The Mikado revolution that I’ve started is taking shape. When using a public toilet today I noticed a pleasing sight in the dustbin. In place of the usual needles and drug paraphernalia there were three boxes of Mikado! Result!
One thing I’ve found when checking food to see if its vegetarian friendly is there are many different V logos out there. Shouldn’t there be a uniformed mark? On the Food Standards Agency is the following Question and Answer; www.eatwell.gov.uk
‘What does 'vegetarian' or 'suitable for vegetarians' mean?
There isn't a single legal definition of the word 'vegetarian', either in the
If a food is labelled vegetarian, this usually means that the food doesn't contain any meat or animal-derived additives such as gelatine (a gelling agent derived from animal ligaments, skins, tendons, bones etc.) In the case of cheese, it usually means that animal-derived rennet hasn't been used to make it.
Some vegetarians are stricter about what foods they avoid than others. Remember, if you want to avoid a particular ingredient, you can check the ingredients list on a food's label.
Manufacturers aren't required to label foods as 'suitable for vegetarians' because this is a voluntary practice. This means there are many foods without the 'suitable for vegetarians' logo that don't contain meat or animal-derived additives.
Foods approved by the Vegetarian Society can display the Society's 'Seedling Symbol'. To be approved, the food must meet a number of conditions, not just be free of meat and animal-derived additives. For example, foods containing eggs will only be approved if the eggs used are free-range.
Even though there isn't one set of rules about when a food can be called vegetarian, general labelling laws prohibit manufacturers and retailers from describing a food in a misleading way’
There you go then!
One of the many V's you may find
Vegetarian Dish of the Day:
Quorn Chicken Style Pieces
Box Blurb: Delicious, tender Quorn pieces perfect for stir fries, curries, casseroles and all your favourite recipes
Don’t worry. Your not experiencing Déjà vu (or nIb'poH if you’re a Klingon…who said watching Star Trek: The Next Generation was a waste?) Quorn Chicken Style Pieces have featured already but with disastrous results. However shopping today I found ‘fresh’ Quorn Chicken Style Pieces in the chiller cabinet. So I decided to try them again. Following the box blurb in that they are meant to be delicious in a variety of dishes, and the first dish I tried being a stir fry, I decided to give a curry a go; it being the next dish mentioned. My original complaint was that without much sauce the pieces didn’t taste too good. So I hoped a curry would mask the short fallings and provide a better dish. And it did. Using a classic Balti sauce the finished meal was definitely edible and whilst it seems crazy that to make it edible I had to cover the Quorn in a spicy sauce I guess its just par for the course when it comes cooking mycoprotein. The less of it you can taste the better! 
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