the worst thing i've eaten in the last 20 years

[WCZ]

I bought a can of this and put it on a pizza as a topping, when I was drunk

couldn't believe how bad it tasted, scraped it off and went to bed drunk

woke up in the morning and could still taste it in my mouth

suddenly had a moment where I thought 'oh st, did I accidentially buy cat/dog food'

went to the bin, looked at the tin and saw it was 'vegan' tuna I'd bought

it's absolutely mindblowing to me that someone could enjoy the taste of this stuff!

[Truckosaurus]

There was some nasty looking 'plant based bacon' on the shelves of my local Aldi and I made the mistake of looking at the ingredient list way worse than any turkey twizzler or whatever Jamie Olivers had a fit about kids eating.

[ZedLeg]

Yeah that fake tuna is rank.

Looking forward to a rerun of the what you can call a sausage argument now

[WCZ]

ZedLeg said:

Yeah that fake tuna is rank.

Looking forward to a rerun of the what you can call a sausage argument now

I've tried some of the fake chicken and stuff and greggs sausage rolls / fake meat burgers etc and it's all been okayish with the exception of the vegan steak bake which tasted odd and a bit weird

nothing is on the level of the Tuno though

[ZedLeg]

Truckosaurus said:

There was some nasty looking 'plant based bacon' on the shelves of my local Aldi and I made the mistake of looking at the ingredient list way worse than any turkey twizzler or whatever Jamie Olivers had a fit about kids eating.

It was the amount of added salt and fat compared to the amount of turkey that was the issue with twizzlers iirc.

If you can point out what the terrible ingredients here are?

Water, Rehydrated Textured Soya and Wheat Protein (22%)(Water, Soya Protein, Wheat Protein, Salt, Soya Bean Oil, Natural Flavouring), Rapeseed Oil, Stabilisers: Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Methyl Cellulose, Wheat Protein, Soya Protein, Salt, Dextrose, Natural Flavourings, Colouring Foods: Blackcurrant, Radish, Apple, Starch, Natural Smoke Flavouring, Chicory Root Fibre, Acid: Citric Acid

[ZedLeg]

WCZ said:

ZedLeg said:

Yeah that fake tuna is rank.

Looking forward to a rerun of the what you can call a sausage argument now

I've tried some of the fake chicken and stuff and greggs sausage rolls / fake meat burgers etc and it's all been okayish with the exception of the vegan steak bake which tasted odd and a bit weird

nothing is on the level of the Tuno though

I try and not eat a lot of fake meat stuff tbh but sometimes you just want some junk food. Some stuff is better than others.

[Truckosaurus]

ZedLeg said:

...Methyl Cellulose...

Mmmm tasty cellulose. Wikipedia suggests it is widely used to treat constipation.

I'm sure there's lots of similar ingredients in highly processed meat based foods, but these 'plant based' items are seemingly marketed as a healthy option.

[ZedLeg]

It's a stabiliser.

There's nothing inherently unhealthy about the ingredients and it has less salt and fat than meat bacon. It's not like potassium nitrate sounds particularly tasty yet it's in almost all bacon

[gmasterfunk]

ZedLeg said:

Looking forward to a rerun of the what you can call a sausage argument now

That's not a sausage....

[Bacon Is Proof]

All that effort over the decades to come away from processed foods and then BAM!
Plant based.
I am well up for the sausage argument at any time.
By putting up with this st we are encouraging a devolution of language.


Points deducted for trying to put fking tuna on a pizza in the first place.

[WCZ]

Bacon Is Proof said:

Points deducted for trying to put fking tuna on a pizza in the first place.

seafood pizza is decent imo! (when it's actually seafood)

[anonymous-user]

Don't judge me too harshly for going to Greggs, but I was rushing through Kings Cross a couple of weeks ago, was hungry, and went into Greggs to grab something to eat. I grabbed a hot 'Sausage breakfast roll', complete with ketchup inside. It looked nice.

The first bite into it and I knew there was something wrong. It just didn't taste like normal sausage, and the bread was a little different. Both the sausage and the bun felt a bit more spongy than I was expecting. I looked at the packet again, and noticed it was a 'Vegan Sausage breakfast roll'.

To be fair, it wasn't awful and I did eat it. It almost tasted like a sausage bap, but it was just a bit weird at the same time.

The most depressing thing though was the fact I noticed it was 411 calories, and the non-vegan sausage breakfast roll, with real sausages, is 391 calories. Not only that but the non-vegan roll is heavier. I mean, how is it that something made entirely from plants is more fattening than proper meat in a proper bun?

[Bacon Is Proof]

I did the same in the co op.
Grabbed a "sausage" roll and bit into it to discover nothing but sage and disappointment.

[vaud]

I tried a Greggs vegan sausage roll at the weekend. I have lost most of my sense of taste thanks to recent covid. But to be fair the texture was very authentic, and I could taste a few spices. Will try again if my taste fully returns.

[TheInternet]

I don't understand vegetarian products being made to resemble meat products.

Is there a market for the inverse? Anybody want a butternut squash made out of pork?

[vaud]

TheInternet said:

I don't understand vegetarian products being made to resemble meat products.

Is there a market for the inverse? Anybody want a butternut squash made out of pork?

I like my meat, but I'm conscious that I should reduce my intake. If I substitute 1 in 3 sausage rolls with a vegan one then it's a lovely bit of tokenism that will make me marginally less unhappy for a few minutes.

[theplayingmantis]

vaud said:

I tried a Greggs vegan sausage roll at the weekend. I have lost most of my sense of taste thanks to recent covid. But to be fair the texture was very authentic, and I could taste a few spices. Will try again if my taste fully returns.

the first and only time i went to greggs was when all the hullabaloo about the vegan sausage roll was in the media, it was actually nice i thought...i dont really trust a lot of sausage rolls for the content, having had chewy experiences a few times, even alleged higher end - well more expensive 'artisan bakers (hello pump street). Had them a few times since when one of group pops in before we play golf. I don't really like patronizing Greggss as they took over loads of local actual bakers (bakers oven from my youth was good) and turned them all into basically takeaways food outlets selling junk food to fat messes - do they even sell bread anymore?

Give me a baynes, grouts, percy ingles (rip) or good indy that actually bakes stuff rather than reheating fast food anyday!

[Truckosaurus]

theplayingmantis said:

...do they even sell bread anymore?...

Not for a long time (unless part of a sandwich).

[Bacon Is Proof]

One of the things I used to love about my old town house was the stroll to the bakers for a loaf, still warm out the oven.
Then Gregg's took it over and even when they did actually sell bread it was baked off site. Might as well go to a supermarket.

[anonymous-user]

TheInternet said:

I don't understand vegetarian products being made to resemble meat products.

It's REALLY easy to understand. The vast majority of people who choose not to eat meat (vegetarian, vegan, whatever you want to call yourself) don't do so because they hate the taste and appearance of meat based products. Sometimes, they'd like a sausage roll, but a little less 'deathy'.

e.g. I love steak pie, kebabs, bacon, and my all time favourite fleshy food BBQ babyback ribs - but one day as I was gnawing away on a dead pig's ribcage in a restaurant it just didn't feel right....you make your choices and all that.

TheInternet said:

Is there a market for the inverse? Anybody want a butternut squash made out of pork?

Depends, how many people do you know that are looking to give up eating butternut squash and can't find an alternative?

If you can successfully make a butternut squash out of pork you'd probably get a huge amount of sales from those that are fking outraged at the existence of veggie and vegan food.

P.S. yes, that Tuno st is terrible, but as said above anyone putting seafood on a pizza deserves everything they get