France bans the use of the word 'sausage' for veggies

[Halb]

Puggit said:

I have spied a vegan cafe in Nice!

nice, I'll try their ice cream

[4x4Tyke]

Nothing wrong with Quorn sausages in my book, however I would be disappointed if I ordered steak and this turned up

Edited by 4x4Tyke on Sunday 22 April 13:00

[Ali G]

TooMany2cvs said:

Goaty Bill 2 said:

ATG said:

Ali G said:

Oh dear...

Shame that French fizzy white is so much worse than others!

Enjoy your prejudice!

It's neither better nor worse; it's different. It has nothing to do with prejudice.

Sir I find that you often say things that are far too sensible, and insufficiently inflammatory for NP&E threads. Take that as you will

For my own part, I am something of a snob, albeit a poor one, but not so much of one that I refuse a taste of Prosecco on principal. However, I have yet to try one that I found equal never mind superior to a Champagne of reasonable quality.
I do on the other hand find it perfectly acceptable that others may prefer their Prosecco.

The same may be said for Madeira and port. They may be similar, but they are different. I prefer port, but would not refuse a good Madeira when offered.
As for the main news; Vive la France!

A blind tasting is clearly required.

Can't stand the stuff!

Liberte, egalite, fraternite, "For the French, By the French and Only the French" (my computer does not do accents btw)

A cheeky bottle of antipodean red plonk works better - presumably vin rouge will soon be appropriated too "St Emillion seulement"

In jest - (sort of)

[Jasandjules]

Good. Always confuses me when vegans want a "burger" or "sausage" but made of starch...

[Frank7]

Ali G said:

Souvlaki?

Ah - Greek not French - nil points - c'est la vie n'est pas.

Apologies Ali, dommage, but it’s nil points for you I think.
You may nave meant n’est-ce pas, ça ne fait rien, erreur facile.

[Ali G]

Frank7 said:

Ali G said:

Souvlaki?

Ah - Greek not French - nil points - c'est la vie n'est pas.

Apologies Ali, dommage, but it’s nil points for you I think.
You may nave meant n’est-ce pas, ça ne fait rien, erreur facile.

Wots a nave?

Feel free to ridicule but ffs

[Doofus]

Combien sont ces six cent six saucissons-ci?

[BJG1]

captain_cynic said:

Not soon enough.

I'm sick of these reconstituted soy products passing themselves off as good, honest meat. Good on the French for having the cajones to do this.

I've never tried vegan bacon... but I imagine it's what war crimes taste like.

Is this satire? They aren't passing themselves off as meat and the words "sausage" and "burger" don't mean the flesh of an animal.

[BJG1]

Jasandjules said:

Good. Always confuses me when vegans want a "burger" or "sausage" but made of starch...

What's confusing about that? Why wouldn't a vegan want a round slice of something to put inbetween a bit of bread?

[TooMany2cvs]

BJG1 said:

Is this satire? They aren't passing themselves off as meat and the words "sausage" and "burger" don't mean the flesh of an animal.

BJG1 said:

What's confusing about that? Why wouldn't a vegan want a round slice of something to put inbetween a bit of bread?

It would be one very unimaginative vegan who couldn't think of a better lunch than fake-meat between bread.

Oh, wait.

Mmm. Good point.

Edited by TooMany2cvs on Sunday 22 April 19:55

[Ayahuasca]

ATG said:

I was shocked and disappointed when it turned out my Cadbury Creme Egg was not a real egg and failed to hatch even after I sat on it for three weeks.

Wait until you find out ther is no cream in it either.

[TooMany2cvs]

Ayahuasca said:

ATG said:

I was shocked and disappointed when it turned out my Cadbury Creme Egg was not a real egg and failed to hatch even after I sat on it for three weeks.

Wait until you find out ther is no cream in it either.

Is there any "creme"?

[Hayek]

TooMany2cvs said:

Hayek said:

Well there's already EU law that says feta cheese must be made in Greece. This was after someone in the north of England (IIRC) started winning awards for making the best feta cheese, I guess the Greeks didn't like it.

Nothing to stop him making that exact same type of cheese - he just can't call it feta. It can't be called feta if it's made in other parts of Greece, either.

It's because feta has Protected Geographical Indication/Protected Denomination of Origin. Any food that has historical roots in a particular area can be protected, and many foods of UK origin are, too. Melton Mowbray pork pies? Stilton? Jersey Royals? Cornish pasties? Scotch whisky? All protected. Plenty of others, too.

Excuse my ignorance but I don't think Feta is a place. Of course you can't make something called 'Greek Feta' in England but I don't see why you cannot make something called Feta. Melton Mowbray pork pies, Jersey royals and Cornish pasties all have the place name in them so it makes sense that they cannot be made with that precise name elsewhere. However if the Greeks wanted to make pork pies or pasties surely they should be able to call them pork pies and pasties?

[BJG1]

TooMany2cvs said:

It would be one very unimaginative vegan who couldn't think of a better lunch than fake-meat between bread.

Oh, wait.

Mmm. Good point.

Edited by TooMany2cvs on Sunday 22 April 19:55

A vegan burger doesn't have to be made of fake meat.

[anonymous-user]

4x4Tyke said:

Nothing wrong with Quorn sausages in my book...

Top trolling!

[Balmoral]

I think this is a step in the right direction, it just needs to be consistent to make sense. Take Quorn products for example...

Quorn mince: Fine, it's Quorn and it's in minced form, it's not being called Quorn beef mince.
Quorn sausages: Fine, it's Quorn and it's in sausage form, it's not being called Quorn pork sausages.

But then we get the odd one out, which really irks with me...

Quorn chicken pieces: WTF! It should just be called Quorn pieces, there is no good reason or need to put the word chicken in there whatsoever, they manage it with the mince and the sausages, so why not for the pieces too? The example of Quorn bacon is another, just call it Quorn slices.

Or, to keep me happy, call the mince Quorn beef mince, and call the sausages Quorn pork sausages to be consistent, its that inconsistency across the range that grinds my gears. There is no good reason to assign a meat type to a shape, or vice versa, but if they're going to, at least be bloody consistent with it.

[br d]

Bit of a storm in a teacup there Balmoral, surely 'Quorn' is the operative word, it is a meat substitute. 'Quorn chicken pieces' means fake chicken, don't think it's that confusing.

[captain_cynic]

BJG1 said:

captain_cynic said:

Not soon enough.

I'm sick of these reconstituted soy products passing themselves off as good, honest meat. Good on the French for having the cajones to do this.

I've never tried vegan bacon... but I imagine it's what war crimes taste like.

Is this satire? They aren't passing themselves off as meat and the words "sausage" and "burger" don't mean the flesh of an animal.

Except that they are trying imitate meat. Yes, the words "sausage" and "burger" explicitly imply that they are meat based.

But I consider this evidence that vegetarianism is not natural... You get all these vegan/vegetarian products trying to imitate meat, but how many meat products are trying to imitate vegetables. Where's my Bacliflower (Bacon cauliflower)? Where's my lamb based potato (Lotato or perhaps Pamb)? Oh yes, that's right... they don't exist.

For the record, I actually like a few vegetarian recipes (mostly Indian) but these are ones based on making vegetables into a good dish, not trying to pass itself off as a "meat alternative".

[ATG]

You might think you could remove any potential for confusion by printing "meat-free" prominently on the packaging. But that would be too easy for some mentalist in France who thinks there's a point of principle at steak (geddit??!?).

[Ali G]

Snails - meat, veg or disgusting?