I had a look at Superstore veg products today while shopping. They do not sell the brand 'Quorn' but have similar meat-free products, mainly from the Yves and PC range. There were several different types of tofu available too.

http://www.yvesveggie.com/products/ground-rounds.php#

In the 3 years since I have been here I notice a big difference in the choice of food now available, including Mediterranean, Chinese and Indian produce.

Quorn is vile stuff and always made me throw up when I ate it in the UK.

We are not veggi, but I do try to make a minimum of 2 vegetarian meals each week - I use beans... yup good old basic beans, often teh dried ones that I soak and cook, sometimes canned ones, to provide the protein ingredient. Other times I will go for Tofu or eggs as a protein source. (I avoid dairy because of an allergy). And because of an MSG sensitivity in Mr Chookie, most ready prepared "vegetarian" meals are out because they almost always contain either dairy or MSG in one form or another.

The yves stuff is yucky!

Quorn is actually illegal in Canada because it isn't recognized as food. It's a substance created as a byproduct of another process and doesn't occur in nature so there are all sorts of issues with allergens and so forth so in Canada it hasn't been recognized as a food so you can't import and sell it. You can in the US though. Lots of other alternatives though. Yves was already mentioned but have a look at this product which is Canadian and is currently considered one of the best meat alternatives in terms of texture and flavour if you are trying to replicate meat: http://www.gardein.com/

SO what about Tim Horton's then??

I had a nice a roast chicken with mashed potatoes and peas tonight.

Kids had proper sausages and mash with onion gravy - went to Sherlocks = the brit store in New West - OMg - m and s Biscuits!!!

I haven't been to that one as HID said its just full of sweets and football stuff. I usually go to one in Steveston and buy all their baked beans and pork pies, you can also have fish and chips and pint.

yep tis full of sweets and footy stuff - not taking kids there due to the former- but I did eat a pack of rolos on the way home in the car!!

I hate mazipan but others love it,

Actually no,

see here


I heard its more to do with finance, i.e the vegetarian society here own large shares in Yves or somethig like that, so object to a challanger.





Been a Veggie since 89/90, in the early days there was little choice in the UK, I remember whenever I went for pub grub with mates, my choice was always limited to Veggie Lasagne, only thing they sold.

UK came on leaps and bounds after the veggie revolution after all the meat scares.

Vegetarian choice here is pitiful, but I did choose to live in a meat loving country, could be worse, I could have gone to Argentina.

Choices in supermarkets are dire, that Yves stuff is OK but that and Tofu really is the only choice.

Dismayed that here locally I cannot find any veggie pies etc, the veggie stuff always seems linked to healthfood and gets price hiked accordingly.

Go along to any good Asian grocer and there shoud be tons of different flavours of tofu products that may be a good substitute, not quite as 'meaty', but better than nought!

Me too.

Quite a variety of cook-in sauces, mixes etc

And when you're feeling lazy, the ready made meals are far more varied than even a couple of years ago. Not just pastas and rice anymore. Not quite up to Tesco and Sainsburys level yet. I remember Tesco's Duck Breast in plum sauce.

For the poultratarian?