Saw these advertised and had to make a trip to Lidl just for these as I am a person of sandwiches*, like many around these parts are and these vegan “deli cuts” are great. We make all our own sourdough bread (been doing it from well before covid) and sandwiches are a pretty big part of our diet as a whole. This weeks bread is spelt & oat sourdough.

These faux deli meats have all been pretty expensive so it’s nice to find a more affordable version. Definitely going to be consuming this from now on.

These are made from beanis and peanis.

(*This does not mean subs, burgers, toast or anything warmed up, but open sandwiches with some type of cold cuts, veggies & a spread. These are eaten for breakfast, as a snack, meals, they are also a part of festive foods. The bread is often rye bread. We basically grow up on oatmeal and various kinds of open sandwiches between meals.)

    • StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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      Yeah I don’t have the spoons for that which is why I’ve had a hard time with sandwich toppings in my quest to reduce meat consumption. I do a lot of avocado when it is in season and grown closer, but the “cold cut” open sandwich is the staple thing around here so am happy that at least some options are vegan.

      Was just thinking how incredible it would be if no capitalism, we would have such variety of vegan food and meat would probably not be eaten much at all. Because it makes no sense. But here we are, in the endlessly subsidised meat production era. It’s the reason the hams and stuff are all cheaper than this and you get like 100 different types when there are literally only 3 different vegan options that I have seen.

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    Okay but do they actually taste good? Cuz I’ve been im-vegan for 19.5 years and Tofurky, Yves, LightLife, even Field Roast and Prime Roots cold cuts are just-barely-edible out of the bag. The worst taste like bland, wet cardboard and the best taste like sage seasoning. Curious if this actually has a pleasant taste - would you eat it straight out of the package and enjoy it, or just tolerate it?

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      I’m comparing this to the meat versions and this one was basically like eating mortadella or very close to that. Also got one with no added seasoning, but haven’t tried that one yet. But yeah, this one was good. I’ve also gotten those cardboard ones or ones with just weird floury taste so it’s hit and miss.

      There is one other brand in my country that is a lot like this Lidl one and was my favourite before, but it is very much out of my budget so rarely do I buy it.

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    r*peseed

    In the US and Canada that was eventually called canola oil due to the… um… first four letters of the original word. The etymology…

    1970s: from Canada + -ola (based on Latin oleum ‘oil’).

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    I’ve recently been making sandwich sausage with seitan, tvp, and bessan (texture and balancing out aminos) plus herbs and spices maybe sundried Ts.

    Shit is easy, affordable, and lasts all week.

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      Lidl also lacks a lot of products. And is owned by the schwarz family which bascially run a neo-feudal fiefdom. I mostly go to Penny or Kaufland, since its the only options I have.