A lot of vegans on social media are saying they won’t buy a vegan option from KFC due to the number and poor welfare of the chickens they farm for their products, so there is an ethical problem in that sense and I do see their point.
However the same could be said about buying Tesco branded vegan products despite the Hogwood Farm incident for example. Some have boycotted the entire supermarket, whilst others still choose to buy their vegan products there.
It’s up to each individual where they draw the line and how they see each situation.
Very true. I don’t eat meat cause it tastes awful to me. But some vegans are as I like to call it “aggressive” with shouting at people to become vegans. Everything is a scale I think.
Ah i see. More so from a vegan ethical point then than anything? KFC chickens are reared in the same conditions as basically all mainstream UK chickens suppliers, at least in the last year. That must severely limit options for vegan people if they’re boycotting places selling chicken raised at that standard? (I know the pain in this)
Options are good. I wonder if the vegan ‘chicken’ tastes decent and if it will be the same options they have in Vietnam. Probably not something ill be able to eat like most KFC anyway unfortunately.
Yep, that’s pretty much it! I feel the same way - there seems to be a focus on KFC and general anger on posts about this burger, but you’re exactly right, it’s not any different from the majority of other places that also sell chicken.
I didn’t think much of that post. Might be different down South, but Linda McCartney sausages are dirt cheap round here, often beating supermarkets’ own brand veggie sausages and, in some cases, the real meat equivalents (Walls 8 pork sausages for £2, Linda McCartney 6 sausages for £1.25). Of course, if all you eat is vegetables you cook yourself, then of course it’s going to be dirt cheap. Violife’s range of gary is on sale regularly, but I’ll admit they’re typically more expensive than most non-vegan cheese, although I don’t know how Sainsbury’s own range is for value.
One bit I do fully agree with is specialist veggie/vegan restaurants are pretty much always going to be overpriced because their audience is more limited and so produce things in smaller quantities (I went to by Chloe in London and it was crazy expensive, but also awful so there’s that too ). We’ve got local pubs offering veggie/vegan versions of a lot of their menu items at no extra cost (even when they use gary instead of cheese) and most chain restaurants offer at least a few options. Gone are the days when the only vegan option is a salad (except KFC lol (for now…)).
But overall I reject the “veggie/vegan fake meat is more expensive than real meat” idea.
Saying that, I’ve just remembered a vegan place in Birmingham called Fressh that does an incredible spicy meatball sub for about a fiver. More reasonable than the Subway equivalent IIRC.
Bosh is a great book, there is plenty of great meals in it and I think you can get your hands on it for £8 roughly. I also liked the last Joe Wicks veggie book. Give them a whirl!
It’s worth mentioning that most receipes you can substitute the meat with the soy/plant/quorn equivalents and they come out tasting pretty much the same (Quorn mince does soak up a lot of water though so do bear that in mind).
Depends on the shop but I very rarely find them under £2 in London in major supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury’s) £2 is the typical list price, and rarely they’ll be on offer for £1.
Overall, being vegan doesn’t have to be more expensive, and often can be a much cheaper alternative to a diet that includes meat.
I think this is a fair conclusion. Meat is heavily subsidised, and plant-based foods are currently quite specialty, so it’s expected that they would be more expensive by default – that is, like for like – but you can definitely do it cheaply if you intend to do so.
And, here’s another secret trick of the trade from Beth, Co-op’s jam and custard donuts are suitable for vegans and are only 75p for a pack of 5. “However,” Beth adds, “this knowledge has proved very dangerous for my diet!”
I learned this a few weeks ago and I’ve literally eaten more than 50 donuts in… 3 weeks I go to the co-op in the evening and every so often the donuts are discounted to 16p for a quick sale. A very dangerous price.
). We’ve got local pubs offering veggie/vegan versions of a lot of their menu items at no extra cost (even when they use gary instead of cheese) and most chain restaurants offer at least a few options. Gone are the days when the only vegan option is a salad (except KFC lol (for now…)).
£2 is the typical list price, and rarely they’ll be on offer for £1.
I go to the co-op in the evening and every so often the donuts are discounted to 16p for a quick sale. A very dangerous price.