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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
Quorn is a micro-protein made from edible fungus, according to Wikipedia. It's mainly used as a meat substitute - I use it partly because it lets my hubby pretend there's meat in the pie, but also because I'm weird and like the texture (it can look like meat, but the texture is very different. And thankfully nothing like tofu, which apart from in Cauldron Foods sausages tends to make me heave). It's also very good at absorbing flavours. And it's high protein, low calory.
It's not neccesary for the pie - it would work equally well with decent mushrooms or waxy (not floury) potatoes instead. |
hm, intriguing... i don't think i've ever seen anything like that here, but i know you can get textured soy protein at the bio store and that's probably similar. alternately, mushrooms and potatoes are readily available around here so it shouldn't be a problem. also, i actually like tofu, although i prefer it stir-fried so it gets all brown and crispy on the outside.
just to check, tex is like margarine, i assume ?