Morrisons - meat in vegetarian pasty - WWYD?

stephen77

FATBALLZ wrote: »

Given the profound psychological impact you speak of, surely it is highly inadvisable for somebody with these dietary rules to buy cheap mass-produced food from the supermarket where potential for filling mix-ups can occur?

It is impossible to mass produce these sorts of food at a price people will pay with a 0% error rate, so it is up to individual consumers to accept the risk, or avoid such products entirely.

The price of food does not alter veggie rules. Just becuase its cheap does not mean they will take short cuts.
Often the cheap ones are the high volume lines were they will start the days production with veggie products after nightshift have cleaned down eveything.
This is kind of practise is standard procedure.

Red_Cat

I work in an industry where the factory at my workplace builds over 300,000 engines a year, and differing ones at that. To me this is more complex than pasties and pasty fillings and we can get the quality right. So I am of the belief that pasty makers can do the same, regardless of cost.

phill99

olias wrote: »

Just to get the debate raging - what do you think the reaction would have been if my wife had been Jewish and the vegetarian labelled pasty had contained bacon and pork...........

Olias

Bacon AND pork. Now there's a thing. I guess they would be ok if it was JUST bacon OR pork. But together? Dear, dear, where will it end?

phill99

p00hsticks wrote: »

If the pasty HAD been cheese and onion, would it have been rennet free cheese and therefore suitable for vegetarians ?

You are showing your ignorance now.

Vegetarians eat cheese made from cows milk (and sheep and goats) and they eat eggs.

It's vegans that don't eat eggs or dairy products.

Bettie

stephen77 wrote: »

Most cheese in food manufacturing sector is vegeterian these days, its easier to supply veggie cheese from rationalisation point of view.
a few cheese like gorgoganzo though do not have veggie rennet versions.

I went to Amsterdam and couldn't get veggie cheese anywhere, was very wary about eating out , then on a cruise back I ate the veggie option then after asking at the galley I realised the chefs had no idea what veggie cheese was and NONE of the food I had ate was vegetarian despite being assured it was. I have been veggie over 30 years and I was fuming. I am also sick of people putting Parmesan cheese in or on vegetarian dishes. When I complain I get the " some veggies eat it" answer.:mad: Arghhhhhhhhhhhh

Slowhand

Red_Cat wrote: »

I work in an industry where the factory at my workplace builds over 300,000 engines a year, and differing ones at that. To me this is more complex than pasties and pasty fillings and we can get the quality right. So I am of the belief that pasty makers can do the same, regardless of cost.

Do you never ever get it wrong? Yes you do?

Bettie

olias wrote: »

Ok,

What would you do?
Go back and complain to the uninterested manager?
Write a complaint to the head office?
leave it as just one of those things?

Just wondered....

Olias

Personally I would leave it.
Whenever I buy any Veggie food that is anywhere near a similar meat food I always inspect it first just in case the assisant has made an error. Some pastie places write a V on the bag but I still break it and inspect before eating just in case a meat one has sneaked in the wrong department.

p00hsticks

phill99 wrote: »

You are showing your ignorance now.

Vegetarians eat cheese made from cows milk (and sheep and goats) and they eat eggs.

It's vegans that don't eat eggs or dairy products.

Excuse me, but I don't think in this case that it's necessarily me who's the ignorant one here ...

My understanding of a vegetarian is that not only do they not eat meat, but they also avoid eating or using other products derived from killing animals (for example leather).

Many types of cheese are made using rennet, which is an enzyme extracted from the stomachs of slaughtered calves, and therefore not suitable for vegetarians (Although as a previous poster has pointed out, there are vegetarian alternatives that can be used). Also as other people have pointed out, pastry is sometimes made using lard (pig fat).

Therefore, unless it's specifically marked as being 'suitable for vegetarians' a cheese and onion pasty can't necessarily be assumed not to contain products of dead animals.

pmduk

pollypenny wrote: »

Would a meat -eater complain if there was no meat in his pasty>

Most meat pasties have hardly any meat in them anyway. IIRC there are no regulations concerning meat content in a meat pasty

Sambucus_Nigra

p00hsticks wrote: »

Excuse me, but I don't think in this case that it's necessarily me who's the ignorant one here ...

My understanding of a vegetarian is that not only do they not eat meat, but they also avoid eating or using other products derived from killing animals (for example leather).

Many types of cheese are made using rennet, which is an enzyme extracted from the stomachs of slaughtered calves, and therefore not suitable for vegetarians (Although as a previous poster has pointed out, there are vegetarian alternatives that can be used). Also as other people have pointed out, pastry is sometimes made using lard (pig fat).

Therefore, unless it's specifically marked as being 'suitable for vegetarians' a cheese and onion pasty can't necessarily be assumed not to contain products of dead animals.

No - but loads of cheeses these days from supermarkets are made without animal rennet.

OP - I am veggie and have been for 28 years now.

There are things that you do buy from morrisons if you are veggie and things you don't. Pasties are one of those things.