I miss them. I really, really do...

Peddle Up!

Heinz veggie sausage and beans. They were delicious, especially on hot buttered crumpets.

memsley89

Beans, on crumpets!? Really!?

BelgianBeerGeek

Oh yes. A couple of poached eggs on top and you have a meal fit for a king.
Not so sure about veggie sausages though.

team47b

I'm missing them and I have never heard of them, I imagine the sugar in the beans goes well with crumpets.

Hungry now

OffTheBackAdam

Veggie sausage?
You soft, southern, shandy-supper!

Proper, Lincolnshire bangers!

team47b

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Veggie sausage?
You soft, southern, shandy-supper!

Proper, Lincolnshire bangers!

Ingredients
British pork, coarse cut, minimum meat content 70%.
Maximum fat content 25%.
Breadcrumbs/bread rusk.
Sage, salt and pepper.
Natural pork casings (or sheep casings, for chipolata-style sausages).
Sulphite preservative (to 450 ppm maximum).


It's a sausage with some Sage.

TheEnglishman

I made my neice throw up describing what went into a sausage. Something her mother still hasn't forgiven me for.

What's wrong with saying 'Everything but the squeak'?

plowmar

That's squeal surely sqeaks from mice no wonder she threw up.

alihisgreat

I've started eating veggie sausages as they are lower in fat.. and still taste almost like the real deal (It does help that the normal sausages at work are rank so i'm not missing much)

team47b

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I've started eating veggie sausages as they are lower in fat.. and still taste almost like the real deal (It does help that the normal sausages at work are rank so i'm not missing much)

you are missing quite a lot by not eating 'normal' sausages :shock:

Have you tried the veggie frankfurter or 'not dog'? They taste the same as the ones made from intestines. Apparently.

'Vegetarian hot dogs are sometimes eaten by non-vegetarians because they are lower in fat, calories, and contain no cholesterol, and little to no saturated fat, compared to hot dogs from animal meats. Therefore they are preferred by people following a low calorie, low fat or low cholesterol diet. Unlike traditional home-made meat sausages, the casing is not made of intestine' Wicki. p

Bunneh

Have been eating Quorn nuggets and they're not bad, pinch of salt, some chips, beans - not bad at all. That said without the sides they're about as tasty as a damp sock.

team47b

...depends on who's socks :shock:

Dog Breath

I'm a veggie, but Mrs DB isn't. But she now much prefers my veggie sausages to her usual meaty ones because of all the fat that's in them. I either cook Quorn ones in a little olive oil, or just do them in the oven. Very nice.

Peddle Up!

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Veggie sausage?
You soft, southern, shandy-supper!

Proper, Lincolnshire bangers!

Don't get me wrong. I love a proper sausage too, :shock: which is why I frequent places like this but there was a nice taste to the Heinz veggie sausages that other brands don't have - hence the title.

keef66

I thought from the title that this was going to be a post-vasectomy lament...

smidsy

The real baffling thing to me is why vegeterian products are made and marketed to resemble meat.

Isn't the whole point that you are against eating meat and therefor all veggie products should be made and marketed in fruit and vegetable shapes ???

A veggie burger - thats salad in a bun - right!!!!

team47b

smidsy wrote:

The real baffling thing to me is why vegeterian products are made and marketed to resemble meat.

Isn't the whole point that you are against eating meat and therefor all veggie products should be made and marketed in fruit and vegetable shapes ???

A veggie burger - thats salad in a bun - right!!!!

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said products and marketing, not really about food is it?

I like the idea that veggie products should be fruit shaped, bright yellow curved sausages would be great

Kendal Black Drop

team47b wrote:

I like the idea that veggie products should be fruit shaped, bright yellow curved sausages would be great

Something like this...?



Hmmm. Possibly not.

mattshrops

All week long i'm like durianrider -obsessive about my food and all that. But on a friday i have cheese and tater pie, beans and SAUSIES yum.
We know how to party in the Shrops household

adm1

ALIHISGREAT wrote:

I've started eating veggie sausages as they are lower in fat.. and still taste almost like the real deal (It does help that the normal sausages at work are rank so i'm not missing much)

No. Really - they don't.

adm1

smidsy wrote:

The real baffling thing to me is why vegeterian products are made and marketed to resemble meat.

Isn't the whole point that you are against eating meat and therefor all veggie products should be made and marketed in fruit and vegetable shapes ???

Exactly this!

Veggie bacon shaped, bacon flavoured rashers? Why? It's a bit like marelting cigarette shaped, fag flavoured sweets to ex-smokers.

alihisgreat

adm1 wrote:

smidsy wrote:

The real baffling thing to me is why vegeterian products are made and marketed to resemble meat.

Isn't the whole point that you are against eating meat and therefor all veggie products should be made and marketed in fruit and vegetable shapes ???

Exactly this!

Veggie bacon shaped, bacon flavoured rashers? Why? It's a bit like marelting cigarette shaped, fag flavoured sweets to ex-smokers.

Some veggies must like the taste but object for other reasons?

smidsy

team47b wrote:

I like the idea that veggie products should be fruit shaped, bright yellow curved sausages would be great

No your still on about sausages - bright yellow lemon shapes or bright green bean shapes is what they should be.

DIESELDOG

Bunneh wrote:

Have been eating Quorn nuggets and they're not bad, pinch of salt, some chips, beans - not bad at all. That said without the sides they're about as tasty as a damp sock.

Quorn???? Stick to the damp socks, much more protein and you must be recycling the bacteria from your feet!

If we were meant to be veggies we wouldn't have the teeth we do!

Love n hugs

DD

(running for cover)

team47b

Hello DD not spoken before, how's it going?

"If we were meant to be veggies we wouldn't have the teeth we do!"

That is soooooo platitudinous

Humans have pathetically small "canine" teeth. In contrast, carnivores all have large canine teeth capable of tearing flesh.

Carnivores' jaws move only up and down, requiring them to tear chunks of flesh from their prey and swallow them whole. Humans and other herbivores can move their jaws up and down and from side to side, allowing them to grind up fruit and vegetables with their back teeth. Like other herbivores' teeth, human back molars are flat for grinding fibrous plant foods. Carnivores lack these flat molars.

PETA

mattshrops

"humans and other herbivores.." Err NO. If you want to be a veggie thats your bidness but humans are OMNIVORES that is why we have the teeth we have.

team47b

What you do is not necessarily the same as what you are, we are not anatomical omnivores, was the point I was making.

While most humans are clearly "behavioral" omnivores, human beings have the gastrointestinal tract structure of a "committed" herbivore. Humankind does not show the mixed structural features one expects and finds in anatomical omnivores such as bears and raccoons. Thus, from comparing the gastrointestinal tract of humans to that of carnivores, herbivores and omnivores we must conclude that humankind's GI tract is designed for a purely plant-food diet.

We are herbivores that choose, or not, to eat meat.

mattshrops

I dont think that is true at all. As humans we have a need for protein and certain vitamins which are very difficult to get from other sources apart from meat. Obviously in todays society we can do that very easily but as little as 60or 70 years ago that was not the case. and we certainly have not evolved our digestive system within that timescale.
Again there are good arguments in favour of vegetarianism, but lets not pretend we are going against our own biological system by eating meat.

Teece

Ex-weight trainer, martial artist and noob-cyclist here.
Eat lean cuts of meat [mainly chicken] and get those veggie sausages and veggie burgers in you too. The veggie products are high protein, high fibre and low fat. Just what anyone interested in sports needs.
Real sausages and bacon are just fat and salt.

I've gradually lost weight through eating right and exercising- 2 stones in 3 years.

Eating crap like animal fats wrapped in stomach lining filled with salt will not do anyone any good. But my word they do taste nice!

Monkeypump

mattshrops wrote:

I dont think that is true at all. As humans we have a need for protein and certain vitamins which are very difficult to get from other sources apart from meat. Obviously in todays society we can do that very easily but as little as 60or 70 years ago that was not the case. and we certainly have not evolved our digestive system within that timescale.
Again there are good arguments in favour of vegetarianism, but lets not pretend we are going against our own biological system by eating meat.

As an evolved predator we also have forward facing eyes for hunting, as well as the aforementioned mix of tearing and grinding teeth.

dylanfernley

For real tasty low fat high protein sausages its got to be horse meat all the way--- don't know why they are not more widely available-- ( i do really but thats a whole different thread ting)