Reconstituted Chicken

PLRFD

Many fish and chip shops got away with and still do get away with selling cod that certainly wasn’t and isn’t cod.

sarah1972

PLRFD said:

Many fish and chip shops got away with and still do get away with selling cod that certainly wasn’t and isn’t cod.

Yes thankfully using haddock which in my opinion is much tastier. 

They are still selling fish and chips although a cheaper fish but still 100%fish.

The op is saying chicken & soy mixed to try and pass of as 100% chicken which just sounds very odd and somewhat far fetched x 

I can honestly say that I have never had a curry and had to doubt whether it was chicken, most people know that velvetised meat has a different texture, I velvetise at home. But it’s always been 100% chicken. 

Silvertabby

This is why, on the rare occasions that we eat out, we go for a veggie option.

EffieTrinketsWig

Quorn have been selling dishes that are a blend of Quorn and real chicken for people who want to cut down their meat consumption, but not give it up entirely.

sarah1972

EffieTrinketsWig said:

Quorn have been selling dishes that are a blend of Quorn and real chicken for people who want to cut down their meat consumption, but not give it up entirely.

Really? Where from please 
I can only see Mycoprotein (96%), Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Natural Flavouring, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate

booneruk

Even if Quorn were doing such a thing, it still wouldn't be legal (I'm assuming) for an outlet to list it as 'chicken' or imply that it was. 

Would such a Frankenstein foodstuff even be cheaper than standard chicken anyway (which is the reason I'd assume unscrupulous outlets would try to palm it off as chicken).

PLRFD

Every time I see those big kebab things in shops spinning round dripping fat I wonder what noise it made when it was alive did it oink moo baa quack squeak or chatter as it was running up a tree with a nut in its paws ?

sarah1972

PLRFD said:

Every time I see those big kebab things in shops spinning round dripping fat I wonder what noise it made when it was alive did it oink moo baa quack squeak or chatter as it was running up a tree with a nut in its paws ?

The ones I buy are 90% lamb, veal & chicken https://www.jjfoodservice.com/product/London-Enfield/DON035/

RomfordNavy

Ok there may be some doubts about whether reconstituted chicken contains soy or not but one we can't get away from is that is definately contains glue (microbial transglutaminase, MTG) which some of us would like to avoid as it causes leaky-gut issues.

RomfordNavy

tastyhog said:

Nobody is selling tofu in place of chicken. 

You're probably just confusing velveted meat or meat treated with baking soda, because it has a different texture to chicken you might cook at home. 

Well it is difficult to tell for sure.  Had another look, this time at the raw chicken pieces; they look to have a regular quite pronounced texture that my chicken at home doesn't have and a very sinewy structure inside.  On top of this they do appers to be quite rubbery when compared to home cooked chicken.