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https://news.sky.com/story/row-over-new-greggs-vegan-sausage-rolls-heats-up-11597679 (https://archive.ph/5Ba6o)

A heated row has broken out over a move by Britain's largest bakery chain to launch a vegan sausage roll.

The pastry, which is filled with a meat substitute and encased in 96 pastry layers, is available in 950 Greggs stores across the country.

It was promised after 20,000 people signed a petition calling for the snack to be launched to accommodate plant-based diet eaters.


But the vegan sausage roll's launch has been greeted by a mixed reaction: Some consumers welcomed it, while others voiced their objections.

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Cook and food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe declared she was "frantically googling to see what time my nearest opens tomorrow morning because I will be outside".

While TV writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy called herself "very pro the Greggs vegan sausage roll because anything that wrenches veganism back from the 'clean eating' wellness folk is a good thing".

One Twitter user wrote that finding vegan sausage rolls missing from a store in Corby had "ruined my morning".

Another said: "My son is allergic to dairy products which means I can't really go to Greggs when he's with me. Now I can. Thank you vegans."

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TV presenter Piers Morgan led the charge of those outraged by the new roll.

"Nobody was waiting for a vegan bloody sausage, you PC-ravaged clowns," he wrote on Twitter.

Mr Morgan later complained at receiving "howling abuse from vegans", adding: "I get it, you're all hangry. I would be too if I only ate plants and gruel."

Another Twitter user said: "I really struggle to believe that 20,000 vegans are that desperate to eat in a Greggs."

"You don't paint a mustach (sic) on the Mona Lisa and you don't mess with the perfect sausage roll," one quipped.

Journalist Nooruddean Choudry suggested Greggs introduce a halal steak bake to "crank the fume levels right up to 11".

The bakery chain told concerned customers that "change is good" and that there would "always be a classic sausage roll".

It comes on the same day McDonald's launched its first vegetarian "Happy Meal", designed for children.

The new dish comes with a "veggie wrap", instead of the usual chicken or beef option.
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It should be noted that Piers Morgan and Greggs share the same PR firm, so I'm thinking this is some serious faux outrage and South Park KKK gambiting here.
 
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Guntsress Of Diabeteeze said:
I feel like this thread is just another mums.net/dailymaily.co.uk comment section.

Brown/niggers = bad
Trannies = bad

I agree.

But is there anything else we can discuss? Maybe more positive/optimistic news that doesn't relate to race or politics? Since this is the only UK thread on this autistic website.
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You don't like it because you love darkies and transvestites, have you considered Reddit?
 
Bog-standard Poster said:
If you didn't giggle at the situational comedy material, you're dead inside and should consider seeking a sense of humour transplant.

When have I done that?
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I won't play tit-for-tat like reform/tories/labour-

I just thought maybe we could post positive things in this thread, instead of moaning all the time. life is shit enough as it is-this just fuels it.

I appreciate the transparency and rawness of how shit this country can be, why not share and "expose" the great things...which may be slim pickings.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
First Spain and Portugal now Manchester, big thunk indeed but almost entirely coincidence.
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An electrical substation has exploded in London. It only knocked off the power to some flats and the fire is under control. it was caused by "a fault in the equipment". I didn't know modern electrical equipment had the fault "alluha akbar" but there we go.

Memba when heathrow was without power because a substation fault, investigated by the terrorist police, and then silence when it was fixed? I memba.

teriyakiburns said:
It's just the trams on the Ashton line. I think it might be a line issue near Deansgate.

e: Looking into it a bit more, it sounds like one of them had a pantograph malfunction and fucked up the catenary.
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If that's the case, I'm going to guess the tram driver put the wrong pantograph up, or it should have been replaced after hitting it's limit but was forced up using the override because lazy and incompetent.
 
Inquisitor_BadAss said:
First Spain and Portugal now Manchester, big thunk indeed but almost entirely coincidence.
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Like I said, it's just the trams. It sounds like a pantograph malfunctioned and broke an overhead line near deansgate-castlefield. Right in the middle of zone 1 where everything crosses and presumably on the line out to ashton.
 
Guntsress Of Diabeteeze said:
I won't play tit-for-tat like reform/tories/labour-

I just thought maybe we could post positive things in this thread, instead of moaning all the time. life is shit enough as it is-this just fuels it.

I appreciate the transparency and rawness of how shit this country can be, why not share and "expose" the great things...which may be slim pickings.
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How was my post moaning?

It's a classic exchange that all Brits experience when riding in a taxi. Here's me thinking it was light humour.

When you introduce your brother, cousin and boyfriend to someone, is there just one person standing there?

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Guntsress Of Diabeteeze said:
I just thought maybe we could post positive things in this thread, instead of moaning all the time.
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Tell me you're not british without telling me.
 
Bog-standard Poster said:
How was my post moaning?

It's a classic exchange that all Brits experience when riding in a taxi. Here's me thinking it was light humour.

When you introduce your brother, cousin and boyfriend to someone, is there just one person standing there?

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Tell me you're not british without telling me.
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Yeah, I'm not English British.

I just thought we could (as a collective of British people) post positive things, if any.
 
Clem Fandango said:
We're at my mum's for a few nights and last night after we arrived off the plane she served us baked salmon. Marinated in? Glazed with? In a sauce of? NOTHING. Fucking nothing. And you know what? Good! There's no need for it! Good salmon tastes good already. There was maybe a sprig of dill on there but a couldn't swear by it. The side was boiled new potatoes, again, with no sauce. Just salt and butter. My god how glad I was to have some simple non-spicy food.
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I love baked salmon and buttery new potatoes. My mum cooked a salmon and potato dinner last time I visited my parents, feeling really comfy now as I think about it.
Tonight I'm going to do cauliflower cheese, I've heard that roasting rather than boiling the cauliflower initially is the key. I'm feeling fancy and found some nutmeg to add to it.

I think traditional British food has an unfair reputation. I'd like to hear about everyone's favourite classic Britbong dish.
 
ApeBass said:
I think traditional British food has an unfair reputation. I'd like to hear about everyone's favourite classic Britbong dish.
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A proper traditional lancashire hotpot always goes down well, but I'll also never say no to a decent ham and pea soup. You have to cook it with the bone in for the best flavour.
 
Bog-standard Poster said:
Ainsley harriet because he's the campest, uncoolest, lack-of-rhytmist cotton-picker in the country.
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I like his cookery shows.he has an infectious passion for food and cooking.

Re positivity. Do one. There's plenty of places online you can get your feefees stroked. People go to jail for criticizing immigration and the Government.

And AIDS was meant to smite faggots and we ignored it. Keeping the pozzed alive and spreading is a net loss for normal people.
 
ApeBass said:
I love baked salmon and buttery new potatoes. My mum cooked a salmon and potato dinner last time I visited my parents, feeling really comfy now as I think about it.
Tonight I'm going to do cauliflower cheese, I've heard that roasting rather than boiling the cauliflower initially is the key. I'm feeling fancy and found some nutmeg to add to it.

I think traditional British food has an unfair reputation. I'd like to hear about everyone's favourite classic Britbong dish.
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Classic sunday roast, mate! Good gravy made up from the meat and veg juices with a dash of oxo, bit of lamb with mint sauce and boom, you're golden!

I like a chicken broth and pea soup too, but that's because my granny used to make some up for us when me mam was too busy looking after my baby brothers. She lived up the road from us, back when families could afford houses on the same street. Man, those were wholesome times...
 
Some stewing beef, whatever root veg are available locally, a pint of local ale and some barley make a fantastic beef stew served with crusty bread and butter. Nowt better on a winters day when you come in from outside.

In summer, I'm partial to a ploughman's (and yes I know the phrase "ploughman's lunch" was invented by some marketroid in the 50s, leftover pie, cheese, pickles and a boiled egg is a solid workers meal since before Stonehenge was built)
 
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Guntsress Of Diabeteeze said:
Don't you work in science? With the atmosphere? Yet you're quoting god and how faggots spread disease?
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I can be a scientist and be a bigot at the same time. Don't pigeonhole me! Gays also do spread disease, at an absurd and prodigious rate because of their vast sexual circles.

To match with the talk of food though; Beef stew with a goof beef stock, the left over cuts from the sunday roast, leeks, potatoes, carrots, swede, onions, beans (yes yes I know), parsely, rosemary, thyme, suet dumplings and a slow cooker is an easy and great meal for a monday night. Steam some broccoli and butter some crusty bread to go with it. Not this week though, it's surprisingly been too warm for stew. EDIT: Lidl sold these absurd tomahawk steaks, so I'm having tonight with some mash, and broccoli and cabbage. It'll be a fantastic post gym protein meal; and the bone is big enough to be used as some sort of weapon should I need it.

I am - to powerlevel - also heading to a chemistry conference this may; and I'd like to thank you all for your tax money, as that is what's paying for me to go. I will make sure to enjoy room service (comp'd) and collect free tat from the booths to add to my work desk. The drive to it will be nice and scenic, Britain had some beautiful landscapes to zoom through.
 
The eternal boomer strikes again, sells £21m estate in the family since the 14th century.
They’ve had their time, it’s nothing to do with them. I’ve always said they can spin in their graves – we’ll harness the energy and use it to heat the castle,”
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