Buena Serra my little huevos! Some of you might have seen that Quorn has recently expanded its range of products to include a vegan line, including Vegan Fishless Fingers.
I was pretty keen to try them out when I first saw them on supermarket shelves. Because I was brought up eating fish, and occasionally get aquatic cravings, fake fish products are one of my most sought after veggie substitutes. VBites do a pretty good range (their Fishless Steaks are incredible) and Fry’s do a Battered Prawn-Style product which is very nice. Unfortunately, it stops about there. Although Linda McCartney used to do Scampi-Style and Battered Prawn-Style products they were both discontinued, which is a real shame as they were delicious. It seems like there just isn’t the same demand for fake-fish as there is for fake-meat, maybe because a high proportion of meat substitutes are bought by meat eaters because of the health value, and fish is healthier to begin with? I’m just speculating. On to the Quorn review!
I tried cooking the Fingers two different ways. Firstly on the grill, as an accompaniment to chips and peas for dinner. They tasted good dunked in some tartar sauce, although my grill left them a little squashed (I use a George Foreman. All five of George Foreman’s sons are also called George. FACT).
The second time I cooked them in the oven to use in a sarnie and the results were slightly better, although they took a little longer to cook. They taste very similar to the VBites ones; they’re tasty but they’re not especially fishy. However, I would choose them over VBites as the crispy coating is better and more reminiscent of actual Fish Fingers, they come frozen so are easier to keep and I think they’re slightly larger, but without both to hand I can’t make a proper comparison. The real clincher for Quorn though is the fact you can find these on most larger supermarket shelves and VBites, particularly their fish products, are still a bit tricky to come by.
I’ll be back next time with my Valentine’s Baking Blog 🙂 In the mean time, get some fish-free goodness in your life, yo!
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