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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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#VEGANsausageroll thanks Greggs

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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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The hype got me like #Greggs #Veganuary

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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.

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.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

Turkish barbers
Tanning shop
Nail bar
Bookies
Halal fried chicken
Tattoos/piercing studio.

You forgot vape shops.

The number of vape shops in Britain has risen by 1,200% in a decade, so you'd think this would be a booming industry doing a roaring trade, yet, for some bizarre reason, they always seem to be completely empty...

 

[FedPostalService]

You forgot vape shops.

The number of vape shops in Britain has risen by 1,200% in a decade, so you'd think this would be a booming industry doing a roaring trade, yet, for some bizarre reason, they always seem to be completely empty...

I’m in a really nice area and there’s one on the stretch of shops at the bottom of the road. They don’t even pretend to be legitimate as they’re hardly ever open.

 

[User names must be unique]

I’m in a really nice area and there’s one on the stretch of shops at the bottom of the road. They don’t even pretend to be legitimate as they’re hardly ever open.

The ones near me are always open but never have customers all their products in the windows are noticeably faded from the sun.

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

Appreciate this isn't a prepping thread, so I'll try to keep a lid on it.....but when the power goes out ( pick your reason - Russia / Miliband / Grid malfunction, etc ) - how are you going to cook this bounty ?

That's the benefit of canned goods. They're not the best, but a can of cold beans will make do. You'd be surprised how much canned goods actually DON'T need warmed up to be edible, they just benefit from the flavour profile of being warmed through. Naturally they'd be better warmed up, but this is the benefit of prepping, having things ready in case of an emergency.

I've ate 10p spaghetti hoops cold back when I was a student so the visceral disgust of cold food doesn't throw me. Even now I'll sometimes open a can of chili con carne and put a hearty dollop in a sandwich (toasted or otherwise) and it turns out fantastic.

But if the can has any dent in it or any signs of visible rusting around the lid, bin it. Eating emergency gruel is one thing, puking your guts out in a house with no electricity or heat is another.

 

[GratsTheat783]

-snip-

I think "What would yourself before social media think of this?" is a dumb question because as you learn more about an issue, your thoughts on it change. As a child, one might have thought homelessness can just be solved by giving homes to the homeless, but as they grow up and learn more about factors around homelessness such as drugs, mental issues, etc, they realize their idea wasn't viable and change it. It would be stupid if someone went up to that person and asked "What would yourself before education think about resolving homelessness?" to try and change their mind. Would calling it a "gotcha" question be right?

Maybe there's some cases where that sort of question could work, but I don't think politics is one of them. Drug addiction is probably not a case where it would work because walking up to a druggie and saying "What would yourself before drugs think of snorting cocaine?" would just get you assaulted.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

I think "What would yourself before social media think of this?" is a dumb question because as you learn more about an issue, your thoughts on it change

What would your opinion on this thing be when you were less informed? If you were younger and more naive and less informed then you would agree with me. What a gotcha. Not to mention the country has changed a fair amount in the past decade so even if it wasn't retarded as shit it's still a false comparison.
Yea ok you can square root a negative number but what would you think if you never went to college huh chud?
What would he have thought before social media too?

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Appreciate this isn't a prepping thread, so I'll try to keep a lid on it.....but when the power goes out ( pick your reason - Russia / Miliband / Grid malfunction, etc ) - how are you going to cook this bounty ?

My fall-backs are a camping stove type deal with a bottled gass supply and my charcoal kettle drum bbq for cooking meat. Any other ideas ?

Also, you should add bottled water to that list. I've got about 200 litres. The water went off for a week not too far from me not long ago.

Are you just looking at a reserve in case things go wrong for a few weeks and then back to normal ?

I'm pessimistic. I'm looking more long term, so possibly at generators and water purification and storage.

You can made a decent ‘hobo stove’ from a cut up pop can, using nail polish remover as fuel (if you’re really stuck). There’s a whole host of different ways to do wood fires. But a camping stove is your best bet. We have a Trangia that runs on meths, and a 500ml bottle will last fucking weeks (if not months). It’s a low flame but very hot. The Trangia comes with a flame guard, a couple of pots, frying pan and a kettle too, and the whole thing stacks neatly together into an aluminium bundle about 22cm x 22cm.

You can get expanding pots for your water. Concertina sides. Great for storing flat when not in use. We got a couple of fucking mahoosive plastic water cans, but have some 5litre bottles of still water too. Keeping tap water fresh in storage is an issue, especially as it’s hard to buy iodine to purify it now (thanks EU). A little bit of Milton liquid in the water works. A little, little bit. And boil stored water before you use it, no matter how good it looks.

Dried beans and other pulses are a great pantry filler. Soak them overnight then chuck them in any kind of savoury liquid, simmer and you have a filling meal. Oats are even better, cos you can leave them to soak overnight and you can eat them without cooking, or add them to cooking liquid and you have a thickened stew.

Learn how to forage. Collins make a tiny pocket-sized book of British wild plants that are edible, with loads of photos and artwork so you can recognise what you have. It’s actually surprising how much food is out there for free if you know what you’re looking for.

Include salt, pepper, herbs and spices in your pantry. They make bland canned food way better. That canned chicken in white sauce is fucking amazing with a bit of garlic and some steamed carrots & broccoli, maybe even a bit of mustard. In WWII people had plenty of food but it was always the same stuff - the key to making this delicious was using different condiments, sauces, pickles, herbs and spices. Stick up on them. They keep for fucking ever.

Canned foods last way longer than the sell by dates on them. Maybe I’m just a trashy northerner, but unless the can is swelled or the contents smell and taste weird, it’s fine. As long as you keep dried food dry, likewise. Just make sure to keep flour, oats and herbs & spices in airtight packaging as these can easily have bugs in.

Similar experience here, but on a night out. Would also have been in 2021. Never went to the police because my friend went looking for me and punched the fuck out of the cunt when he realised where my dress was and what was happening. Dude is a big time lefty-loosy and even he agrees that he was from the hotel two streets away. To this day, he is still the only person on this planet who actually believes that I was attacked by who I said I was.

Don’t regret looking out for him by not going to the police after bc it went well above what would pass for reasonable force but I despise knowing that there was/is a predator walking around in [city redacted] and I didn’t do anything about it. We live and we learn. Too bad no one else does.

Same experience here. D
Sounds stereotypical but go dragged into an alley by some foreigner. Told the police and they acted like they didn’t believe me. I was walking home alone at night, and ‘are you sure you didn’t just regret casual sex with him?’. Told them to stuff it in the end. The “interviews” (where you’re told you can be done for wasting police time) were at least ten times longer than the rape. I had better things to do with my life.

I’ll never trust the police ever again though, nor would I ever tell any woman to report a rape or assault. It’s fucking pointless anyway, only 1% of cases even get prosecuted. Why bother?

The ones near me are always open but never have customers all their products in the windows are noticeably faded from the sun.

There’s a new vape and sweetie shop in the town centre near me. Looks like something from a magazine on the outside, all shiny and multi-coloured. It’s always absolutely dead, even at Christmas when every other shop in that town was packed, the place was deserted. Weird how these places can get set up in town, but most local small businesses struggle to afford a market stall, never mind a city centre shop. How long do these establishments last, on average?

The insane thing is, I’ve seen a few of them advertising ‘English (or British) sweets’ on their windows or awnings. Yet there are probably fifty other shops in the town or city centre that could sell you English sweets because we’re in England, and English sweets are the simplest thing to buy and sell. You don’t see Tesco advertising ‘English sweets’. It’s just all so wrong. Like there’s something wrong with the picture somewhere but you’re not entirely sure where. Why are there so many of them, too?

 

[User names must be unique]

Why are there so many of them, too?

it's truly a mystery.

 

[A-Logato]

I’m in a really nice area and there’s one on the stretch of shops at the bottom of the road. They don’t even pretend to be legitimate as they’re hardly ever open.

Shit area, even more shit shops. At this point it's gotten so bad that they actively deal in the door ways without a care in the world.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

I mean, rate me optimistic here, but hypothetically, given that everybody knows something is not quite kosher with all of these perpetually-empty-yet-still-somehow-in-business American candy stores and vape shops popping up on every street corner, ruining the high street, what's to stop a gang of say six or seven lads with balaclavas and cricket bats going in mob-handed and just absolutely wrecking the place?

Are the owners likely to want to involve the police? I kind of get the feeling that they'd probably want the police as far away from their places of entirely legitimate business as possible.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

>White Europeans? No thanks
>Infinite sweaty, stinking, howling rape apes? Yes please!

God he's such a fucking faggot.

 

[They were once men]

ruining the high street, what's to stop a gang of say six or seven lads with balaclavas and cricket bats going in mob-handed and just absolutely wrecking the place?

stop MI5 posting nigga

 

[femboy fart huffer]

it's truly a mystery.

There was one business that opened up near us that I can only assume absolutely must have been a result of some bullshit like this. It was a baffling niche concept that had a several times markup on the products for literally no reason and the entire shop was just empty. Imagine cargo culting but an apple store layout when you sell chinese import vacuums for £500 each. Of course ran by people who could only just speak English.

It’s actually surprising how much food is out there for free if you know what you’re looking for.

Nettles are entirely edible if boiled and mashed. One onion and a potato and then the same again in nettle leaves, especially young tender ones, will make a couple days worth of soup. I don't like it but I mean that's just personal taste. Also your local aquarium store will be more than happy to provide a reverse osmosis setup for a decent price, you know, for that fishtank you have. Just be careful about deficiencies and all that shit, pure water isn't the greatest thing for your body.

what's to stop a gang of say six or seven lads with balaclavas and cricket bats going in mob-handed and just absolutely wrecking the place

The whiteness of my skin.

 

[FedPostalService]

I mean, rate me optimistic here, but hypothetically, given that everybody knows something is not quite kosher with all of these perpetually-empty-yet-still-somehow-in-business American candy stores and vape shops popping up on every street corner, ruining the high street, what's to stop a gang of say six or seven lads with balaclavas and cricket bats going in mob-handed and just absolutely wrecking the place?

Are the owners likely to want to involve the police? I kind of get the feeling that they'd probably want the police as far away from their places of entirely legitimate business as possible.

I bought some stuff in an American candy store once and the guy behind the till looked as confused as fuck.

Am I supporting organised crime? Yes. Do Americans have some really tasty snacks? Also yes.

American Pop Tarts and their massive choice of flavours beat out our ones.

 

[Miriam Margoyles]

I bought some stuff in an American candy store once and the guy behind the till looked as confused as fuck.

Am I supporting organised crime? Yes. Do Americans have some really tasty snacks? Also yes.

OK, but consider this:

Is it worth paying some shitskin illegal £18 for a packet of Twinkies?
FUCKING NO.

 

[femboy fart huffer]

Do Americans have some really tasty snacks? Also yes.

This is the fucking worst thing you've ever said.

Yes waiter please more vomit chocolate and I'd like a side dish of pure hfcs with some food colouring in please, make sure the food dye will get me high too though, some of that banned shit if you would.

 

[FedPostalService]

OK, but consider this:

Is it worth paying some shitskin illegal £18 for a packet of Twinkies?
FUCKING NO.

I need to check the prices but I don’t remember anything being that insanely priced.

Maybe the ones Irish travellers use to launder money are much more reasonable than the ones Romanian gypsies use to launder money?

 

[femboy fart huffer]

Romanian gypsies use to launder money

Gypos have money? They have invented the idea of currency? They've evolved from trading with copper wiring and pipes? Fucking hell the end times must be upon us then.

 

[A-Logato]

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>White Europeans? No thanks
>Infinite sweaty, stinking, howling rape apes? Yes please!

God he's such a fucking faggot.

Funny, Thatcher said something similar and it irreparably destroyed half the country. I guess Nigel wants to be like his idol and destroy the other half/make the dead half even worse.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

Thatcher

I have seen an upswing in people saying that what we need is modern day Thatcherism. The only thing that let Thatcherism work was that the government had a glut of assets that they could release to the public of a country that wat still a relatively significant world power to spur on growth, industry and economy. We don't have that now. If you tried Thatcherism now the entire fucking country would collapse, like a rotten floor.

You know what's underneath that floor? It's a pit with no bottom, meaning if we start falling, we're not going to stop.