Accidentally vegan food you discover and like

fezza · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 5324

Sainsburys own brand "smash" is vegan, haven't tried it yet.

Efcliz · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:45 pm

fezza wrote:

Sainsburys own brand "smash" is vegan, haven't tried it yet.

I've used it in a couple of tester recipes, which worked great, but still have the rest glaring at me when I open the cupboard.

EmperorTomatoKetchup · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:40 am

smash?

Efcliz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:02 am

Instant potato flakes. I hadn't ever used them before but some US recipes use them. Mine was for a condensed style mushroom soup, as I recall.

baps · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:02 am

I love Smash. I think proper Smash is vegan too, isn't it? I can't remember if I buy smash or sainsbury's own.

greenknittinggal · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:35 am

Efcliz wrote:

Instant potato flakes. I hadn't ever used them before but some US recipes use them. Mine was for a condensed style mushroom soup, as I recall.

Good to know. Thank you. I was browsing The Complete Guide to Vegan Subs and came across 'potato flakes' in a couple of recipes and had no clue what they were or where to find them. Now I know!

jojo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:08 am

All this talk of Smash is making me wish I'd bought some to take to the festival I'm going to this weekend.

Efcliz · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:17 am

Ah yes, my testing was for their next book, so that makes sense.

baps · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:53 am

jojo wrote:

All this talk of Smash is making me wish I'd bought some to take to the festival I'm going to this weekend.

ooh good point, I'm gonna bring some to the UK gathering!! haha.

Mr Flibble · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:26 am

Smash is dirty/vile!

I tried some a few years ago, assuming it'd been improved since the 80s.

It hadn't.

fezza · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 5324

Mr Flibble wrote:

Smash is dirty/vile!

I tried some a few years ago, assuming it'd been improved since the 80s.

It hadn't.

Don't you try to derail my Smash revival, you.. you potato snob!

(like eating wet talc from what I remember)

hana · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:44 am

I loved cheese and onion smash as a student... I wonder if similar filthy food effect can be achieved with onion powder and nooch added to the plain one?!

MessyVeggie · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:51 am

I think we should have a dirty 80s food revival at the PPKamping trip!

fezza · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 5324

hana wrote:

I loved cheese and onion smash as a student... I wonder if similar filthy food effect can be achieved with onion powder and nooch added to the plain one?!

Bugger the onion powder, get some fried onion in there!

hana · **Posted:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:52 am

I'm going for genuine filth though- no real food involved!

fezza · **Joined:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:17 pm **Posts:** 5324

hana wrote:

I'm going for genuine filth though- no real food involved!

MSG, MSG!

canuck in scotland · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:19 am

MessyVeggie wrote:

I think they sell Nairns stuff in Whole Foods now and they do a decent Scottish Oatcake if I remember correctly?!

I would say Nairn's are the Scottish-standard brand oatcakes. (Interrobang?! can correct me if I'm wrong.) I really prefer Patersons because they've got a HINT of crispitycrunchity to them.

tigerpants · **Joined:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:09 am **Posts:** 206

canuck in scotland wrote:

MessyVeggie wrote:

I think they sell Nairns stuff in Whole Foods now and they do a decent Scottish Oatcake if I remember correctly?!

I would say Nairn's are the Scottish-standard brand oatcakes. (Interrobang?! can correct me if I'm wrong.) I really prefer Patersons because they've got a HINT of crispitycrunchity to them.

I prefer Paterson's too - also made with olive oil instead of palm oil, which is always a bonus

baps · **Posted:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:49 pm

Smash snobs, the lot of ya.

You are all wrong anyway. Smash is amazing, especially with mushy peas on top. Or branston pickle.

rachell37 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:44 am

I haven't actually tried this stuff yet, but Tate & Lyle have put out a line of flavoured ice cream toppings, and the butterscotch and chocolate mint are for sure vegan (says so on the bottle)! I found them at the ginormous Tesco in Newcastle, so they might be hard to find in smaller places.

jojo · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:49 am

Oh yum, chocolate mint ice cream topping sounds amazing.

rachell37 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:47 pm

I can report that the butterscotch is really good. It reminded me of the butterscotch topping I used to get in the US. Super sweet, but nummy.

canuck in scotland · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:19 pm

rachell37 wrote:

I haven't actually tried this stuff yet, but Tate & Lyle have put out a line of flavoured ice cream toppings, and the butterscotch and chocolate mint are for sure vegan (says so on the bottle)! I found them at the ginormous Tesco in Newcastle, so they might be hard to find in smaller places.

Holy shiitake. You win UK Food Finds.

FOREVER.

interrobang?! · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:55 pm

canuck in scotland wrote:

rachell37 wrote:

I haven't actually tried this stuff yet, but Tate & Lyle have put out a line of flavoured ice cream toppings, and the butterscotch and chocolate mint are for sure vegan (says so on the bottle)! I found them at the ginormous Tesco in Newcastle, so they might be hard to find in smaller places.

Holy shiitake. You win UK Food Finds.

FOREVER.

dude. Toryglen Asda. If that's too dangerous for you and you can't find 'em elsewhere I will internal mail you next weekend. Because what else is the point of internal mail? Books? Aye, fork that.

holylopez · **Posted:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:49 pm

baps wrote:

Smash snobs, the lot of ya.

You are all wrong anyway. Smash is amazing, especially with mushy peas on top. Or branston pickle.

You are dirrrrty.

In a good way.

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