VEGAN TASTE TEST
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Taste testing a batch of vegan foods - including vegan steak, vegan cheese and vegan egg! Seeing if they taste like their equivalent!
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This was pretty fun trying out the vegan foods and will probably do another! More taste testing videos can be found on the taste testing playlist ruclips.net/video/xkQd0g0jDio/видео.html
My Virgin Kitchen how are you today?
My Virgin Kitchen hello
My Virgin Kitchen Make a mug cake of all sorts of versions
My Virgin Kitchen i found out that the reason left handed people can't cut bread straight is because bread knives are made so the serated part curves with how a right handed persons wrist curves so its straight. left handed people curve the other way so we go a bit squint. hope that helps and makes sense
My Virgin Kitchen your comment was posted 13 hours ago but the video is 5 mins old?
I came here to watch you taste vegans. I'm disappointed.
+SRM Solar radiation management Geoengineering haha was thinking that myself when I titled the video
I would approve of the eating of people O/
I love your pug just chilling in the corner
I like that you went into it with a positive and open mindset, however I'm vegan and I don't use any of these products, try No Muh vegan cheese and Sheese, Frys or sghaia vegan meat products, vego chocolate for better quality/tasting alternatives/substitutes!
Also the new quorn vegan products are great. Frys chicken nuggets are to die for.
Ruth Kavanagh I also don't like the fact that most people think vegans eat like this all the time. Fruits and veggies for life!
I'm with you. If your going to eat stuff, make it yourself don't expect much help from the processed products. And, I'd have to say this is if your vegan or omnivore.
I agree, the vegans I know are great cooks and don't use a lot of products like these.
I thought Quorn was only for vegetarians, the products i've found contain eggs and milk.
"do you sell vegan cheese?"
"yes"
😂 i like this person, barry got trolled. technically you just asked if they sell it.
That isn't trolling. That just your regular arrogant vegetarian.
kduhtdkzrt I don't think all shop assistants are vegetarian...
kduhtdkzrt what makes you think the shop assistant is vegetarian? Rather than someone who gets paid minimum wage and gives zero f**ks
No he didn't, you just don't understand the difference between vegetarian and vegan. Vegetarians don't eat meat. Vegans don't eat any animal products. Cheese is made from milk which is an animal product, so yes, you would have to specifically ask if they have vegan cheese to avoid buying cheese that was made from milk.
www.organicauthority.com/foodie-buzz/what-is-vegan-cheese-made-of.html
***** what the hell are you on about? Who asked about what vegan cheese was? I know the difference between vegan and vegetarian.My point was the customer assistant answered the question that he asked and then walked off, but barrys question implied he wanted to be shown where it was without directly asking that. The CA instead only answered the question he asked. Which was a bitt trolling. Not sure what the hell you are on about
It's true: herbs, sauces and the right combinations do a lot of magic when cooking vegan. Even moreso than with regular cooking.
And chickpeas. Chickpeas make everything taste good!
Trashware hummus is live. But you need good seasoning with any dish ^^
Trashware I love chickpeas
chickpea crisps are the best.
You pretty much can't make tasty vegan food unless you know how to/dare to season your food. I actually like the consistency of textured soy (the one in bite-sized chunks), and if it's boiled in vegetable stock and then stir fried with soy sauce and ground paprika, chili and pepper it really does taste nice.
yngv1 I think that counts for some foods like unseasoned tofu or so. But most vegans eat foods like potatoes, rice, pasta, vegetables etc. And these if anything only need a bit of salt and pepper to taste good. But you have the same with meat or milk. Most people wouldn't like the taste of unsaltened unseasoned, raw meat or unprocessed milk. It's all a matter of processing foods.
You should make vegan BBQ pulled pork with jackfruit!
Travis Peterson I would love to see that as well
Travis Peterson ^^^
how does someone make pulled pork without pork? then it's not pulled pork
Sounds disgusting
@@bmc9504 it's actually not. I am a huge omnivore as in if it doesnt run fast enough or doesn't taste like limabeans(ew) it's fair game for dinner lol
Our local grocery store had frozen packets of BBQ sauced jack fruit just heat and eat. They sampled it at the store on little dinner rolls and you couldn't tell it wasn't meat seriously it was fantastic. If it wasn't so friggen expensive I'd cook it once in a while for dinner. Super super surprising to everyone testing it.
I have to question the concept of some of these foods.
So you choose to be vegan, all well and good, and that's a decision to not eat meat.
So then why, of all the things you can do and have, are you recreating meat with science?
The whole point of being vegan, in general, is that you do not like eating meat or animal products.
Yet in this video alone you have eggs, duck, steak, cheese, and "beef" jerky.
Why pretend to eat meat with these poor substitutes that generally all taste bad?
You have perfectly good natural vegetables, and good products like tofu that you can flavor and savor every which way,
but you're eating these bad science experiment fake meats.
Why?
That just seems so phony of a person to say "I don't eat meat or animal products" and then do everything in their power to attempt to recreate meats with... whatever those "steaks" and "duck" are made from.
Surely there's better things to eat out there than imitation meat.
Firstly taste is very much a personal thing. I personally love veggie and vegan substitutes to meat. I have never eaten meat so I do not associate any of the products with meat. Very few of the flavourings are achieved with chemicals, it's just built up flavour dimensions through seasoning, like the egg smell is black salt, which isn't unnatural. Veggie and vegan products are not solely for veggies and vegans and the ability to make plant-based food taste like meat when no animal has to be harmed surely proves to staunch meat eaters that there is not need for the animal suffering. A lot of veggies and vegans still crave meat, but do not want to eat it due to the animals suffering, therefore they can satiate their craving with substitutes then what is the harm. They cannot all taste bad or they wouldn't be for sale. Sainsbury's vegan cheese outsold its estimations by 300% and the growth of the vegan food industry in the past year has been by 1500%. It cant be all bad
MysticJhn im not vegan but i do quite like quorn sometimes. i dont think quorn is vegan most of the time unless a special range but i eat them when i dont want something fatty. i like things like meatballs and sausages. they can be quite dry but when you add gravy they taste nice. most of the time i think its microprotein and a load of herbs to make it taste of something
And now I have to Google what "quorn" is.
MysticJhn the point of being vegan is not eating animal products, because eating animal products harms animals, and the environment. People don't just do it for the sake of it.
If those substitutes don't come from animals, they are not harming either of those things, they are just something nice to have to add some variety to your meals. What would be the point of limiting your diet to only plain vegetables If you can make something cool out of them by mixing them together? :)
Vegan products really ought to be solely for vegan people. If you want steak, just eat a steak.
As for the animal suffering... you yourself are an animal, and eating other animals is just what carnivorous animals do. Reguardless of living conditions (which these days are well regulated), you have to kill an animal to eat it, and technically that's no worse than what you do to a corn plant or a soy plant. You're killing that living creature for your food. Just because plants haven't a mouth to scream with doesn't make you less of a killer just because it's not animal. If your concern is harming a living being, then you shouldn't be eating at all. Anything you eat that isn't a living being wouldn't sustain you and then you'd just be being cruel to yourself. And while taste is subjective, agreed, these things clearly do not taste like their intended imitatated meat. Most professional chefs wouldn't even touch such things because they are typically such poor quality.
Again, either you want to eat meat or you don't, but there's no point faking it.
These animals are raised and bred to be meat with the exception of hunted animals, and hunting animals is nature, even if humans have learned to give themselves an advantage.
Believe that if other animals had human levels of intelligence and tool making, we'd be as farmed and bred for livestock as any cow or chicken or pig us humans eat.
Now, I'm not trying to be preachy and tell you eat meat.
If you enjoy it, then be vegan or vegetarian.
Just don't lie to me and tell me you don't want meat, then immediately eat meat substitute.
Eat actual vegetables, grains, and what have you.
A carrot isn't pretending to be something. A carrot is a carrot.
This fake meat is like me dying a chicken wing green and calling it a vegetable because it's a similar color.
If I was making 100% animal based products that I sold as vegetables, it would probably be an outrage.
Barry for your next video on vegan products try shopping on Ocado, im vegan, and i dont really eat all that stuff you tasted in todays video apart from the violife cheese really. Frys producs, vegan quorn products, sainsburys meat free mince and meat free meatballs are great products. The violife cheddar is an even better product for cheese. Normal wraps are vegan as well, just because something isnt labelled "vegan" doesnt mean it isnt, alot of supermarket stuff will just say vegetarian when it comes to breads etc, you just need to check the ingredients.
PINKDMG dont encourage him to do another video.
I find it so cute and funny that the little guys sit on their little wooden booster and watch you intently the entire video.
How many egg puns did he manage to get in? Frankly one was an oeuf. :P
matthew bowers 👏👏 tres bien
Lol
Why would you need to use carrot nori when nori itself is vegan already? ...
CygniTo nori is often flavored with fish or shrimp or grown on mollusks. Therefore many vegans refuse to eat normal nori.
Carmen ah. I see.
The carrot nori would be useful for people with seafood allergies as well.
Korean nori are flavored with sesame oil, so that'll be a better substitute
They kinda looked lije the soya sheets that they use at our local sushi place. For people who don't like nori for mothers day they use the pink soy wraps and make a shrimp/serimi cream cheese cucumber and avocado mothers day roll lol its beautiful but i could do without the cream cheese.
I'm not vegan but I've been considering converting over. What I've realized is I like the mixture of spices or the sauce more than the meat. I just made tofu tacos and cauliflower buffalo "wings" and I don't crave tacos or wings anymore. Even substituting one meal with a vegan option is beneficial. Once you get it right, you'd want to keep experimenting and perfecting your craft. It's sparked my interest in cooking again
U vegan now?
I dont know how vegans live more than a month.
Daehawk lots of vitamins
By understanding that a healthy balanced diet does not require meat or fish and all the proteins, vitamins and minerals can be obtained from other foods.
Grace Jarvis people might know that if most vegans weren't frail.
I'd rather not make life complicated acting like a hippie and eat the eggs from chickens in my yard.
Daehawk to be fair they are probably quite healthy. the stuff barry had in this video is probably some of the extreme stuff many vegans might not eat. ive had some of the linda mccartney range which i think is vegan and that was ok. its at least vegetarian if not vegan
I don't know any frail vegans and I know a lot of vegans. None of them are undernourished and all know exactly what to eat
I don't really get why would someone eat substitutes like vegan eggs or steak... It doesn't taste the same anyway and it's expensive... you can be vegetarian or vegan and eat like a king without any substitutes 🤗
Well it can be a bit of a problem getting enough protein from traditional "plant based" dinners. But these meat alternatives are usually a really great source of protein and add some variety to a dish.
vegan egg is handy as my son is allergic to them. Certain recipes just don't work right with egg replacers
True you can by vegan and not eat substitutes. I personally love veggie and vegan substitutes to meat. I have never eaten meat so I do not associate any of the products with meat. They don't have to be expensive, in fact the last time I went to morrisons my vegan chicken pieces were cheaper than real chicken pieces. Also making your own things like seitan doesn't have to be pricey at all. Veggie and vegan products can be really helpful for people transitioning or people who miss the flavour but don't want to be responsible for the suffering. The ability to make plant-based food taste like meat when no animal has to be harmed surely proves to staunch meat eaters that there is not need for the animal suffering. A lot of veggies and vegans still crave meat, but do not want to eat it due to the animals suffering, therefore they can satiate their craving with substitutes then what is the harm. I am very stubborn so when people tell me that as a vegan I cannot eat something or cannot make traditional recipes I like to be able to prove that I can. I made an amazing "chicken" "bacon" and mushroom pie the other day and my meat eaters friends couldn't tell the difference. Substitutes just add some variety and an extra depth of flavour to a meal, by no means do you have to eat them all the time, but they taste good to most people and no animals are harmed so whats the problem.
the thing about the eggs is that you can use them for baking, rather than the other methods of egg replacements And a lot of things require eggs to bake properly, so these are super useful :) as far as using them for scrambled egg and omlettes, I'm not sure, but it doesn't harm anyone so why not :)
This is very true. And protein wise you'd be okay too if you kept an eye on protein intake, which sources to use and protein combining.
I just got done making a list of protein sources for my superior at work who wants to put on muscle (she's undermuscled) on her already vegetarian diet and she wants to transition to vegan down the road.
Some vegan protein sources out perform animal sources when it comes to how many grams of protein per 100gr of product there is. And this is not counting substitutes and protein powders.
Soak tofu in coconut milk! My partner just did that the other day and it adds this amazing coconut flavor to tofu, especially in something like a Thai stirfry. Another good way to get water out of tofu is to freeze it. Unfortunately afterwards it does want to crumble but you can cut it into chunks after its defrosted.
I find those cheese slices are very similar to the really cheap cheese slices that you put in burgers.
the texture is what people generally struggle with more than flavours when it comes to vegan produce, don't go in expecting it to be exactly like meat.
laurie bunting cheap processed 'american' style cheese probably isnt far off as its usually only 30% or so milk/cheese. often they cant legally call them cheese singles and it just says singles.
I think you're supposed to dampen the carrot/coconut wraps...like rice paper
you might be better off going for some more well know brands for the fake-meat. They usually have a good reputation for a reason
People keep saying 'why would you want meat substitute if you're vegan' you are confusing veganism with not liking the taste of meat. Also if you owned a vegan business, how would you promote your product to a wider market ie meat eaters? Make vegan meat! its all business and then you can also say 'there is no excuse not to be vegan' and all that
My kid is a celiac and can't eat wheat. I've found that it works best to not try and make things that are supposed to have wheat in them in favor of things that are supposed to be gluten free. I'd imagine its very similar with meat. Steaks, in general, are made from meat. There are tons of fantastic stuff that isn't faux meat and work out much better. To be honest, Lentil tacos are superior to meat tacos. Meatballs made with faux hamburger are not that good, but naturally, vegetarian ricotta balls are fantastic.
Ya I don't want my food to taste like meat. I don't like meat. No SJW stuff its just bloody gross
Some people have digestive issues and don’t have a choice. My coworker has EDS and has digestive issues so she has to eat vegan to avoid severe stomach discomfort.
No such thing as vegan meat
love how the pugs just sit there
you keep saying "generally" when you mean to say "genuinely" i'm going to cry if you keep doing it
90% of all vegans do not eat stuff like that!!
Karoline Bachner More like 99.9%
85% of all statistics on the internet are made up
Anthony Demaen Yes, considering I pulled that estimate out of my arse.
It’s for more like kids , or for people who like substitutes also I find it funny how you’re speaking for every vegan out there :3 .
I love the Primal strips and some vegan cheese is really good I know a lot of vegans who eat the processed vegan stuff
Loving your 'Dinners On' cook book Barry; can't wait to get the new one when it comes out!
For your next video I recommend you get some different plant based milks, oat milk, soy milk, rice milk etc. Best would be flavoured soy milk try the vanilla and chocolate soy milk. The best brand is probably Alpro. They do a range of vegan products such as vegan ice cream and vegan yogurts. If you get regular soy milk get sweetened soy milk not unsweetened soy milk. Also the Linda McCartney range has a lot of vegan foods that are nice try to find those. That range has sausages and pies and things like that and they are quite nice. I live in Ireland and can get all of these products so I presume you will be able to get all of them
Josh Price ive tried those and they were horrible. but i agree if the flavoured ones are better as at least it tastes of something. i also like the vanilla desserts. linda mccartney also i like those. im not vegan i just like them when i dont want something fatty.
Josh Price I prefer almond or cashew milk because I'm lactose intolerant.
yaas
You can get lactose free cows milk you know (assuming you're not vegan). Almond "milk" is actually very wasteful to produce on a commercial scale and almonds are water hogs to grow.
Takes more resources to raise animals. Not to mention the cows are tortured day after day.
As a life long vegetarian I've never eaten a fake meat substitute (like the duck or steak, or fake egg now I'm vegan) and obviously wouldn't eat any of them without heating them up and flavouring them- it was fun to see your reactions but I hope you remember that a potato with baked beans, followed by party rings, is a more average vegan meal!
Hello Barry! If you drain the mock duck, chop it up and fry it it gives a great texture! My partner and I are not vegans but we love Mock Duck! You should be able buy Chinese pancakes from your local Chinese supermarket too!! :-)
kale chips topped with nutritional yeast is awesome. nutritional yeast does have a chessy flavor but high in vitamin b12
High in b vitamins, but not in b12
You should do a sainsburies vegan cheese taste test :)
As a vegan who watches your channel, I enjoyed this video.
You should have tried to make 'pulled pork' jackfruit, it's very good and I've heard from a lot of meat eaters that it tastes very accurate!
I find it to be very very good. Hubs couldn't tell it wasnt pork. If it wasnt so expensive here I'd have it for dinner a couple times a month or made into a shredded taco filling with more if a tex mex sauce.
In my experience the best vegan meat recipes are homemade/ or tofu for eggs
"Like a rubber mask or something"... LOVE that you chose that comparison 🙈🙈🙈
I LOVED your reaction opening that can, it made me laugh! :D
If I was a vegan, In would probably starve to death as none of that looked remotely tasty
up4atgal Vegans don't eat that food, at least most of the vegans dont
I didn't know about the carrot wraps, that's pretty cool! They do vegan regular wheat wraps, but obviously that doesn't work if you don't eat bread.
The vegan flavour is likely nutritional yeast, as people say that has a cheesey flavour to it, and it's quite good for you :)
For the people who think this is a typical vegan diet, try thinking of this along the same lines as the tasting foreign food videos. They are novelty things, exciting things, they aren't the staple of the country that they come from. Same applies here :)
This is hilarious! We love your channel, you never fail to make us laugh! 😂
03:57 are boston and amy sat on little stalls?
Sad Onion I think that's what Becky and the kids stand on when they're filming together
As a vegan I love seeing you doing this and I can honestly say that you generally need to put tons of spices on most "unflavored" meat substitutes to make them edible!
I love your recipes overall btw! Keep up the good work
Oh I almost forgot, most bread are actually vegan but you probably already knew that!
(1) I'm vegan (both for the lack of animal cruelty and for health reasons) but enjoy watching most food channels and love Barry's channel.
(2) Amazing the hate that is generated in some carnivores when someone chooses not to have an animal product in a meal.
(3) Other comments have suggested that fake meats need lots of flavourings (just like real meat) - not that I use them a great deal, maybe once or twice a month
(4) Good idea by one comment about the carrot and the coconut wraps, try soaking them for a few seconds in water.
Overall, I'm glad you tried them - would love it if occasionally you would try to cook a plant-based dish.
"Fake duck, or fu-"
Wouldn't a vegan omelette be a vomit?
MrShannonite I'd say it's more like a vomelette
Oooh, that's a good one..Chocolate medal for you :)
Wouldn't mock duck be muck?
all that stuff looked nasty. ive seen vegan bacon in tesco and it looked like vomit that had been runover. just short of 19 mins of barry not liking anything except the 'cheese' at the end. saying that standard stuff like linda mccartney range arent too bad.
Not vegan but I really appreciate the honest in-depth criticism of the food in this video. Most other people jump in ready to be super judgemental, don't read the packaging on how something is intended to be eaten or cooked.
Why do the pugs like sitting up on those stools? That's so funny!
Gelatin can be made from melted down cartilages and not just hooves. Gives it a different texture and consistency (not so grainy). You can also get vegan gelatin made from seaweed called agar agar. You cannot use the same amount of agar agar as you do normal gelatine. you actually use less agar agar so it does not set like a rock and becomes really dense.
Your dogs look so depressed in the background 😂
alice carver they look like dogs?
Was totally distracted by the cute pug lol
leslie pinzon cutest dogs ever!
Would you be willing to create some crockpot recipes?
I've tried that brand of vegan egg before. I wasn't a fan of the flavor or texture of it alone, however baking with it was nice. It had to much of the black salt in it the mixture, so it had to much of a sulfur flavor. That's just my opinion though.
Barry, as a former vegan, the only way I ever enjoyed Tofu was to deep fry it and have it with szechuan sauce - it has a sort of chewy bread texture then. Not healthy, but tasty.
Love boston's face as you was opening the vegan egg
I love Boston supervising your efforts! (He looks, facially, as I imagine a Star Wars storm trooper would, with helmet removed!)
Tofu and (wheat gluten), or seitan, are quite versatile and can actually be quite tasty as long as it's cooked with the right ingredients/seasonings. You should try them in some Asian recipes (kind of like how you used Hoisin sauce)! I'm nowhere near vegan myself but Asian vegan food is quite delicious. I'm from a Vietnamese household (although living in Canada) and my mom cooks vegan a few times each year; traditions dictate that we are supposed to eat vegetarian (we don't really make a distinction between vegan and vegetarian in our culture by the way) on some days for various celebrations. I always get a bit excited when she makes vegetarian dishes or when she brings back some dishes she bought from the Buddhist temple after whatever celebration she was there for.
I'm not about to scroll through all the comments so this may have already been pointed out. The reason the mock duck and the vegan steak were so similar is that they are most likely seitan aka wheat gluten. It takes flavors very well and is my favorite meat substitute when I'm having to make something for vegan friends. I'm a dedicated omnivore personally.
My Virgin Kitchen and vegan?! I don't think I've ever clicked on a video more quickly! 😝
I never could get down with tofu..also gagged when you took that tofu from the tin 😂
The wine gums are most likely thickened with pectin, the same thickener used in jams, jellies, and preserves. It's fruit-based, so definitely in the vegan wheelhouse.
Love you honesty when reviewing things and wow the cheese area girl was super useful haha
if you decide to try the mock duck again(and i hope you do), it should be strained before you eat it.
putting it in a stew or just frying it for a while will also really help the taste. I really recommend putting it in tikka masala or just dump it in with some veggies and coconutmilk. Dont forget to season!
The eggs are really good with a bit of onion, bell peppers, mushroom etc it takes on the flavor of the veg. Also much better if you use the mixer.
You should try Linda McCartney products! The duck is amazing 😁 love the video
Using fake meat definitely takes more effort, time, and creativity in the kitchen. I rarely use it just because vegetables are so much easier to work with and you can do a lot of trickery with them. Buffalo wings made from cauliflower?? SO freakin good!
This is one of my top reasons to enjoy my Sundays
your dog's are so cute
Hey you should try and make your own gluten also known as Seitan, what you do is mix wheat flour with water, try and find a flour with 20-30% protein, then you wash out all the starch from the dough by putting it in cold water a couple of times until the water stops becoming white, you want to get rid of all the starch, you should end up with a yellow and very stringy dough, then you can slow cook it on low heat in a broth for about 2 hours. End result should be something like a christmas ham.
Omg all these people throwing their opinions about being a vegan and really nobody asked.
Scrunches his nose and shakes his head every single bite. Compares taste to rubber and cardboard. Declares them "alright".
With the right seasoning combinations - tofu can make a good scrambled egg replacement - since the texture is basically like omelette anyway.
The soya "steaks" work really well in small chunks in curries and stews and stuff. You can occasionally find the soya chunks in world food aisles and stuff in supermarkets, so if you do another one of these it might be worth giving them a try!
I don't know if they have the Gardein brand there, but they have a lot of really good vegan substitutes if you're looking for something that is meat-like for next taste test! Also, for both of those wraps, you're suppose to let them set for a few minutes after making your roll, or warm them a few seconds before using them. It softens them up and gets rid of the "postage-stamp" quality =)
I really enjoyed this video! I'm not vegan but sometimes i like to pick vegan options and see if i can slowly transition. Also im gluten and dairy free for health reasons so i love new kinds of foods! I love the vegan cheese! To me it taste like butter and i never eat it unmelted. The tofu in a can looks like tofu skin which is very popular in chinese dishes :) It's a lot nicer in a oyster sauce kind of stew or marinated savoury saucy dishes. The gluten is also really popular in chinese dishes in gravy like stir fry, i use to love it so much when i was younger. That steak just did not even look like steak lol I've got some imitation pork in the fridge i'm not rushing to try lol I think it's awesome there's so many vegan options out there now and hopefully they can start making most of them gluten and soy free :D
The problem with a Vegan diet is they are trying to create food that looks similar, taste similar and everything else to mimic food people eat that it fails miserably.
They need to come up with a diet of their own and stick with that.
I am not a vegan, but I have tried vegan foods that attempt to mimic a regular diet and it always fails.
" not everyone is vegan cause they hate how meat is"
Didn't say that was the reason why they would.
What I did say was they are trying to make it appealing to those that are vegan's so it will seem like they can still have their favourite food.
"mostly because they want to stop cruelty and killing the planet.
No they don't. You still need to kill plants to make vegan food. Studies have shown that plants will cry out and plants nearby will react. They will only eat food that doesn't involve animals at all.
"Plus it helps people transition into veganism, nothing wrong with it."
A bit deceitful, you go and find out that you can still have a steak or eggs, go buy one and find out that it is nothing like the real thing.
As I said they should come up with a new diet/food and stop trying to mimic other foods. If they are making a steak it needs to taste like one, if they are making cheese or eggs it needs to taste like it. If not don't do it that is what I am saying.
Cool! I've been mostly pant-based for about 6 months and I usually just each a ton of rice, beans and frozen veggies with curry powders and fresh herbs.
Something that I've really enjoyed is a veg stock soup with rice noodles. Other ingredients such as soya sauce, peanut cilli oil, sesame oil are critical, and then you put butt-tons of veg in it. Yummmm
Your pugs are so cute. Looks like they're waiting for treats the whole time lol
The carrot paper makes me think of fruit roll-ups
Barry, next time you try the Gem Wraps, try the Mango Chipotle one, it is SO good, I have gone gluten free after finding out I was Celiac and those are my FAVE of the Gem Wraps. So good.
your talking up the first part of the video and Boston is sitting on the step, but what is he doing? lmao AN I love that your name for farts, happens to be out presidents name. lmao
I'm vegan and have never tried most of this stuff! I eat mostly whole foods. A lot of 'regular' food is also vegan- bread, pasta, rice, tortillas, bagels, etc etc are all vegan for a start. Those carrot wraps aren't typical foods for most vegans. I'd recommend you check out the vegan society website!
To everyone else who is questioning why vegans may want egg/meat substitutions too: veganism is an ethical stance. the objection is with the suffering and exploitation, not with the flavours or textures. Again, the vegan society website explains more about this but i would also recommend bite size vegan here on youtube!
Hi from 🇨🇦 Canada!
I love this. Very fun to watch. And the dogs are the best.
I'm new here. I just found your channel!
I'm a vegan and I don't bother with the fake stuff in general. When I made the move from vegetarian a couple of years I did worry about missing cheese though. Vio-Life is really good. It's really like emmental, or a mild cheddar. The stuff you get in Holland and Barrat. "Cheezly" is passable if it's in a sauce or something but on it's own has a mad texture and quite a fake smell. Vio-Life's the one.
the steaks is good if you season them! I let them chill in a mix of chili, garlic, salt, soy, bbqsauce and oil before cooking them!
you should try making chickpea cutlets. Super yummy and easy to make. I used to be vegan but had too many deficiencies so..
press the Steak First. When the Steak are in the pan and hot, give soy sauce in the pan. Taste Really good
Late to the party but the best place in the UK for a good range of vegan stuff would be Holland and Barrett or specialist stores. Other than online of course. Some suggestions if you fancied doing another taste test:
Anything from Linda McCartney - (Especially the pulled pork burgers or the sausages)
ASDA's popcorn chicken style balls
V'bites (duck pieces, chicken strips and mini sausages are particularly nice)
Sheese (as someone not too fond of cheese you'd probably prefer the original which is like philadelphia)
Fry's mock meats - they do quite a big range
It would also be really interesting if you could get your hands on some of the brands that are currently only widely available in the US like Gardein, Beyond Meat and Field Roast.
I am pretty sure Boston and Amy stole the show from you! They are so funny and cute! Love them haha
You should try the Sainsbury's own diary free cheese, it tastes amazing.Violife cheese is a bit plasticy, but there are many other companies out there, Scheese (who make the Sainsbury's cheese), Vegusto , Vbits. I agree with what other people have said in the comments you haven't selected the best products out there for vegans. Tofu isn't necessarily a vegan product it was developed at least 2000 years ago as a product in it's own right and not as a substitute to meat. Tofu takes on flavouring very well, it needs to be marinated before pressing. The braised tofu is unusal, but it is good in salads, or even for making a vegan version of tuna sweetcorn.
Probably "vegan spice" in cheese might be deactivated yeast. I don't tolerate dairy, so I use it all the time to mimic cheese taste.
I use to hate tofu as I thought it was just for vegetarians and vegans but after going to China and marrying my husband who cooks it, it is now my favorite. It just soaks up ALL the flavor and is just amazing if cooked well. You should try asain stirfry or stew with it. Just amazing.
The vegan egg is better with black salt. I don't eat much fake meat or cheese after three years vegan. I have tried most things I could, and decided not to do much. I sometimes enjoy a good bbq Seitan or tofu, but just like you said, lots of other flavors. And most vegan cheeses at worst have no flavor or leave me with a awful sour taste in my mouth. Fruit, Veggies, Grains, Nuts, Seeds, and I am good.
Nothing says tasty like wet fiberglass! Really enjoyed the taste testing. I'm curious what you'd think of vegetarian/vegan chicken nuggets... I've heard they taste really good!
It sure seems like these foods worked better when you actually make a dish out of them rather than straight from the package. Good to know!
Love the way how Boston chills at the beginning of the video & when it goes to the eating stuff he raises his head just like he knows whats going on! :D Greetings from germany :)
I wouldn't last 5 minutes on a vegan diet, I'm way too picky about food. However I did have a Tesco "free from" chocolate bar that contained no milk, gluten or wheat the other day and it was delicious. I don't know if that one is vegan or just vegetarian-friendly but I enjoyed it :)
I think the canned "braised tofu" is actually braised beancurd... A type of tofu byproduct but not technically the tofu itself. There are different products that come from pressed tofu... Like soymilk, beancurd, tofu skin, etc
Yeh i dont think anyone actually eats that braised tofu.
I loved the braised tofu, I have it in salads a lot. But tofu isn't really a vegan product. it's an ancient eastern food that wasn't even developed as a substitute to meat. It is a product in it's own right
Damn, what kind of jerky do you have around your parts, that looks more like one of those compacted apple snack bars.
tofu is the easiest thing to flavour. it's just a like sponge. if you want lots of flavour, squeeze as much liquid out as possible and marinate in whatever you want just like you would with meat. ideally, just as with meat, over night, in the fridge. the tofu will absorb all the flavours, just like meat. or: buy pre-marinated tofu. not just plain oder smoked. proper marinated. they sell it everwhere. also, you should have gotten vegan quorn. I know they sell vegan quorn in the UK.
As a vegan i stay away from substitutes as I generally am dissapointed. I have tried vegan tuna which was spot on. and also quorn vegan nuggets where scary accurate my boyfriend said he liked them more than real ones! firm and silken tofu can be used to make omellete and scrambled by adding milk and black salt (kala namak)
Your dogs are so adorable
the braised tofu looks like dried bean curd (pretty much tofu skin) if you are at a dim sum restaurant, they use it in several dishes. very delish
The vegan egg is best if you measure it out exactly, & if the water is ice cold. & if you season it right when you put it in the pan it tastes better, & if you want it to taste eggier black salt is the way to go.
1:28 I couldn't take my eyes off the pug so cute