Even the shit-to-average stuff we have now is so expensive (even though it probably costs cents on the dollar to produce vs dairy)

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Totally. The amount of “cheddar” flavoured slices I’ve bought that literally taste of coconut lol. And shit just doesn’t melt and stretch properly. The fake meat has gotten so good, how can the cheese tech be so far behind??

    • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I've dropped the fake meat for the most part, a little bit of seitan if I can get my hands on it cheap, but for the most part I just took the time to learn to cook tofu a little better and have a mix of legumes and the like in my meals.

      As for cheese - just replace that shit with olive oil most of the time. It's like a million times tastier than most vegan cheeses. I'm starting to get real iffy about the amount of capitalist buy-in vegan shit has had recently, trying to learn to strip things back to the basics.

      • MudasirSalmanOTP [she/her,any]
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        4 years ago

        Nutritional yeast has a nice cheesy flavor too. There's a recipe for a queso style dip I've done a few times that involves cashews, cumin, jalapenos, and a ton of nutritional yeast and it's actually pretty fuckin good. I might be forgetting an ingredient or two. I can dig it up if you want

        • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I live in Nooch. I'd fucking marry Nooch.

          That dip sounds incredible.

          • MudasirSalmanOTP [she/her,any]
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            4 years ago

            https://minimalistbaker.com/roasted-jalapeno-vegan-queso-7-ingredients/ sorry for late reply, I'm lazy af lol. But this is what I use. It's goooooooood

            • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              That looks so god damn good. Maybe I'll whip up a batch tonight, light some candles, get nude and go to town on it. Damn. Cheesy.

      • Owl [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Seitan is worth learning to make on your own. It's easy and super cheap. And the ingredients keep forever.

        • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I might give it a go. Just read you can make it from scratch from whole meal flour. Got tonnes of the stuff for baking so that sounds best.

          • Owl [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Oh interesting! I've always started with vital wheat gluten.

            • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Apparently you make that with the flour and then the seitan with that.

              Love doing things from scratch, so I'll go the long way round, haha.