Adventures in Meatlessness
Apr. 11th, 2011 03:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalMan, I should try to eat less crap so I can make more cooking posts. :) Actually, I do have a couple recipes to post, I've just been a slacker lately. Anywho, thanks to my swell digestive issues, I have been doing some dabbling in meat substitutes, since I can't really eat things like hot dogs and bacon and such. I figured some of you might be interested in the results...
Quorn Meatless Meatballs - Y'all know I'm Italian, right? So obviously there's no competing with my mother's meatballs, but I figured I'd give it a shot. They weren't bad, no worse than those golf-ball meatballs that you can buy frozen. But having grown up with the real stuff, they are definitely lacking something essential. (Meat, perhaps? lol) I'll be trying a different brand next time.
MorningStar Veggie Corn Dogs - I used to love corn dogs as a kid. Let's be honest - I still do. Guilty pleasure food. Unfortunately, hot dogs and deep fried things do not-so-pleasurable things to me, but these seem to be a decent substitute. They're a little drier than regular, and they don't really taste like meat, but then again, neither do regular hot dogs, so what's the difference?
MorningStar Veggie Bacon Strips - Alas, MorningStar does not do quite as well with things that aren't supposed to taste like they're stuffed with chemicals. I was super-skeptical to begin with, since the "bacon" looks like those Beggin' Strips you feed to your dog. And I imagine it probably tastes similar, too. It did crisp up - it didn't look like it was going to, and I was afraid I almost burned it, but it seemed all right. But it is not even close to the taste or texture of bacon. I crumbled it up and put it in quiche (recipe forthcoming), and it was fine like that, but definitely do not expect to be eating this with your scrambled eggs.
Quorn Meatless Meatballs - Y'all know I'm Italian, right? So obviously there's no competing with my mother's meatballs, but I figured I'd give it a shot. They weren't bad, no worse than those golf-ball meatballs that you can buy frozen. But having grown up with the real stuff, they are definitely lacking something essential. (Meat, perhaps? lol) I'll be trying a different brand next time.
MorningStar Veggie Corn Dogs - I used to love corn dogs as a kid. Let's be honest - I still do. Guilty pleasure food. Unfortunately, hot dogs and deep fried things do not-so-pleasurable things to me, but these seem to be a decent substitute. They're a little drier than regular, and they don't really taste like meat, but then again, neither do regular hot dogs, so what's the difference?
MorningStar Veggie Bacon Strips - Alas, MorningStar does not do quite as well with things that aren't supposed to taste like they're stuffed with chemicals. I was super-skeptical to begin with, since the "bacon" looks like those Beggin' Strips you feed to your dog. And I imagine it probably tastes similar, too. It did crisp up - it didn't look like it was going to, and I was afraid I almost burned it, but it seemed all right. But it is not even close to the taste or texture of bacon. I crumbled it up and put it in quiche (recipe forthcoming), and it was fine like that, but definitely do not expect to be eating this with your scrambled eggs.
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