Who needs McDonald's? ...a vegan McMuffin

[absentmindedfan]

I just found this (http://flickr.com/photos/7731252@N06/515191473/in/pool-63152167@N00) on a vegan blog...a vegan McMuffin.
I thought this was an amazing piece of vegan ingenuity

[harpy]

:eek: Looks a bit...revolting :D I certainly agree no-one needs McDonald's though!

[yum]

i love a good greasy fry up for breakfast (especially after a night out) - i wanna try it :D

[Frosty]

Oh my, that looks horrendous :eek: I can't remember that last time I bought anything from McDonalds, and this certainly hasn't convinced me to hand over any cash to them :p

[absentmindedfan]

:D
I can't say it appeals to me either, but I liked the ingenuity of it

[jamboxrock]

I got a recipe for McVegans from vegweb.com a while ago, and have been wanting to try it. It does look gross, but there's something about it that I want...

[aubergine]

I'd eat that.

Can someone open a Vegan fast food outlet near to me please? :D

[Roxy]

I'd try it too :D

[twinkle]

I got a recipe for McVegans from vegweb.com a while ago, and have been wanting to try it. It does look gross, but there's something about it that I want...

HA! I noticed they had put the recipe for "happy vegan chocolate chip cookies" from vegweb under photos of their attempt, without accreditation as well. Naughty naughty.

[Tigerlily]

That looks delicious. YUM!

[bryony]

i have eaten at mcdonalds a grand total of, 5 times in my life MABY 10 but i doubt it. there food now makes me feel phsically SICK, especially after fastfood nation

[Melanie]

Yuck =P

Ingenius though!

[cobweb]

mmmm I'm a white trash vegan, I'll definitely try that! :p

[Lingering Lilac]

You have to wonder though...You may not be eating meat/dairy, but making a vegan Mcmuffin still seems to support Mcdonalds, which is un-veganish.

[Tigerlily]

How does it support it? You make it at home. No money is going towards McDonald's. It's like saying homemade bean burgers are supporting slaughterhouses.

[Lingering Lilac]

It's the name--free advertising. Plus, it makes it seem like vegans need Mcdonalds.

[Mr Flibble]

A burger is a shape that fits well between bread. A McMuffin is a product made by a very very dodgy company. I completely see the difference between the two.

Many of us were not bought up vegan and developed a taste for meat, thus making meat substitutes palettable. Directly copying a product design has nothing to do with taste however, and I really don't want to recreate the McDonalds experience in our vegan kitchen.

[absentmindedfan]

It's the name--free advertising. Plus, it makes it seem like vegans need Mcdonalds.

How?
That's like saying it 'seems' like vegans need pork because we eat vegan sausages. Making a vegan McMuffins shows we don't need McDonalds. That was kinda the point I raised in my original post.

[cobweb]

How?
That's like saying it 'seems' like vegans need pork because we eat vegan sausages. Making a vegan McMuffins shows we don't need McDonalds. That was kinda the point I raised in my original post.


Hmm, that's exactly the kind of rubbish that my parents hit me with every time we have to eat together - why do veg*ns eat sausages, mock meats, etc :rolleyes: - apparently my son gets this at school, too :rolleyes: :rolleyes: . I say why not eat fake meats if you like them and nobody died? :cool: .

[harpy]

Anyway it seems more of a p!ss-take than a tribute, particularly considering the way it looks :D


BTW there used to be a vegetarian restaurant in Santa Cruz called McDharma's but McDonalds forced them to drop the "Mc" bit. (Is it still going, does anyone know?)

[twinkle]

There's a restaurant in Leicester called McIndians :D

Their slogan is "you've tried the cowboys, now try the indians" which I think is sort of catchy. Unfortunately it's mostly meat but they seem to have more veg*n options than McDs.

[absentmindedfan]

Their slogan is "you've tried the cowboys, now try the indians" which I think is sort of catchy. Unfortunately it's mostly meat but they seem to have more veg*n options than McDs.

There's an Indian building firm in blackheath with that exact same slogan :D

[harpy]

There's an Indian building firm in blackheath with that exact same slogan :D

Very clever :) And have you tried them?

[absentmindedfan]

Not yet, but I'm tempted :D

[harpy]

I would be as well, only it's a bit far for them to come. We've certainly had the cowboys.