.

What Vegans?

I agree

I dunno, I mean some grass fed animals taste better, surely a grass fed vegan would be the same, there is of course, only one way to find out... PH Cooking Competition!

[gruffalo]

Not found anywhere that states the origin of the tallow, does anyone know what animal it is sourced from?

[Mr Tracy]

gruffalo said:

Not found anywhere that states the origin of the tallow, does anyone know what animal it is sourced from?

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. It is solid at room temperature. Wikipedia

[Mammasaid]

gruffalo said:

Not found anywhere that states the origin of the tallow, does anyone know what animal it is sourced from?

BBC Cumbria said:

'Only a trace' of tallow in new fiver, says Bank

The Bank of England's been responding to complaints about the use of tallow, an animal fat derivative, in the new "plastic" fivers made at Innovia in Wigton.

A spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that the polymer pellet from which the base substrate is made contains a trace of a substance known as tallow.

"Tallow is derived from animal fats (suet) and is a substance that is also widely used in the manufacture of candles and soap."

Doug Maw, from Keswick, has started a petition against the use of tallow, saying it is unacceptable to a growing proportion of the population who are vegan, or eat a plant-based diet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-cumbria-...

[gruffalo]

Mr Tracy said:

gruffalo said:

Not found anywhere that states the origin of the tallow, does anyone know what animal it is sourced from?

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, processed from suet. It is solid at room temperature. Wikipedia

Thanks, every day a school day;-)

[Camoradi]

I'm going to buy myself a new wallet and fillet with new five pound notes