[Closed] what is in quorn....

It's processed fungus and it can give me serious indigestion. It's not actually food imo.

She needs to NTFU, it's mycoprotein, basically a fungus that they grow on toads backs before harvesting it.

quorn = soylent green

I'm reasonably sure that it was the first mass produced GM food product. I never understand how popular it is but assume it's used as a meat substitute for those who have no imagination.

[i]assume it's used as a meat substitute for those[/i] who have one veggie child and two non veggie children, so we can all eat the same thing at the same time with the minimum of fuss.

people can become allergic to quorn quite quickly .

Wet cardboard.

It's a soil fungus grown in large vats in a factory, with some egg to bind it together and some other things no doubt. It gives me terrible indigestion too, and is probably in a sense the ultimate in processed food. It isn't GM though. There will be a lot about it on wikipedia.

Fungus is not a food group.
Anything that has the ability to grow between my toes should not be eaten.

assume it's used as a meat substitute for those who have one veggie child and two non veggie children, so we can all eat the same thing at the same time with the minimum of fuss

Veggie kids?
Tantamount to child abuse, and your laziness is no excuse for poor parenting. 😛

it's used as a meat substitute for those who have no imagination.

Please say you're here all week.

LOL at 'Soylent Green" 😀

It's undifferentiated fungal mycelium i.e. mycoprotein like in mushrooms, but 'shrooms are the fruiting bodies of the largely unseen fungal body.

We are veggies never eaten quorn at all, niece goes round to friends and they considerately give her quorn burger only for her to vomit it up 1 or 2 hours later......

Basically she is eating athletes foot?

I throw up if I eat Quorn.

My wife fed it to me twice just to be sure the first time wasn't a 'one off' 🙁

It's a fungus based protein, grown in vats and invented by ICI.

I think that tells you enough to work out that it's not really food in the normal sense...

I can't believe it's actually more expensive than meat, and that's without taking into consideration the fact that you have to buy Quorn and then buy something to flavour it with.

what is in quorn....

Quorn is evil stuff, that makes me vomit so violently that i 5*it myself.

vondally - Member

Basically she is eating athletes foot?

scrapings from a foot, heavily infected with athletes foot, would be quite wholesome and nutritious, when compared with Quorn.

it's great.. awesome low fat protein, farmed in vats..

sausages and mince (for bolognese) are a regular feature in the (omnivorous) yunki household..

Veggie kids?
Tantamount to child abuse, and your laziness is no excuse for poor parenting.

don't agree with the abuse bit, but the laziness bit might be ok.

You can provide a diet that is just as balanced whilst avoiding meat, and some forms of meat are best avoided anyway - processed meats like ham, sausage, etc.

vegan would definitely be child abuse though...

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WHAT!?

Grown, in vats.

Mindblowingly excellent information!

*goes to wikipedia*

Sorry?

I fully accept that I am lazy, and that I abuse my kids, but disrespecting sausages is fighting talk...

I can't believe it's actually more expensive than meat

In my experience it isn't unless you're buying really shit meat. We're both meat eaters in this household but still eat plenty of meals with no meat and just quorn and/or various vegetables. I think that it's quite nice!

processed meats like ham, sausage, etc.

Find a better butcher.

Quorn, I always thought it was scrapped of Satan's bellend.

but still eat plenty of meals with no meat and just quorn and/or various vegetables

[quote=aP ]but still eat plenty of meals with no meat and just quorn and/or various vegetables
As I wrote earlier, non meat product for people with no imagination.

Or people who like the taste, try using your imagination to picture that being possible 😉

[i]As I wrote earlier, non meat product for people with no imagination.[/i]

As with some other vegetarians I have known, humourless bastards...

tried it few weeks ago for the first time, what an insult to food

Soil derived fungus, fermented with Glucose as an energy source, Sulphuric Acid and Phosphoric Acid to help things along with a few Synthesised Amino Acids for digestibility. Chemical-tastic!

I would sooner eat the eyeballs, snouts and bollocks of a perpetually shit-covered coprophagic quadruped fed on spent brewers yeast. Or Sausages as they are more commonly known.

Quorn is appalling stuff unfit to be called food, but researching the whole chain behind what's on your plate is terrifying. Stuff like this makes it very tempting to live in a wooden shack and only eat what I farm or catch.

Creme of sumyunguy?

Oh, I'm not vegetarian, I just just care more about what I eat than reheating a meat substitute.

vondally - Member

We are veggies never eaten quorn at all, niece goes round to friends and they considerately give her quorn burger only for her to vomit it up 1 or 2 hours later......

Basically she is eating athletes foot?

yep. athlete's foot with better PR.

desiccated smeg

My dad was on the team that developed it. Partership between ICI and rank hovis iirc

[i]Oh, I'm not vegetarian, I just just care more about what I eat than reheating a meat substitute.[/i]

Ah, a snobby omnivore... Great.

Ah, a snobby omnivore... Great.

To be fair crikey you are pretty much the only person on this thread so far to have something good to say about quorn, so I'm not sure why you have singled out aP.

Veggie kids?
Tantamount to child abuse, and your laziness is
no excuse for poor parenting.

Lol. One of my best mates, a veggie, reckons me feeding my kids meat is tantamount to giving them heroin! Once they taste flesh they can never give it up.

quorn is ok if prepared and cooked properly .

Don't worry yourself about it ern, it's ok.

Its the only thing I'm (knowingly) allergic to. Quite common as well iirc.

Everybody I know gets the farts after eating it... 😥

Falafel.

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Sorry?

I fully accept that I am lazy, and that I abuse my kids, but disrespecting sausages is fighting talk...

After a long day at work that really cracked me up. 🙂

Quorn is a poor substitute for meat, next time demand these

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Veggie kids?
Tantamount to child abuse, and your laziness is
no excuse for poor parenting.

Shit! got 12 and 9yr old veggie kids - call Esther!

They have one of the healthiest diets amongst all of their peers, rarely ill and can choose to eat meat whenever they want - they just choose not to. Live & let live