The Vegan Thread

And I don't think honey is vegan either...

you can read all about it here

http://pogocafe.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/the-end-as-we-know-it/

There are some crazy extremist nutters in the comments section. Such as the bloke who compared putting meat and dairy in a freezer to nazis pulling gold teeth from the corpses of murdered jews.

Thanks for the link Josh.

Nhatt, Saf is indeed awesome.

Just read this on london-eating about pogo.
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Umm....

Don't listen to that. Read the link posted above and/or wait for Nhatt!

^ I read the link, it explained things quite well. But the comments...what a shitstorm!

Incredible no?

the comments are worth a laugh at the least. And grains of salt ARE vegan

Thanks for the link Josh.

Nhatt, Saf is indeed awesome.

just went there for the first time, approved, need to go back with time for a proper meal

sorry to interrupt but did the dumplings recipe get posted
i love dumplings

sorry to interrupt but did the dumplings recipe get posted
i love dumplings

Dumplings are a piece of piss - half fat to self-raising flour by weight, vegetable suet is the best fat but maybe anything would do. Pinch of salt, mix into a sticky dough with water. Float table-tennis-ball-sized blobs on top of your (nearly-cooked) stew with gaps in-between (they swell right up), turn it down as low as it will go, lid on and don't touch it for exactly 20 mins - don't even lift the lid to have a peek. Bingo! You can put some chopped herbs or whatever in the mix if you like.
Warning, though - vegetable suet turns absolutely fucking rank if it's left in the cupboard for too long - check the sell-by date and don't just sniff it, it can smell ok but taste truly disgusting.

Has anyone tried the new 'jerky-style soya snack' currently available at Holland & Barrett? I know loads of vegans hate meat substitutes but when I was a meat eater about the only thing I never ate was jerky so have no idea what it's like. That was until I tried a the vegan version and to be honest it's not bad (how's that for a glowing endorsement?)

No, I'd never heard about it.

First time I bit into it it reminded me of pork scratchings... which for a vegan who stopped eating meat for moral reasons and who liked the flavour of it when he did eat it this was a little tiny bit exciting.

First time I bit into it it reminded me of pork scratchings....

Bollocks! Pork scratchings can never be duplicated - FACT!

if scientists start cloning animal parts and grow chicken breats and steaks in laboratories will vegans start eating them?

I'll have a taste of it sometimes. I'm not heavily into TVP-style 'substitutes' but I like trying them.

if scientists start cloning animal parts and grow chicken breats and steaks in laboratories will vegans start eating them?

I wouldn't. I don't have time to go into the reasons, though, sorry.

if scientists start cloning animal parts and grow chicken breats and steaks in laboratories will vegans start eating them?

I would. I'd give a lot for a guilt-free steak.

if scientists start cloning animal parts and grow chicken breats and steaks in laboratories will vegans start eating them?

It's funny you should ask this. I remember before I was vegan (still veggie) I had a vegan pal who I used to really wind up with this same question. I couldn't really understand why he got so angry but it was fun so we continued to ask. I thought for a long time that if I could get meat that was 'magic' i.e. hadn't come about as a result of harming an animal then I'd be really happy (I'd always liked the taste of it etc just not the idea). However after being veggie and then vegan for 15+ years I now find the idea abohrrent. I'm not exactly sure why to be honest but for so long I've associated meat with the murder of animals that I don't think I can break that assocciation.

That said if they managed to clone a pork scratching from the cell of a happy (wild) pig I might then give it a go given sufficient time. Although it's just as likely that I wouldn't.

First time I bit into it it reminded me of pork scratchings... which for a vegan who stopped eating meat for moral reasons and who liked the flavour of it when he did eat it this was a little tiny bit exciting.

I am going the H&B now.. I'm in need of a snack.. I'm not vegan..

that sounds wel nice, I love jerky things. but i do believe that jerky is just a seasoning, so it may not be a substitute, putting jerky powder in home made soup with lentils is the most baller shit ever too.

jerk <> jerky

^ hur hur

They. Are. Fucking awful. Luckily I passed Pastry Pilgrim on the way back from Oxford Street so I bought a steak and Guinness pie to get the taste out of my mouth..