Before becoming a v-e-g-g-i-e I was
a fervent meat eater. Unlike some of my friends who have been brought up as
vegetarians and so have never craved meat, I fucking loved meat.
There are so many of my favourite
things that have now become confined to the history books. Examples include
McDonalds (Thankfully, I can still have the fries), steak (not usually a
massive fan but after my first and last visit to Relais de
Venise it’s another
darling gone) and my two most beloved curries ever (one of which is at a
restaurant in Sheffield
Anyway, chin up because even though
I can’t eat animals anymore, I can still pretend! I will therefore strive to
update my blog with things I find that brighten up the melancholy meat-free
life.
Frazzles
I would describe these facon (fake
bacon…fay-cun) crisps as middle-class pork scratchings. I hate pork scratchings
but I do like bacon and so these stripy little tabs, vaguely reminiscent of
meat are actually quite good. So good in fact that from the 8 pack I bought
yesterday, I only have one packet left. Please note that as I do not have any
friends, I’m ashamed to say that I am the consumer of all 7 packets.
Haribo
Alright,
not ALL Haribo is suitable for vegetarians. In fact, most of it isn’t,
including my all-time favourite sweet ever – Maoam. Maoam are just the
fruitiest bites of chewy joy anyone could ever experience and whoever invented
them is a genius but also very weird because let’s face it, who would even
consider putting ANIMAL in kids’ chews.
In light
of the above, you can imagine how joyous I was when I stumbled upon some Haribo
that didn’t contain stuff from animals’ bones. I didn’t even bother to read the
packaging or stop to consider that I might not like them, I just chucked them
in my little wheelie basket and hopped along to the self-service.
Long
story short: they’re not as nice as normal sweets so I suppose the animal stuff
really makes a difference. They’re not really chewy and the flavours were a bit
shit. If one thing is going to be my downfall with the whole veggie thing, then
it WILL be Maoam.
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