The Vegan Thread

Vegusto

Yeh they are good. I think trying to crack a homemade brew is the way to go down for now. Will report back if successful.

Will check where it came from when I get home :)

Great to meet Jo(h)nnyw and Samwell the other day. Really good session. Cook Daily/Home is a pretty useful place to meet!

I really liked Daiya, last time I was in Toronto it was all over the shop, never tried it so I gave it a bash and loved it... I think you might be able to get it in Vx in Kings Cross sometimes and @andy_k you're right about Vegusto, they sell it in Whole Foods, expensive for what it is but it's the best vegan cheese I've had so far

Agreed, good to meet you as well @Oliver Schick, must do a vegan meat (sorry meet) up again soon!

i'm liking most of the violife uncheeses. had some of the 'for pizza' stuff in quesadillas today and it melted pretty well. pretty mild taste though.

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haha, wtf..

vegan meat (sorry meet)

As with most of these concepts, there are some people who quite persistently talk about vegan meat, thinking that it's important to widen the concept out. I'd rather they didn't, but it would certainly be good to have new words for all those chunky/chewy things that vegans can eat.

substitutions/knock offs

On vegan 'cheeses', I can't say I'm a massive fan but I've always been interested in following the development of this stuff. There's a German brand called Wilmersburger which is quite good, as are Vegusto (Swiss) and Violife (Greek). There's also an Austrian brand called Vegourmet which many rate and recommend, but I haven't tried that one yet. I doubt I'll buy any of them much unless they become less expensive.

substitutions/knock offs

You make it sound so interesting. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eswQl-hcvU0

"you think my shoes are made of leatherrrrr!"

Would, but I'm not in London. Keen to try it out, flaky vegan open times won't put us off ;)

Also, on the cheese front, anyone tried Tyne Chease? It's the best I've tried...

I haven't found anything with the 'complexity' in terms of taste/texture that real meat has, although I've eaten a lot of vegan food and meat substitutes. I guess it's not a big deal if you have strong reasons to be vegan but I think for more casual adopters it is important.

I would be interested in any ideas/tips!

meant to post this yesterday and forgot - Joey's Kitchen at DIY Space for London every weekend:. today it was:

played attack the pack, ate waffles, drank tea. lovely way to spend a sunday

Oh, that looks like an interesting place. Had I known about it, I would have come.

Will be off their when im back from vegan centre of the universe. Glasgow.

Got the wilmersburger smoked slices in VX the other day. Pretty good.

I received my first ever order from Rose bikes this morning (Challenge, Paris Roubaix Tires)

Rather than having to dispose of the dead cow related sweets (Wiggle) the free gift from Rose Bikes was a new Buff, perfect for this cold morning.

Don't know if this has already been mentined but there's a company called Gozo based in N16 that sells "casheeze" vegan cheese: http://gozodeli.com/

Voodoo Rays pizza in Dalston have got a new vegan pizza called "the Nutty Professor": Casheeze, mushrooms, courgettes, tomatoes, chilli and butternut squash.. I'm in!!

Nice, always up for trying new cheese and love a bit of Voodoo Ray's as well, I love the Vegan Queen pizza they've been selling for a while... not sure about the Butternut Squash on The Nutty Professor though... time will tell

Food blogger/writer Jack Monroe has gone vegan:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/28/jack-monroe-meat-vegan-food-ingredients

I'm still reeling from a recent convert not turning and mercilessly attacking everyone around them and it could be a really good column.

Never read his blog before, and surprise surprise, haters are commenting so I felt obliged to write on there myself.