Also I feel I’m uncovering a conspiracy surrounding the whole Soylent Quorn is people argument. The man who original commissioned research into the use of starch as a food for human consumption was J. Arthur Rank. This research led to the finding of the mould Fusarium venenatum which is used in the production of Quorn. What does the legendary film producer of classics such as Black Narcissus (whose cinematographer recently died; a bigger part of the puzzle?) and co-founder of Pinewood studies have to do with vegetarian foodstuffs? I’m feeling a mystery of Da Vinci Code depths building up. Was Quorn served at the last supper? I’ll find out!
Vegetarian Dish of the Day is:
Dalepak Spicy Bean Quarter Pounders
Box Blurb: A lightly seasoned blend of mixed beans, onion, red and green peppers and sweetcorn, coated in a crunchy crumb.
If these were placed in a bun with a real steak burger I think we would be onto something. As a side supplement to a main meal they would be perfect; as one of the non solo items in a meat and two veg combo for example. They just seemed lack lustrous on their own. Maybe I’ve come to need the chemical enhanced goodness of a dirty meat patty but the flavour just wasn’t there.
Even by adding all the trimming of a proper burger (shrooms, cheese, tomato, onions, lettuce and relish) the bean burger felt like another part of the orchestra instead of taking the role of conductor. Nobody was leading this food concerto and whilst some interesting flavours were being produced it wasn’t a concise effort. The Spicy Bean Burger is something to come back to perhaps, when the meaty juices have been flushed by vegetable abuse from my body, so at the moment I’m reserving judgement. It may have potential. Or maybe not.
Also it seems that a quantity of the above mentioned burgers had to be recalled in October last year due to under processed Kidney Beans containing high levels of the toxin lectin. And they say meat is dangerous for you!
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