2.16.2006

Quorn: The other white meat

Thursday's sandwiches will mostly be made of quorn. Thank you.

As Healthy Eating 2006 (tm) continues, Quorn has been invited into our house. What is Quorn? Well I asked myself the same question when the strange yet familiar looking meat products greeted me in the fridge emblazoned with the Quorn logo. Well a bit of online research revealed Quorn is just the brand name for a load of meat substitutes based on a Mycroprotein ingredient. Mycroprotein is a low fat, low calorie fungus, next dor neighbour to the brother in law of the cousin of your commoner garden mushroom. I wonder if they are any relation to Magic Mushrooms?

Despite my reservations I gave a few of the products a try and they were actually pretty nice. The bolognese mince was a bit rubbish but the chicken burgers and the sausages were surprisingly tasty (I even cooked 'em on the George Foreman for extra healthyness).

So go on, try a Skewered Hot n Sweet Quorn Peppered Steak dish today. You never know you might like it OR at the very least you'll get off your face on Magic Mycroproteins.