Vegetarian Chicken Pieces

Not a fan. I’ve tried several so far. I’d rather not eat meat at all than some of these substitutes.

Why does everyone go on and on about ‘pretend meat’ I don’t eat quorn because it looks like mince, I eat it because some poor little lamb hasn’t been shredded to make it
I m sure there’s no more additional crap in a plant based sausage than there is in your average meat sausage same goes for a burger or any other meat products that people freely eat
Why can’t a burger be called a burger whether it’s meat or vegetable why do we have to search for a different name
The name burger or sausage doesn’t have to imply meat or vegetable it’s just a name, it could be called a roundy or a log it’s just a name which surely can be used by both…. it no more ‘belongs’ to meat eaters than to vegi s.
I m not a burger fan at all but the other evening at a restaurant I choose the only vegi option that didn’t have garlic in the title ( I hate garlic) I had a lentil burger and it tasted blooming lovely my grandson had a huge (dozens of different meat) burger I bet there was a lot more rubbish in his than in mine

Burger/sausage describes the shape, as far as I'm concerned.
You don't cut open an animal and a pile of sausages come out, all neatly shaped and tied off at each end.

The main problem with veganism is how to get enough protein.

I'm not a vegetarian but am trying to reduce meat consumption. I find these chicken pieces perfectly satisfactory in a stir fry, or curry, whatever.

I meant to say, these vegetarian chicken pieces.

I am another who find it difficult to understand those who do not want to eat meat wanting to eat things that pretend to be meat.

I have no problem with sausages, burgers, rissoles because that describes how the contents have been processed not what they contain. But on tv last Christmas I saw someone making a vegan turkey. I cannot remember precisely what it was made of, but it was shaped and molded like plasticine, so that it was shaped like a real turkey and the outside was finished off to look like skin. I simply could ot understand how anyone who had given up meat, for any reason, would want to eat something like that.

To put it another way. I am an omnivore, but I happen not to like meat that is not fully cooked and also not like meat-based burgers. I would always choose the bean burger, or whatever over a beef burger.

Last year some plant based manufacturer boasted they had developed a plant-based beefburger, based on beetroot, that when cut would shed 'blood'(beetroot juice) just as if it was a half cooked, sorry rare, quality beefburger. It made me feel ill, just to look at it, and I could never manage to eat a product like that without throwing up, even though I would know it was not really meat.

Perhaps we could have carnivore soya burgers next.

I'm sure vegans wouldn't care at all.

I don't spend my time puzzling about why people are as they are, particularly when it has no impact whatsoever on my life.
As long as something gives me protein, and is a texture I like, I'll eat it.

Gagajo what wouldn't vegans care about at all?

M0nica, probably the idea of carnivore soyaburgers. I admit it’s an equally silly idea as is vegetarian chicken or, as I saw on TV tonight, bee-free ‘hunny’.

Well I remember Jamie Oliver showing kids what was in a chicken nugget - I suppose "technically" it is chicken

(video of it from youtube)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKwL5G5HbGA

As a long standing veggie I too can’t understand the attraction of fake meat products, in fact they turn my stomach! Probably like those fake cakes made for people on diets who can’t resist the sweet stuff, but taste nothing like the real thing.

Germanshepherdsmum

I think any alternative to battery chicken is a step in the right direction.

Absolutely.

But you do not need to buy battery hens. I eat organic chicken or regeneratively farmed chicken only.

I only ever buy free range chicken and eggs, Monica, but then I can afford to be choosy.
Some people can’t. Of course there are others who could afford to but don’t care - I have a friend like this, and she’s from Sweden, where you’d think animal welfare might be a concern.
Not that I’d say the same for Denmark, where factory farming is a major industry.

My teenage nephew doesn't eat meatvon ethical grounds. However he's never been a big vegetable lover so the meat substitute products come in quite handy at times.

M0nica

But you do not need to buy battery hens. I eat organic chicken or regeneratively farmed chicken only.

They are very expensive though and not everyone can afford them, certainly not on a daily basis.

I confess I do not eat chicken daily, only weekly, but the easy way round with organic chicken, as with any other meat, is to eat smaller portions.

I do not buy whole chickens or chicken breasts. I find chicken thighs work just as well as breast in every chicken recipe I have and I keep portion size down to 3oz max.

That's fine if just feeding yourself. But if you are feeding a family organic and free range meat can be very costly. And with teenagers or a husband keeping portion sizes down is not always feasible.

Just a point about all ultra-processed food. It’s just not good for your body or your micro biome. The less processing the better.
As someone up thread said it isn’t good for the environment either.

There are lots of foods listed as processed.
Some ultra processed, and they arent meat substitutes at all.

Lots of meat products are processed foods - sausages,salami, pork pies, chicken nuggets, ….the list goes on, the vegetarian alternatives are just the manufacturers trying to cash in.

vegansrock

Lots of meat products are processed foods - sausages,salami, pork pies, chicken nuggets, ….the list goes on, the vegetarian alternatives are just the manufacturers trying to cash in.

Yes, of course they are - but would you not agree that if these processed products at least encourage some people to try plant-based foods, when they otherwise might not have done, then it's a step in the right direction?