paulfromcamden
Baffled
P.S. that Rick Wakeman was on Bargain Hunt the other day. He was partnered with the singer from M People. If you like prog and you like old tat it might be your sort of thing. I enjoyed it.
No More Meat.
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Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
Oops, thanks Joe. I was about to jump in and say ‘it’s Patti Smith, of course!’
P.S. that Rick Wakeman was on Bargain Hunt the other day. He was partnered with the singer from M People. If you like prog and you like old tat it might be your sort of thing. I enjoyed it.
I hope the bloke on the right won, as I like the tweed waistcoat/trews combo. Personally I think they are all rather brave - I doubt if the one with the eye-patch is vegetarian.
Ha! The Violife Greek-style is a fairly good approximation of Feta, and Cathedral City do a tangy mature Cheddar that seems popular .You were doing so well up to that point.There are great vegan burgers, and "chicken". Even pretty passable vegan fish (Gardein) , but I have yet to find good vegan bacon or cheese. That said, much as I miss bacon sandwiches, I'm much happier now that I know I'm not complicit in the torture and killing of pigs.
Dogberry
pfm Member
V bites is pretty good.You were doing so well up to that point.
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
we are not vegan or veggie for that matter. We like meat/fish too much
But we like both veggie and vegan cooking, we regularly cook both and choose to eat out in both types of restaurant.
we've eaten at Tendril a few times, nice Brasserie style vegan food, at reasonable prices. We found it a bit uninspiring, but good enough for a return visit. We like it's informal atmosphere.
If you want fine dining vegan go here https://www.gauthiersoho.co.uk/ - formal, but relaxed atmosphere, clever cooking beautifully presented. We will be back there in a few weeks.
his other restaurant is more relaxed https://www.studiogauthier.co.uk/ and excellent, and sometimes adventurous in the cooking, and informal.
if you are veggie and like Indian, try Diwana Bhel Poori on Drummond Street near Euston Station in London. There is no website, there is no booking - if you are lucky you won't have to queue.
I don't get the fake product approach to vegi/vegan food, I have said so here before. I can't see the point, because if I want to eat chickpeas I will, and I do. They make great housous, falafel, and if I want to get creative I'll mash them up with some other interesting stuff, make a pattie and fry it. Will I call it a no-beef burger? No, I'll call it a chickpea burger.
Maybe I am wrong to take this approach, as a food manufacturer there's a great living to be made in the fake food market. However if one such manufacturer were to hire me, I'd be an enthuiastic convert.
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Top vegan places up here in Glasgow include:
- the Vegan & Veg cafe on Victoria Road: an Indian cafe with the best vegetable samosas this side of the Arabian Sea.
- A Pastry Shop on Clarkston Road: mostly vegan sweet and savoury pastries that are simply amazing. Expensive, but excellent all the same.
- Vegan Earth Cafe: an award winning cafe in its own right that has some of the tastiest food ever, even against non-vegan foods. I just wish Joe would up sticks and move up here to Glasgow!
- the Vegan & Veg cafe on Victoria Road: an Indian cafe with the best vegetable samosas this side of the Arabian Sea.
- A Pastry Shop on Clarkston Road: mostly vegan sweet and savoury pastries that are simply amazing. Expensive, but excellent all the same.
- Vegan Earth Cafe: an award winning cafe in its own right that has some of the tastiest food ever, even against non-vegan foods. I just wish Joe would up sticks and move up here to Glasgow!
Thorn
pfm Member
Cork is also a good alternative,
PaulMB
pfm Member
I agree completely; if a real hamburger is considered immoral and physically repulsive, why eat an imitation? Maybe it is like having sex with "A" while pretending it is "B."
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Are you referring to the Bullingdon pig`s head incident?
hifinutt
hifinutt
chap i know had poor health , i think relating partially relating to him being a vegan. he gave up but i think the potential damage was done . its only conjecture but i cant see the point of having a diet that needs supplements . seems unatural to me
paulfromcamden
Baffled
I'm not keen on stuff that is really similar to meat. Fake 'blood'? Ew! A lot of veggies and stuff made into a patty and served in a bun with chips? Yum : )
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
From a post of mine in 2019:
“I haven’t knowingly eaten meat since 2001.
I used to eat anything and everything, but the foot and mouth outbreak, with the blatant disregard for animal welfare that went along with it, finally stopped me. I’d been eating less and less meat anyway during my final couple of years in Saudi, so the transition was easy.
I have fish more than five times each week, and weigh the same as I did back in 2001. I should exercise more, should cut back on the carbs, but hey...”
My blood sugar has crept up, not ‘pre-diabetic’ yet, but I suppose that’ll come. Since the above post, “plant based” has become a fashionable term, but I avoid those items when I can. The term is a bit too vague for me, and seems be used to describe a yucky paste.
“I haven’t knowingly eaten meat since 2001.
I used to eat anything and everything, but the foot and mouth outbreak, with the blatant disregard for animal welfare that went along with it, finally stopped me. I’d been eating less and less meat anyway during my final couple of years in Saudi, so the transition was easy.
I have fish more than five times each week, and weigh the same as I did back in 2001. I should exercise more, should cut back on the carbs, but hey...”
My blood sugar has crept up, not ‘pre-diabetic’ yet, but I suppose that’ll come. Since the above post, “plant based” has become a fashionable term, but I avoid those items when I can. The term is a bit too vague for me, and seems be used to describe a yucky paste.
Bas V
pfm Member
Why do you think that? Are you a doctor? Have you done any tests on this chap? C'mon, this is just plain nonsense.
Humans are not designed for eating meat on a daily basis. Nor for drinking milk. We have adapted to it a little bit. But our bodies still respond to vegetables a lot better. And we don't need supplements, just a healthy balanced diet (with beans, nuts, etc.). It's the industry that tries to tell/sell us otherwise, because there's lots of money that can be made.
awkwardbydesign
Officially Awesome
We have been vegetarian since 1971, and we both use leather, especially me with motorbike race leathers. We have no problem with anyone else eating meat or fish, we just decided we didn't want to.
But a few years ago we were both found to be B12 deficient, and have to have injections regularly as our bodies had lost the ability to absorb it from food. There was no understanding of this 50 years ago, so we found out too late. Be warned!
Tarzan
pfm Member
Firstly hats off to the chaps who have gone Veggie 
, being an animal lover l wish l had more will power, but am having the odd veggie meals - Wifey became a Veggie 15 odd years ago and has been constantly ill ever since ( whether this is connected l cannot say) however family think this is the case, she has constant Migraines ( never had them when eating meat )- one of the healthiest and most energetic chaps l know is a Veggie so go and figure that one out......
, being an animal lover l wish l had more will power, but am having the odd veggie meals - Wifey became a Veggie 15 odd years ago and has been constantly ill ever since ( whether this is connected l cannot say) however family think this is the case, she has constant Migraines ( never had them when eating meat )- one of the healthiest and most energetic chaps l know is a Veggie so go and figure that one out......
Tony Lockhart
Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
The tendency is for people to oversimplify illnesses and symptoms. “My mate the veggie got cancer after not eating meat for five years. Must be because he stopped eating meat.” That sort of ignorant silliness.
And diet is bad if it misses out the essentials, and that’s down to making the wrong choices, for whatever reason.
And diet is bad if it misses out the essentials, and that’s down to making the wrong choices, for whatever reason.