Just a good lad finding what is nice and what is sh*te. That why I like your vids Gaz. The red spot on Tefal pans supposedly turn all red when up to temperature, but I don't know if that applies to having ingredients in there as well. Always toast a bun to hold hot food. The comment aboyut meat "substitutes" is bang on. I have worked with veggies and a vegan who crave the "meat taste" but don't like it on their conscience. Glad you're doing well mate!
Like me yesterday "must be careful not to cut myself", then pick up empty tin by the lip* 😮. Lucky for me, cut was smaller than the nick on Trump's ear, so just a plaster job. *Lip of the tin, I didn't pick it up with my mouth 😂
Youngest daughter says they are bloody horrible ( put your own words in please 🤣😂). And she is a vegetarian 😂❤. Good to see you Gareth have a fantastic day 🎉
They are fine - just a little bland. Not too dissimilar to the original pork versions in all honesty. In a bun with some nice salad leaves, sliced tomato and hot sauce? Not bad at all.
....you make me giggle mate, you really do. I'm watching a bloke opening a box of plant burgers and already I'm hooked. Bloody hell, I should be cutting the grass. 🤣😂🤣
My husband has changed to eat a vegan diet due to chronic kidney disease, and the results are fantastic, its working for him!! We cook a lot of our food from scratch, and we did before as well, but its nice to take a break from food prep and grab something convenient for a change. We were both meat eaters before so the plant range at aldi is well received by us. Its a convenience range that mimics a regular meat menu. It was never going to taste like meat on its own. Artificial flavouring hasn't progressed that far yet, or at least that's what we think. However, stick it in a bun with some lettuce, tomato slices and burger relish with a slice of vegan cheese with a side of chips and its good to go. Protein in a convenient form that we didn't spend hours preparing. We've tried several items in the range and get on well with them. You are looking well I'm glad to see, keep going Gareth. 👍
I remember my gran telling me grandad was on a diet of steamed fish after a bout of pneumonia (this would have been before the NHS). He hated fish ever after. Just as well he was a butcher. Went back to meat and died aged 100. Gran's father was a fisherman on the Welsh coast, but she married a butcher in the dead centre of England 😊
Congratulation on not throwing up. I nearly lost it after just reading the box. BTW it was Clarice. 😀 Also, quite relevant: "I can smell your burger" 🤑
Sunflower oil is vegetable oil, as is rapeseed oil, which after water is the second largest ingredient in these. So quite a bit of oil fried in more oil. I think I'll pass.
Vivera Shwarma Kebab is very good. 2 minutes in a microwave, have in wraps or pitta. Beyond Burgers are excellent and IMO the best of the vegan burgers.
@@jumbo994 The Vivera Kebab is ace, i`ve not done it in the micro just the bottom of my air fryer for a few mins and love it with loads of crucials yoghurt and mint sauce.
The vegetarian butcher "Happy go Clucky" I found alright, but my daughter smelled an imposter, and didn't forgive me for a while as she was expecting meat, she is also ASC so aye smelt and tasted the not usual texture, I had bad mum vibes for a bit!
I don't understand why people get confused by vegetarians wanting foods that taste like meat. Most people don't become vegetarian because they don't like the taste of meat they become vegetarian due to not wanting to actually eat animals!
I get that as I used to be vegetarian myself, but I always found the ready meal meat subs a let down, its better to get a bunch of pulses and soy protein and make it taste good in patty style, but more time consuming I found. I went back to eating meat and fish, because my health was suffering, and I wasn't getting the benefit from supplements. So I try to have a balance of vegan tasty meals, a bit of meat, a bit of fish. It is hard to cost stuff that has all the nutrient requirements for my wee family while working, I am off today so made a lovely black bean and mushroom Spanish style casserole type of thing with plain basmati rice, delicious. I respect folk that can commit to a vegan diet and work out the calcium, and protein requirements, I feel guilty sometimes, because it didn't work out for me.
I can understand not wanting to eat animals but most vegans /vegetarians try to convert others to their diets especialy those "celebrities" that appear with monotonous regularity on "QI" . If we all became vegan we'd have no use for farm animals so do they really want them all to die off eventualy ?
Other than Linda McCartney food I've never been a fan off fake meat. A bean burger is where it's at if I don't want meat. And best of luck with your checkup, glad to see you're on the mend.
I'm finding that the yellow sticker section of my local supermarkets being Tesco and Asda are full of these fake meat products there obviously not selling too well.
@@VampireJack10 No I see meat products but I have noticed alot of these fake meat products even when they are reduced no ones buying. If you get a reduced stake with yellow sticker say sirloin it snapped up pretty fast unlike the fake meat alternatives.
Some people don't like, either vegan or vegetarian stuff. I am a meat eater, and also do like a lot of them. I love veggie burgers and sausages and have them, in a fry up at least once a week. Sorry Gaz, to see you in pain eating these. Hope you're next review, finds you something tasty.
I have been a veggie since 1974. I cook meat for my family. I still miss mince and potatoes bacon and sausages.I think this is because of childhood memories.
Can't wait until Iceland bring out a new product ; "NEW Brocoli and Carrots" Made from reconstituted pieces of pork and beef. Lovingly, artisan crafted into the shape of original Broccoli pieces and carrots. Should catch on.
I’ve been a strict vegetarian for 42 years. And most vegan/ vegetarian products are made without any thought for taste. There’s more choice for me now than what there was as a kid, but it’s hardly improved. Asdas burgers are nice by the way
Why not cook your vegetarian meals from scratch? I'm sure it's cheaper than the ready meal stuff. Plus, you can add the seasoning you enjoy for flavour
@@robertcreighton4635 I do. I get the sada burgers just for quickness when I come back from work. But I’m with you on that one. Home cooked meals so much better my friend.
I think the main supermarkets have started something they can't stop. Someone once suggested keeping vegans sweet, so the chefs designed these awful foods. Now they're lumbered with them. They dursn't take them off the shelves for fear of offending sandal wearers.
I’m pescatarian. I had a cardiac arrest 8 years ago and died, but was brought back to life by passers by and a defibrillator because processed meat blocked my arteries due to a hereditary condition. Some vegan and vegetarian food is great, some is poor, if it was that bad though it would not sell and the companies would go bust. Each to their own…
This one made me giggle. 😂So glad to see you trying non meat. My daughter is a vegetarian but wouldn't touch these, they look awful. Linda McCartney mozzarella quarter pounders are really tasty but you have to add salad, cheese and sauce just as you would a 'normal' burger.
I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian. But I know that a lot of vegans/vegetarians enjoy the taste of meat, but don't agree with slaughtering animals. Perhaps that's what these companies are taking advantage of? A bit like ex drinkers buying alcohol free "beer" etc... 😉
I bought a pair of shoes for £12 from Aliexpress was determined to make them last 1 year and that's what they look like today in that bun to date...glad you're doing well Gareth and stay strong fella!!!
I’ve been asking that question for so long vegans don’t like meat but they want to eat something the is meant to look and taste like meat ? Instead they would rather eat something that’s made in a science lab with a crap full of ingredients you don’t no what they are putting rubbish on there body’s
I was raised pescatarian from birth, then from age 7-19 I was vegetarian, and from age 19-30 I was vegan. I went back to pescatarian in January this year. I’ve never eaten land meat in my entire life, only fish. I eat these products, I’m obsessed with Beyond burgers, I love plant-based “chicken”, I use meat substitutes a lot. That’s what I ate growing up so that’s what I’m used to. I’ve never been tempted to eat real meat, and I don’t think I’ll ever be interested in it. The thought of it makes me gag. For most vegans/vegetarians who DID used to eat meat, they didn’t stop eating meat because they didn’t like the taste. They did it for ethical reasons. They don’t want to eat something which was once alive, and killed for them basically. So to them, foods like this are familiar to them and similar to what they’re used to eating but without an animal being harmed in the process. It’s very simple really. I don’t understand why so many people can’t comprehend that.
@@BaldFoodieGuy thank you. Sorry for being a bit rude, I’ve been bullied my entire life for my diet and people making fun of me for eating things like this so I get super defensive. Thank you for responding with kindness.
Hate to be "that guy", but you know plants are alive and killed for us to eat? Fish too, ever seen fish thrashing around when out of water? And don't start me on lobsters and cephalopods (squid and octopus) which are highly intelligent, according to marine biologists, but killed horribly.
@@neilgodwin6531 the “plants are alive and killed for us” argument is stupid. I’m not getting into that. Yes of course I’ve seen fish thrashing around, I couldn’t go fishing and kill fish myself, as it upsets me. I’ve never eaten lobsters, or any other form of shellfish/molluscs/crustacians. I feel pretty comfortable in my morals knowing that being an almost life-long vegan/vegetarian that I’ve caused the least amount of harm, and me now eating fish once a week after 31 years of not eating it, and never eating meat in my life, still means I’ve caused a helluva lot less animal deaths than the average person. I’m guessing I’ve caused much less harm than you. ✌🏼
Another point.....these foods are highly processed to get to where they are. My 81 year old Veggie Mother would never touch anything that resembled meat. I was brought up on vegetarian food, but I love a "Blue" Fillet Steak, and regularly cook Beef joints and Lamb Steaks in the Air Fryer.
Thank you Gaz for putting yourself through that,👍 This 👉😕was my face as you were eating them. Can we have a minute silence for the Herbs and Bun😂 Have a wonderful day Gaz and family ❤ aww the best at the 🏥🤞
Exactly right about being a meat eater that is switching or has switched to plant based. If you've loved the taste of say chicken or bacon but decided to switch for health or ethical reasons then think of this approach as a half way house. I'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian and have tried some substitutes. In reality there is nothing to replace meat but the substitutes are bound to improve and get closer to the real thing. Mankind destroys it's environment, we should look at maybe look at the way we treat animals and consider that an animal might go through a painful death just so we can have a burger or a sausage. On a lighter note....Love your reviews and keep them coming, meat or otherwise.
One comedian said something like, "if you don't want to eat meat, fine, but you can't have the shapes." I'm VIOLENTLY opposed to this sort of thing: it's lazy and silly. I object less to a Quorn patty/sausage shape, because it is its own thing...
Gareth mate, a lot of vegetarians and vegans used to eat meat, and enjoyed it. They still would enjoy the flavour and taste of meat, but made the choice due to ethical reasons - doesn't mean meat isn't tasty. This kind of food is their alternative. If I went vegetarian (might do?) I'd still miss the taste and texture of meat as I love burgers, pork pies, spicy chicken fillets, chick kiev etc, so if there were veggie alternatives I'd definitely be going for them.
If it's an ethical concern rather than taste, it's always struck me as a real lack of pragmatism to give your money to companies producing abject rubbish like this rather than helping to increase the market for high welfare, ethically raised meat and poultry.
@@stephmulrine7298 I'm not saying they 'should'. I'm saying the decision not to lacks pragmatism and will achieve little of practical value other than making themselves feel better personally. If that's sufficient and the uktimate aim then have at it.
Granted they look rank. But would meat eaters quit picking on veggies in the posts. We don't wanna eat meat. That is my choice. I don't slag meat eaters for eating meat. Happily been veg for 40 years. I can't eat meat cause it's a waste picking all the undesirables out of it. Waste of money to me. And the prepacked frozen veggie stuff is full of salt and sugar. I don't need someone slagging me off for being veggie? Not personally YET.
Come on England!!! Hope everyone enjoys the game tonight and thank you Gareth, I like veggie food and like to try different things, so will give this a wide berth!
I ran out of mayonnaise so I made my own with egg yolk, vinagar, oil, mustard, salt. It was quite nice but the colour of salad cream. Making my own ketchup might be a bit more tricky, especially without tomatoes.
you are not at your best Gareth, and we all have these days, but entertaining as ever sir... I think I would be leaving these in the supermarket... and I think the reason for the burgers (non-meat) is to allow vegans and meat eaters get together on a BBQ perhaps... I had a portabella burger some while back and it was pretty tasty (would have preferred meat) but on taste alone, I would order another 100%. Another good review in the bank ! onto the next...
One of the few things that companies making vegetarian food got almost right was sausage. Unfortunately sausage patties tend to take on the texture of hockey pucks as they have no fat to keep them moist.
Where's the cheese Gareth ? Having tried numerous vegan subtitutes for real meat they all have something missing. As my father used to say, if it doesn't come from an animal it is not meat. Another one to avoid ! Take care with your jaw.
No sorry Gareth not for me I couldn't eat that , maybe they are nice for some people but not me . Good to see you looking better sending love and prayers 🙏 to you and your family. God bless you all
HAD to comment again. You've now got the ramblings of someone totally sober! Big congrats. We're an odd lot 😂Another great review, more comedy value than culinary but keep em coming soldier 😂😂
Excellent review- despite being unpleasant,it could have gone either way and I say that because I do enjoy a number of vegetarian products and personally like to have a few days meat free *Well worth watching to be informed ‼️💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻*
It's fascinating that Aldi chose to call them 'no pork patties', when they could have raised the perceived value of the product dramatically by calling it 'no Aberdeen Angus steak patties'. This would also have made the outrageous price of £1.75 much easier to swallow, unlike the product itself of course! But enough of the silly stuff. On a more serious note, it's great to see that you are doing so well Baldie, and I wish you, and your family all the best for the future.
the whole reason that the food tastes gash af is to try to cure folk of their confusion/mental instability, lol 😉 Cheers G, hope you have had/having an enjoyable weekend.
The best part of this video is your sense of humour 😊 You always bring a smile to our faces. We love your videos. Thanks Gareth. Take good care 👍
Just a good lad finding what is nice and what is sh*te. That why I like your vids Gaz. The red spot on Tefal pans supposedly turn all red when up to temperature, but I don't know if that applies to having ingredients in there as well. Always toast a bun to hold hot food. The comment aboyut meat "substitutes" is bang on. I have worked with veggies and a vegan who crave the "meat taste" but don't like it on their conscience. Glad you're doing well mate!
Read the comment I just left, and appreciate my sense of humour! 👍🤣
"Not putting my hand in there" ( hot pan) and then immediately does "ouch" 😂😂
Like me yesterday "must be careful not to cut myself", then pick up empty tin by the lip* 😮.
Lucky for me, cut was smaller than the nick on Trump's ear, so just a plaster job.
*Lip of the tin, I didn't pick it up with my mouth 😂
Youngest daughter says they are bloody horrible ( put your own words in please 🤣😂). And she is a vegetarian 😂❤. Good to see you Gareth have a fantastic day 🎉
You too 👌
They are fine - just a little bland.
Not too dissimilar to the original pork versions in all honesty.
In a bun with some nice salad leaves, sliced tomato and hot sauce? Not bad at all.
@@heidiwhyley454 I'm a veggie, and thought they were revolting. The Kiev from the same range is lovely though.
Yummy. That looks just as appetising as the cardboard box they came in.
🤣🤪🥓🥓🥓🐖😊
Just like Quorn "mince"
....you make me giggle mate, you really do.
I'm watching a bloke opening a box of plant burgers and already I'm hooked.
Bloody hell, I should be cutting the grass. 🤣😂🤣
My husband has changed to eat a vegan diet due to chronic kidney disease, and the results are fantastic, its working for him!! We cook a lot of our food from scratch, and we did before as well, but its nice to take a break from food prep and grab something convenient for a change.
We were both meat eaters before so the plant range at aldi is well received by us. Its a convenience range that mimics a regular meat menu. It was never going to taste like meat on its own. Artificial flavouring hasn't progressed that far yet, or at least that's what we think.
However, stick it in a bun with some lettuce, tomato slices and burger relish with a slice of vegan cheese with a side of chips and its good to go. Protein in a convenient form that we didn't spend hours preparing.
We've tried several items in the range and get on well with them.
You are looking well I'm glad to see, keep going Gareth. 👍
Thank you both kindly 🙏
I remember my gran telling me grandad was on a diet of steamed fish after a bout of pneumonia (this would have been before the NHS).
He hated fish ever after. Just as well he was a butcher. Went back to meat and died aged 100. Gran's father was a fisherman on the Welsh coast, but she married a butcher in the dead centre of England 😊
Dr Lecter: "I had his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti"
Haha that's it
Was the liver vegan? 🤣🤣🤣
At least he was eating meat to go with the plant-based stuff.
@@BaldFoodieGuy silence of the lambs?
Silence of the Pork's
Silence of the Lamb
I think there’s no point veg trying to be meat
Not for me
@@roberthorton2744 I thought it was " Shutup Ewe" 😆
I am so glad you have cut binge booze, with your help I have reduce 2ltr of whisky per week to 1Ltr and working on it. Well done geezer.
Thanks
Well done ❤
Good to see you doing well, you’re looking a lot better! Best wishes and I always love watching your videos!
Cheers mate
"definitely edible" isnt the best endorsement 😂😂
Youre the best guage for "shall i try this?" when in the supermarket!
Congratulation on not throwing up. I nearly lost it after just reading the box.
BTW it was Clarice. 😀
Also, quite relevant: "I can smell your burger" 🤑
😂
I'm a meat eater but must admit i quite like the Vegetable Burgers from Iceland now and then. I dont think id be keen on those ones though
Bird's Eye Vegetable burgers are nice, but they're not trying to be something else.
Fake meat is horrible
Sunflower oil is vegetable oil, as is rapeseed oil, which after water is the second largest ingredient in these. So quite a bit of oil fried in more oil. I think I'll pass.
I can't wrap my head around that. If there's only 5% pea-protein, are these things basically water and oil? How does that even work??
I've never found any fake meat products to be anything remotely as tasty as the real thing. Just look at the amount of ingredients!
Quorn Nuggets are pretty good but that's about it
@@OliverSG1 Have you tried their Quorn pieces in a Curry as they soak up all the flavour or their quarter pounders ???
Vivera Shwarma Kebab is very good. 2 minutes in a microwave, have in wraps or pitta. Beyond Burgers are excellent and IMO the best of the vegan burgers.
@@jumbo994 The Vivera Kebab is ace, i`ve not done it in the micro just the bottom of my air fryer for a few mins and love it with loads of crucials yoghurt and mint sauce.
The vegetarian butcher "Happy go Clucky" I found alright, but my daughter smelled an imposter, and didn't forgive me for a while as she was expecting meat, she is also ASC so aye smelt and tasted the not usual texture, I had bad mum vibes for a bit!
Oh dear that looked like cardboard 😅 your looking well Gareth 😉
Thank you
@@BaldFoodieGuy eat the box, theres probably more nutrition in it😂
It’s pretty…………grim 😬
Silence of the 'free from' Lambs
Silence of the Lamb's Lettuce
There's a reason every 'marked down section is mainly 'plant based meat immitator' food
You are looking much better my freind after giving up the boooze keep the good work up and god bless .keith
Thanks 👍
I don't understand why people get confused by vegetarians wanting foods that taste like meat.
Most people don't become vegetarian because they don't like the taste of meat they become vegetarian due to not wanting to actually eat animals!
I get that as I used to be vegetarian myself, but I always found the ready meal meat subs a let down, its better to get a bunch of pulses and soy protein and make it taste good in patty style, but more time consuming I found. I went back to eating meat and fish, because my health was suffering, and I wasn't getting the benefit from supplements. So I try to have a balance of vegan tasty meals, a bit of meat, a bit of fish. It is hard to cost stuff that has all the nutrient requirements for my wee family while working, I am off today so made a lovely black bean and mushroom Spanish style casserole type of thing with plain basmati rice, delicious. I respect folk that can commit to a vegan diet and work out the calcium, and protein requirements, I feel guilty sometimes, because it didn't work out for me.
I just wish they wouldn’t coat everything vegetarian and vegan in breadcrumbs
my thoughts exactly . If you are vegetarian or vegan ,fair enough ,but why do you want to eat vegetables that look like and taste like meat .
I can understand not wanting to eat animals but most vegans /vegetarians try to convert others to their diets especialy those "celebrities" that appear with monotonous regularity on "QI" . If we all became vegan we'd have no use for farm animals so do they really want them all to die off eventualy ?
Look similar sort of stuff to what they were eating in soylent green, yum yum!
Your film timeline is very good .... Purge or demolition man next 😂😂😂🙏🃏❤️
Great film
! of my fave movies
That was set in 2022 so we're not eating people, yet!
no, soylent green was people, and people are mostly meat. mostly. this stuff on the other hand...
The proof isn't in the pudding, the proof of the pudding is in the eating 😊
Other than Linda McCartney food I've never been a fan off fake meat. A bean burger is where it's at if I don't want meat. And best of luck with your checkup, glad to see you're on the mend.
Thank you
"I'll try and log that in my memory" almost had me wetting myself, I was laughing so hard.
Top class humour there!
0:50 was that a cheeky “kin-hell”Gaz 😉🤣❤️
It was the full f-kin ‘ell mate!!😂😂😂
Good news that is has 'cracked black pepper' in it rather than just plain old black pepper.
Thanks Gareth mate for taking one for the team, will deffo give that a miss. Ithink you should have went with the hot sauce
YUK, YUK, AND MORE YUK.
I'm finding that the yellow sticker section of my local supermarkets being Tesco and Asda are full of these fake meat products there obviously not selling too well.
@@Ramsay77 Yeah, a few times I've picked up burgers or sausages thinking I got a bargain only to find it's pea protein when I got home.
@@EdwardHinton-qs4ryAnd most of them are overpriced... 🤓
Tesco Falafel and Houmous wrap with mango chutney is fab, I found that in the reduced section and I'm glad I did, a bargain and tasty 😂
So you never see meat products there?
@@VampireJack10 No I see meat products but I have noticed alot of these fake meat products even when they are reduced no ones buying. If you get a reduced stake with yellow sticker say sirloin it snapped up pretty fast unlike the fake meat alternatives.
The red dot is the thermo spot when it turns solid red it’s time to add the food we’ve had these pans for years and still going strong.
Sorry Gaz, this looks disgusting, definitely not for me.
You're looking really well, keep it up friend.
I love the bettlejuice reference superb as always
I'd rather watch my ingrowing toenail progress for a month than eat that.
😂🤣🤣
Some people don't like, either vegan or vegetarian stuff. I am a meat eater, and also do like a lot of them. I love veggie burgers and sausages and have them, in a fry up at least once a week. Sorry Gaz, to see you in pain eating these. Hope you're next review, finds you something tasty.
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂funny
Cork substitute ?
The Beyond Burgers are actually bloody delicious and i buy them when they are reduced.
I have been a veggie since 1974. I cook meat for my family. I still miss mince and potatoes bacon and sausages.I think this is because of childhood memories.
50 years without a bacon sarnie - What's the point of being alive?!?!?!?
I'm veggie since 2001. I only miss bacon. Even the smell of it makes me salivate
I can see the eye roll already !! . Its not gonna be a happy ending .your looking well fella,love from down south
Can't wait until Iceland bring out a new product ; "NEW Brocoli and Carrots" Made from reconstituted pieces of pork and beef. Lovingly, artisan crafted into the shape of original Broccoli pieces and carrots.
Should catch on.
I’d rather eat the cardboard box than those things GAZ,you need to try FLY 🪰 pies 🥧 at Christmas 😂😂❤❤
I asked a vegetarian at work why so much of their food mimics meat and she explained that meat tastes so good. Fair enough I suppose.
😀💕xx Thanks Gareth, that was ABSOLUTELY hilarious!! 😂all the very best 🥰
Stay strong you are doing well Gareth ❤
😂 you didn’t need words, face was enough. 😂 😆
I’ve been a strict vegetarian for 42 years. And most vegan/ vegetarian products are made without any thought for taste. There’s more choice for me now than what there was as a kid, but it’s hardly improved. Asdas burgers are nice by the way
Try the Quorn range it`s ace.
Why not cook your vegetarian meals from scratch? I'm sure it's cheaper than the ready meal stuff. Plus, you can add the seasoning you enjoy for flavour
@@robertcreighton4635 I do. I get the sada burgers just for quickness when I come back from work. But I’m with you on that one. Home cooked meals so much better my friend.
2:15 "I ate him with a slice of fava bean".
Gareth, no.
Of all the film misquotes! 😂
Wouldn’t be a very substantial meal!!!🤣🤣🤣
Mr G yet again taking one for the team, when the highest ingredients are water and oil, you're basically eating a mayo burger!
Happy Sunday!
mhmmm
Why would anybody buy that ???
Depressed people maybe 😂
You didnt go mmm Gareth.😂
Don't think I will try these.
You are looking well👍
Ha ha not this time Ian 🤣
my wifes a vegetarian and she wouldn't touch these with a barge pole,
Sounds like a Peter Kay quote!!....."who's gorra barge pole these days???"
Be easier with a fork wouldn't it?
@jaimiem😂ackie8062
If vegetarian food is so good, why do they try to make it taste like meat.. just asking for a friend lol
The reduced price sell by date shelf is always packed with this plant based crap, clearly nobody likes it.
I think the main supermarkets have started something they can't stop. Someone once suggested keeping vegans sweet, so the chefs designed these awful foods. Now they're lumbered with them. They dursn't take them off the shelves for fear of offending sandal wearers.
It’s because they are overpriced.
I’m pescatarian. I had a cardiac arrest 8 years ago and died, but was brought back to life by passers by and a defibrillator because processed meat blocked my arteries due to a hereditary condition. Some vegan and vegetarian food is great, some is poor, if it was that bad though it would not sell and the companies would go bust. Each to their own…
Don't think Vegan's eat cheese. It's got flavour!
Many vegetarians don't eat cheese as it contains animal rennet.
Cool video. Hi from Australia. Need to see you review more Vegan foods!
Thank you Daniel 😊
I'm a meat eater but I do like Aldi spinach leak cheese lattices really tasty I recommend this product
This one made me giggle. 😂So glad to see you trying non meat. My daughter is a vegetarian but wouldn't touch these, they look awful. Linda McCartney mozzarella quarter pounders are really tasty but you have to add salad, cheese and sauce just as you would a 'normal' burger.
If it says plant food, plant it back on the shelf
What mood would Hannibal be in if you gave him these to eat 😂
I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian. But I know that a lot of vegans/vegetarians enjoy the taste of meat, but don't agree with slaughtering animals. Perhaps that's what these companies are taking advantage of? A bit like ex drinkers buying alcohol free "beer" etc... 😉
I bought a pair of shoes for £12 from Aliexpress was determined to make them last 1 year and that's what they look like today in that bun to date...glad you're doing well Gareth and stay strong fella!!!
I’ve been asking that question for so long vegans don’t like meat but they want to eat something the is meant to look and taste like meat ? Instead they would rather eat something that’s made in a science lab with a crap full of ingredients you don’t no what they are putting rubbish on there body’s
You are looking fresh my man good job mate 👍👍
I was raised pescatarian from birth, then from age 7-19 I was vegetarian, and from age 19-30 I was vegan. I went back to pescatarian in January this year. I’ve never eaten land meat in my entire life, only fish.
I eat these products, I’m obsessed with Beyond burgers, I love plant-based “chicken”, I use meat substitutes a lot. That’s what I ate growing up so that’s what I’m used to. I’ve never been tempted to eat real meat, and I don’t think I’ll ever be interested in it. The thought of it makes me gag.
For most vegans/vegetarians who DID used to eat meat, they didn’t stop eating meat because they didn’t like the taste. They did it for ethical reasons. They don’t want to eat something which was once alive, and killed for them basically. So to them, foods like this are familiar to them and similar to what they’re used to eating but without an animal being harmed in the process.
It’s very simple really. I don’t understand why so many people can’t comprehend that.
@spooniefeasts thank you very much. Yes you're right, people don't want to see animals harmed. Next time I will mention that. Thank you kindly 👌
@@BaldFoodieGuy thank you. Sorry for being a bit rude, I’ve been bullied my entire life for my diet and people making fun of me for eating things like this so I get super defensive. Thank you for responding with kindness.
@spooniefeasts no need to apologise at all, you're welcome 🙂
Hate to be "that guy", but you know plants are alive and killed for us to eat? Fish too, ever seen fish thrashing around when out of water? And don't start me on lobsters and cephalopods (squid and octopus) which are highly intelligent, according to marine biologists, but killed horribly.
@@neilgodwin6531 the “plants are alive and killed for us” argument is stupid. I’m not getting into that.
Yes of course I’ve seen fish thrashing around, I couldn’t go fishing and kill fish myself, as it upsets me.
I’ve never eaten lobsters, or any other form of shellfish/molluscs/crustacians.
I feel pretty comfortable in my morals knowing that being an almost life-long vegan/vegetarian that I’ve caused the least amount of harm, and me now eating fish once a week after 31 years of not eating it, and never eating meat in my life, still means I’ve caused a helluva lot less animal deaths than the average person. I’m guessing I’ve caused much less harm than you. ✌🏼
Another point.....these foods are highly processed to get to where they are.
My 81 year old Veggie Mother would never touch anything that resembled meat. I was brought up on vegetarian food, but I love a "Blue" Fillet Steak, and regularly cook Beef joints and Lamb Steaks in the Air Fryer.
They don't look great. However, have you had the Lidl vegan burgers? If not, try them. They are INCREDIBLE!
I like them too. Made from beetroot I think. Lovely.
As a former vegan, I can assure you would be better off with a burger from your local butchers. They are VILE!
Agreed ! I was vegetarien for around 10 years and then i moved to France 😅 . It was a big roast chicken that changed my mind 😋
I`m Flexitarian but what made you stop ???
I wonder what it takes to become a _former_ vegan. Was the temptation just too great?
@@sparsh415he decided animal abuse was acceptable.
I was a vegetarian for 40 years I have been a vegan for 10 years .The only thing I miss is cheese.
Thank you so much for eating these item's so i don't have too. Many thanks.
My pleasure 😊
Scary food😮
Thank you Gaz for putting yourself through that,👍 This 👉😕was my face as you were eating them. Can we have a minute silence for the Herbs and Bun😂
Have a wonderful day Gaz and family ❤ aww the best at the 🏥🤞
Exactly right about being a meat eater that is switching or has switched to plant based. If you've loved the taste of say chicken or bacon but decided to switch for health or ethical reasons then think of this approach as a half way house. I'm toying with the idea of going vegetarian and have tried some substitutes. In reality there is nothing to replace meat but the substitutes are bound to improve and get closer to the real thing. Mankind destroys it's environment, we should look at maybe look at the way we treat animals and consider that an animal might go through a painful death just so we can have a burger or a sausage. On a lighter note....Love your reviews and keep them coming, meat or otherwise.
One comedian said something like, "if you don't want to eat meat, fine, but you can't have the shapes."
I'm VIOLENTLY opposed to this sort of thing: it's lazy and silly.
I object less to a Quorn patty/sausage shape, because it is its own thing...
Gareth mate, a lot of vegetarians and vegans used to eat meat, and enjoyed it. They still would enjoy the flavour and taste of meat, but made the choice due to ethical reasons - doesn't mean meat isn't tasty. This kind of food is their alternative.
If I went vegetarian (might do?) I'd still miss the taste and texture of meat as I love burgers, pork pies, spicy chicken fillets, chick kiev etc, so if there were veggie alternatives I'd definitely be going for them.
If it's an ethical concern rather than taste, it's always struck me as a real lack of pragmatism to give your money to companies producing abject rubbish like this rather than helping to increase the market for high welfare, ethically raised meat and poultry.
Co op incredible vegan quarter pounder burgers are lush, taste like they've been cooked on a bbq.
Denny's veg sausages are very close in taste and texture. Linda Mcartney's quarter pounder is quite good as well.
@@betagombar9022 I'll give them a go. 👍
@@stephmulrine7298 I'm not saying they 'should'. I'm saying the decision not to lacks pragmatism and will achieve little of practical value other than making themselves feel better personally. If that's sufficient and the uktimate aim then have at it.
At least the bin won't go hungry though😂😂
Granted they look rank. But would meat eaters quit picking on veggies in the posts. We don't wanna eat meat. That is my choice. I don't slag meat eaters for eating meat. Happily been veg for 40 years. I can't eat meat cause it's a waste picking all the undesirables out of it. Waste of money to me. And the prepacked frozen veggie stuff is full of salt and sugar. I don't need someone slagging me off for being veggie? Not personally YET.
You also quoted The Fast Show - "This week I have mostly been eating, boring, bland, vegan burgers "
Im glad you reviewed these... i was going to try these for a change.
Clarise, one of my favorite movies
With the pan you need to wait till the big T and the dots are one with the rest, so you get one big red cricle.
Then the pan is hot enough.
Come on England!!! Hope everyone enjoys the game tonight and thank you Gareth, I like veggie food and like to try different things, so will give this a wide berth!
I ran out of mayonnaise so I made my own with egg yolk, vinagar, oil, mustard, salt. It was quite nice but the colour of salad cream. Making my own ketchup might be a bit more tricky, especially without tomatoes.
you are not at your best Gareth, and we all have these days, but entertaining as ever sir... I think I would be leaving these in the supermarket... and I think the reason for the burgers (non-meat) is to allow vegans and meat eaters get together on a BBQ perhaps... I had a portabella burger some while back and it was pretty tasty (would have preferred meat) but on taste alone, I would order another 100%. Another good review in the bank ! onto the next...
Hi Gareth so glad you can eat more now. Please could you review the all day breakfast quiche at tesco thank-you.
If you have to say ‘it’s not a bin’, probably means ‘it’s a bin’.
Oops! Butter is not vegan. Shriek! 😅
Vegans don't eat cheeese. Serving suggestion: vegan patties with a cheese slice 🤦♂️. Great review Gareth thanks.
Hi Gareth hope you had a great weekend. Hope the jaw is getting better. 💪
Yes it's getting there thank you.
I'm not a vegetarian or vegan but I do quite like the beyond meat burgers
Solent Green 😂wish you all the best my dude keep up with the abstinence
is soylent green vegan? :D
You would have been better eating the box!
Haha yes
Saw these and my stomach rumbled.... Big Mac incoming 😂😂🍔
One of the few things that companies making vegetarian food got almost right was sausage. Unfortunately sausage patties tend to take on the texture of hockey pucks as they have no fat to keep them moist.
Where's the cheese Gareth ?
Having tried numerous vegan subtitutes for real meat they all have something missing.
As my father used to say, if it doesn't come from an animal it is not meat.
Another one to avoid !
Take care with your jaw.
No sorry Gareth not for me I couldn't eat that , maybe they are nice for some people but not me . Good to see you looking better sending love and prayers 🙏 to you and your family. God bless you all
HAD to comment again. You've now got the ramblings of someone totally sober! Big congrats. We're an odd lot 😂Another great review, more comedy value than culinary but keep em coming soldier 😂😂
Excellent review- despite being unpleasant,it could have gone either way and I say that because I do enjoy a number of vegetarian products and personally like to have a few days meat free
*Well worth watching to be informed ‼️💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻*
Cheers Glenda
It's fascinating that Aldi chose to call them 'no pork patties', when they could have raised the perceived value of the product dramatically by calling it 'no Aberdeen Angus steak patties'. This would also have made the outrageous price of £1.75 much easier to swallow, unlike the product itself of course! But enough of the silly stuff. On a more serious note, it's great to see that you are doing so well Baldie, and I wish you, and your family all the best for the future.
I've seen pictures of supermarkets being absolutely cleared of stock before a hurricane,
Except the vegan products... The jokes write themselves.
the whole reason that the food tastes gash af is to try to cure folk of their confusion/mental instability, lol 😉 Cheers G, hope you have had/having an enjoyable weekend.
Just recently was given me porkless pies i keep to pork pies the pork less was just pastry and dried mush it was not disgusting but so dry.
Gaz: did you do a video on how your most recent hospital appointment went? Very well, one hopes!
No mate sorry