stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Even if I want soya mince for something I don't use Beanfeast, I'm surprised they still exist.
The decline of Beanfeast
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I can't recall how fart-tastic they were - I only used to get them when I visited a particular friend back in the early 80s ...
If you really want a full-on gaseous experience, I recommend Granose's dehydrated nut roasts ..
If you really want a full-on gaseous experience, I recommend Granose's dehydrated nut roasts ..
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Paltry in comparison to the full on Bio-warfare attack that is Tescos chilled mushroom burgers...I can't recall how fart-tastic they were - I only used to get them when I visited a particular friend back in the early 80s ...
If you really want a full-on gaseous experience, I recommend Granose's dehydrated nut roasts ..
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Which mince substitutes do you use?
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
Why don't you just phone Batchelors and ask where they sell them to and why have they reduced the range of flavours? The range has probably been reduced due to sales/ demand.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Apart from the usefulness of something that will store, these things have been somewhat superseded by some quite reasonable veggie savouries in the freezers of the local supermarket.
My local Tesco has annoyingly dropped their nut cutlets, but their mexican ones are rather nice.
The "vegetable quarter pounders" were middling. (The fake chicken is incredibly awful as are the chargrilled burgers.)
My local Tesco has annoyingly dropped their nut cutlets, but their mexican ones are rather nice.
The "vegetable quarter pounders" were middling. (The fake chicken is incredibly awful as are the chargrilled burgers.)
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
actually yes, i think they have them in the co-ops near here.. I was racking my brains to think where i'd seen them recently...
DIMPLES1
Well-Known Member
I've never had beanfeast & I've been a veggy for 20 years this month.
I can't stand quorn mince. Utterly devoid of any flavour, no matter what flavourings you throw in. If I want fake mince I use vegimince, or supermarket own brand equivalent. I make lentil Bolognese a lot & use that as a base for lots of dishes.
I can't stand quorn mince. Utterly devoid of any flavour, no matter what flavourings you throw in. If I want fake mince I use vegimince, or supermarket own brand equivalent. I make lentil Bolognese a lot & use that as a base for lots of dishes.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Well that's the thing. There's nothing hugely wrong with soya mince as long as you don't expect too much from it - but it costs about 50p a ton if you buy it from a cash and carry, and MSG and salt and fat and dehydrated evil you can get for buttons as well.
Mogden
I like tea
Beanfeast used to give me the parps too. Soya products usually do. I still remember quite vividly having noshed a student meal of Old El Paso taco things using soya mince and then going to the cinema. I had to lie sideways in the back of the car on the way home cos I was so gaseous I couldn't sit on me bum and my belly was gurgling like Vesuvius.
Oh and the best place to find Beanfeast is in Home Bargains or pound shops.
Oh and the best place to find Beanfeast is in Home Bargains or pound shops.
pogofish
Testicle Hairstyle
You generally need about one third the weight in dry TVP.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
How has Beanfeast been superseded? What has superseded it? Quorn has no flavour and cost about 4 times the price.
What's vegimince?
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
I normally get the frozen one, or Sainsbos have started doing an unfrozen version. Both are nicer than the Quorn one. I tend not to use fake mince that often though, despite the fact that it's one of the few veggie fillings that Mr _it will eat in lasagne or enchiladas.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Realeat's the best one imo, but seems to be getting phased out by supermarkets as they expand their own veggie ranges - which are generally inferior to the brands they used to stock
Beanfeast saw me through the dole years, probably cos it was easier to shoplift than freezer stuff, but I always preferred this:
Oh god, that was so peppery!<snip> I always preferred this:
DIMPLES1
Well-Known Member
BLIMEY just seen it's been Linda Macced :0
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/328995_Linda_McCartney_Vegemince_454g.html
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/328995_Linda_McCartney_Vegemince_454g.html
DIMPLES1
Well-Known Member
Realeat's the best one imo, but seems to be getting phased out by supermarkets as they expand their own veggie ranges - which are generally inferior to the brands they used to stock
Agreed, but still far, far superior to quorn mince.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Yes - actually I'm not at all anti-Quorn although I know many veggies as well as non-veggies who are - I think some of their stuff's very tasty. But the mince is particularly revolting - apart from the rubbery non-taste, the texture's like eating insect larvae.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Realeat's the best one imo, but seems to be getting phased out by supermarkets as they expand their own veggie ranges - which are generally inferior to the brands they used to stock
Beanfeast saw me through the dole years, probably cos it was easier to shoplift than freezer stuff, but I always preferred this:
Can you make mince with that, or just sausages?
I think I'd feel a bit sketchy about eating a food that's apologising to me before I've even cooked it.
crustychick
doo-woop-de-doo
we used to have the rashers a lot - but the boy could demolish an entire packet in one sitting and there was no restraining him... it's so expensive, we couldn't keep it up (and I never got anyI'm currently going thru a quorn rashers obsession for my breakfasts
But the mince, no way!
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fredfelt
Mostly unknown member
That's interesting. The only Quorn product I eat is the mince! I make sure I fry it first though, or when the veg has softened I turn up the head and put in in before the liquid.
I'll also use lentils and pulses but sometimes, particularly when I don't have much time to cook, I find Quorn exactly what I want.
Next2China
Banned
Economics. If they don't sell the Supermarket makes space for something else. If they are popular> they sell> they stay on the shelves.I love Batchelors beanfeasts.
They are an easy and tasty alternative to mince for vegetarians. Great for shepherds pie, bolognese etc. Yet you can hardly buy them anywhere now. Even some of the larger supermarkets have stopped stocking them.
There used to be 4 different varieties, now there are only 2.
Why are they getting harder and harder to get hold of when they are so much cheaper and tastier than Quorn mince?
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
But what if the supermarket promotes one product over another because they make more money from it? They are bound to sell more of a certain product if it's placed in more prominent positions (at eye-level), often on special offer and placed with related products. This is the case with Quorn mince, which is sensibly placed with all the other chilled meat-free products.Economics. If they don't sell the Supermarket makes space for something else. If they are popular> they sell> they stay on the shelves.
The Beanfeast is tucked away by the tinned vegetables, often on the top shelf. No wonder many people thought it wasn't still being made.
If more people realised that there was something tastier than Quorn at about 1/3 of the price, I expect it would sell much more.
Next2China
Banned
I don't understand all this anti Quorn sentiment. As a serious meat eater, (I've just finished a plateful of Lamb's Heart casserole [Canterbury Casserole]) Quorn is one of the few vegetarian substitute products I like and respect. Quorn chicken is better than the real thing, better, smoother texture and no side-effects compared to other substitutes.
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