M&S cauliflower steaks

Rroff said:
Don't get Cauliflower its bland and looks weird - at least it doesn't taste as foul as say Parsnips though. Though weirdly Horseradish (as a dressing, etc.) I quite like but the smell and taste of Parsnip makes me want to throw up.

Personally though don't care about these "steaks" if there is a market for it and people who are prepared to pay meh don't see what the fuss is about as long as they aren't forcing it on people at the expense of other alternatives.
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I love honey and mustard parsnips. Delicious.
 
Skillmister said:
Not sure what you're buying/cooking but I throw very little food away. The odd bit of veg and bread that's about it.
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I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.

Like I say I'd just like the option to buy one portion at a time. I know theres not a massive market for it but its one of the reasons a lot of people I know are so reliant on ready meals during the week.
 
Hotwired said:
I find it cringeworthy to go past a vegetarian (looking at you especially quorn) section and see most of it modelled on meat products and copying the name.
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The sausages are actually really good though. :D

Quorn isn't a bad option for cutting down meat intake and it looks meaty so you don't get annoying questions. Not sure why people still think you're some sort of weirdo for not wanting to have meat every day.

I much prefer fish on the odd occasion in all honesty. Easier on the digestive tract.

BTW parsnips are food of the gods. :p
 
Glaucus said:
grrrr, mps criticise excess packaging, then do your job and pass laws to tax waste, then manufacturers would ensure as little as possible.
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We've just had Christmas when millions of children around the world tear open their presents to find a cardboard box that, when opened, contains a heap of transparent plastic packaging.

The same too with Easter Eggs soon. Chocolate eggs suspended in a cardboard box by plastic packaging.

Surely the onus should be on manufacturers to alter their packaging. If government was truly intent on cutting down on waste plastic packaging then they would deal with it at source. A complete ban on plastic packaging unless absolutely necessary would take it out of the hands of the consumer. One can only buy what is available from the shops.

But our efforts are a mere drop in the ocean; literally. Of all the plastic that finds it's way to the sea, the overwhelming majority of it runs into the sea from 10 specific rivers. If we can't stop the Chinese, the Indians and the Africans from dumping their plastics into the river then we might as well not bother at all.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/05/terrawatch-the-rivers-taking-plastic-to-the-oceans
 
Just a little moan, but I usually put all my root vegetables in my trolley loose (single guy so not a lot of them) then the women at the checkout put them all into separate plastic bags after weighing them :rolleyes:
 
Boycey0211 said:
I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.
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Do what I do and cook larger batches then put the remainder in containers and freeze. Spending a few hours on a weekend cooking and preparing a bunch of different stuff will sort you out for a few weeks. I don't always do it but it works out nicely and I can always have something ready at home if I'm hungry and can't be bothered to cook.
 
I do find it odd the amount of stuff wrapped in plastic that really doesn't need to be. As for cauliflower steaks... I'm not surprised, the laziness and lack of imagination is incredible sometimes. Just buy a cauliflower (for less), slice and season it.

Don't get me started on pre-chopped vegetables...
 
TallPaul1878 said:
We've just had Christmas when millions of children around the world tear open their presents to find a cardboard box that, when opened, contains a heap of transparent plastic packaging.

The same too with Easter Eggs soon. Chocolate eggs suspended in a cardboard box by plastic packaging.

Surely the onus should be on manufacturers to alter their packaging. If government was truly intent on cutting down on waste plastic packaging then they would deal with it at source. A complete ban on plastic packaging unless absolutely necessary would take it out of the hands of the consumer. One can only buy what is available from the shops.

But our efforts are a mere drop in the ocean; literally. Of all the plastic that finds it's way to the sea, the overwhelming majority of it runs into the sea from 10 specific rivers. If we can't stop the Chinese, the Indians and the Africans from dumping their plastics into the river then we might as well not bother at all.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/05/terrawatch-the-rivers-taking-plastic-to-the-oceans
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This is always a stupid argument.
A) there's local polution
B) there's local economics when so much of it is imported.
3) you can't exactly ask China and others to improve when you are doing nothing
4) China is the biggest improvers in being green, they have an absolutely exteodenary push, but they are starting from a cess pit.
 
Boycey0211 said:
I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.

Like I say I'd just like the option to buy one portion at a time. I know theres not a massive market for it but its one of the reasons a lot of people I know are so reliant on ready meals during the week.
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I don't know how much money you are spending or are prepared to spend on food but have you considered ordering in multipacks of ready prepared meals?

I'm not talking about your common garden microwave meal but from specialist sites like Musclefood or All Plants if you're vegan.

These are more expensive that microwave meals but if you are binning food anyway then how does it factor in with your waste?

I order things like these to bung in the microwave at work. £22 for 5 days of food so that's £4.40 a meal
http://www.musclefood.com/meals/liveclean/liveclean-bundle-5.html
 
Glaucus said:
This is always a stupid argument.
A) there's local polution
B) there's local economics when so much of it is imported.
3) you can't exactly ask China and others to improve when you are doing nothing
4) China is the biggest improvers in being green, they have an absolutely exteodenary push, but they are starting from a cess pit.
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Yes yes. World leaders in environmentalism.

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Boycey0211 said:
I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.

Like I say I'd just like the option to buy one portion at a time. I know theres not a massive market for it but its one of the reasons a lot of people I know are so reliant on ready meals during the week.
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GIT GUD.

I mean, learn to bulk cook, save loads of cash, eat interesting and varied meals.

My freezer is currently full of Chillis, Curries, Mac n Cheese, Beef Stew and Penne Ala Arrabbiata, no wastage yo.
 
Boycey0211 said:
I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.

Like I say I'd just like the option to buy one portion at a time. I know theres not a massive market for it but its one of the reasons a lot of people I know are so reliant on ready meals during the week.
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There is fantastic modern invention that uses cryogenic preservatiopn technology like in star-trek to lkeep food for months at a time. I think it is called a freezer.
 
Health fads aside, we have gotten too use to eating whatever meat we want, whenever we want. We have someone on this thread calling for single portion packaging out of convenience because he doesn't want to eat the same 'kind of meat' two days in a row. I think if you looked at the attitude of older generations or people in other countries towards food, we would see quite the contrast.

We love to have a moan 'how expensive supermarkets are getting?' and 'the cheap quality of fast food is just getting worse!' but we are the consumers that they are catering to. How much should meat cost? Probably far more than it does if we want to be environmentally responsible or ethically responsible when it comes to workers and animal treatment.


I am guilty of eating more meat than i probably should. Though i do make an effort to eat less meat, more fish to substitute other meats and just less desirable parts of animals such liver/kidney/heart and such. The funny is that the less desirable cuts are cheaper and often can be much nicer when cooked right. Give me a thigh over a breast any day!
 
Boycey0211 said:
I eat lunch at work so during the week I'm cooking 1 meal per day. Virtually everything comes in portions of two so unless I want to eat the same meat types days in a row inevitably some of it goes to waste due to spoilage. Especially tescos meat as it goes bad about 3 days before the use by date.

Like I say I'd just like the option to buy one portion at a time. I know theres not a massive market for it but its one of the reasons a lot of people I know are so reliant on ready meals during the week.
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On a Sunday I make 3 lunches for work which are either tuna/chicken pasta salads. The other two days I expect to be taking in leftovers from dinner but usually not the immediate day after to keep variety going. Perhaps your fridge isn't the right temperature if meat is going off so fast? Cooked meals are fine in the fridge for a number of days so there is no need to be eating the same thing days in a row. I can't remember the last time I wasted meat, I can be pretty confident I haven't wasted any since moving in back in October.
 
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