Easy Vegetarian Rice Recipe

[Babz]

Quantities given should be enough for one person!!

1 Pkt Microwavable Rice
Few slices of Peppers (chopped)
Some sliced Mushroons
Some sliced Onions
Some Frozen Peas
Infact any vegetables you like
Handful of Quorn Pieces
Ginger Oil (or any flavoured oil)

Put the oil into a WOK or any deep pan and heat add the onions and mushrooms.

Fry gently for a few minutes then add the quorn and fry a little longer until all ingredients are
hot and browned.

Then add the peppers and peas, and cook them till hot.
After a few mins take the WOK off the heat and tilt the WOK and wipe away the excess oil.

Put the rice into the microwave and cook as per instructions.

Add this to the WOK,stir and turn up the heat making sure that the food gets piping hot

You can add Soy Sauce but most of the time I add a beaten egg and cook that into it !!

It goes well with slices of Garlic Bread !!

You could used diced meat instead of the quorn !!

[pogofish]

Might this be a good time to point out that Quorn is in no way a vegetarian product? In fact, it is the very worst example of an industrially produced & proces-dependant foodstuff there is.

[Babz]

Originally Posted by pogofish

Might this be a good time to point out that Quorn is in no way a vegetarian product? In fact, it is the very worst example of an industrially produced & proces-dependant foodstuff there is.

Taken from the Quorn™ Site in the UK

What is Quorn?


Over 90% of people have heard of the Quorn brand but many people don’t fully understand what it’s all about.
Is it soya?
Or maybe TVP?
Actually, Quorn foods are totally unique in so many ways, and there are some very surprising facts
about the range that you may be interested to know!

You may have heard a lot recently about the special ingredients such as the “good bacteria” in
probiotic drinks and yoghurts, etc.
Well we have our very own unique/special ingredient!

All Quorn products contain mycoprotein. Mycoprotein is a nutritious member of the fungi family, as
are mushrooms and truffles.
There are lots of great things about mycoprotein which very few people know, so here are just a few:

- Mycoprotein is a fungus which contains high quality protein, enabling us to offer an alternative, purely
vegetarian source of protein to meat

- Mycoprotein is naturally low in fat

- Mycoprotein also contains very few calories, so we can bring you foods which deliver on taste but
which don’t max out on the calorie content

- Mycoprotein also contains essential dietary fibre, which as we all know, helps to maintain a healthy
digestive system

- Mycoprotein doesn’t contain any cholesterol whatsoever, so eating Quorn products as part of a balanced,
low fat diet can help to maintain normal cholesterol levels, which can help keep your heart healthy

- Mycoprotein is completely meat free.
The organism does occur naturally, but we simply grow it under controlled conditions so that we can
bring you a large variety of high quality Quorn products.

Only Quorn products contain this special vegetarian protein ingredient, and our expert chefs have
many years of experience in using mycoprotein as an ingredient and turning it into our deliciously tasty
range of ready meals, grills, sausages, burgers, Deli slices, as well as the classic cooking ingredients
like mince and pieces we’ve become famous for.

Quorn is simply the brand name we use to highlight those products which contain our special ingredient.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

History of Quorn Products


In the early 1960's, nutritionists and health experts were concerned that the predicted growth in population
would mean global food and protein shortages in the future. Food scientists started a search to find new
sources for food which would help to meet the predicted increase in demand.

After several years of searching around the globe, an organism was amazingly found occurring naturally
in the soil in a field in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, which ultimately gave Marlow Foods the opportunity to
develop a completely new food ingredient.
And mycoprotein was born!
Research and development work progressed for many years to find ways to bring this breakthrough
food to a wider audience, but it wasn't until the early 1980's that mycoprotein could be grown
on a big enough scale to launch a range of products nationally. In 1985, mycoprotein was approved by
the UK's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) as being suitable for food use, and the first
Quorn product - a savoury pie - was launched.

Ironically, a slowing down of world population growth combined with improved food production techniques, meant
that the expected world food shortage never actually materialised. However, the new foods made from
mycoprotein - this amazing ingredient developed by Marlow Foods - showed themselves to have associated
benefits of good taste, health, convenience and nutritional credentials which have never been more relevant
in today's world of growing obesity and chronic health issues. As such the brand continues to go from s
trength to strength, which may explain why over 400,000 Quorn meals are now eaten every day in the UK.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Historical Milestones




Historical milestones in the development of mycoprotein and Quorn™ products:


1965 The search begins for new plant & vegetable based protein foods

1967 The tiny organism used for the production of mycoprotein was identified

1969 Initial work begins into flavour and texture of mycoprotein

1975 Pilot development production facility set up. Full testing programmes set up

1985 MAFF acceptance in the UK

Marlow Foods formed. The Quorn™ brand name is launched. First ever mycoprotein retail product - a vegetable pie

1990 1st Quorn™ branded home cooking product launched: Quorn™ pieces

1991 1st regional TV advertising campaign for Quorn™ products in the UK

1992 1st European launch (Benelux countries) of Quorn™ products

1994 Commercial scale production begins, based in North East England; 1st National TV advertising – National launch Quorn™ burgers

1995 Quorn™ Sausages, Quorn™ Southern Style Burger, Quorn™ Quarter Pounder launched

1996 Quorn™ products launched in Switzerland. Quorn™ Fillets join the product range

1997 Quorn™ Deli range of cold cuts launched – product range tops 50 items in the UK

1998 Expansion of the Quorn™ range in the UK and Europe. Development into other countries

1999 Sales launch in Sweden

2002 US approval established; sales launch in US

2003 Continued product launches – Ribsters, Balls.


Montague Private Equity purchases Marlow Foods Ltd


2004 Launch of new-look packaging.

Launch of new Chilled Escalopes.

On-pack minizine promotion “Summer Lovin” in 3m packs.

Return to national TV with “It might just surprise you” campaign

March sees McDonalds launch the Quorn Premier in the UK – McDonalds first branded burger

2005 Complete packaging redesign for entire range

Launch of Fajita Strips, Bramley Bangers, Classic Lasagne, Minted Lamb Style Burgers, Deli Salami among others.

More TV support with “Sizzle into Summer” on-pack promotion

Purchase of Marlow Foods Ltd by Premier Foods

[pogofish]

That is a very selective version of the truth. The history of Quorn goes back a lot longer than that - To WW2 & the reapplication of industrial bulk-fermentation from industrial pharmacology to biological weapons.

The source of the mycoprotein used in Quorn is Fusarium Mould, something that was researched as a bio-weapon long before 1965 & rejected because of its dangerous instability & lack of an effective control - In fact, without extensive post-growth processing & pasteurisation, Quorn itself would be pretty near lethal to humans & the oft-quoted relationship between Quorn & mushrooms is about the same as our relationship to the Squid.

There is also quite some anecdotal evidence of a much greater than normal level of severe allergic reactions to Quorn - One of the reasons that its US licence took so long to get.

Never mind that all definitions of vegetarian, automatically excludes any foodstuff that is more than lightly processed - Quorn is the most processed of the lot.

[pogofish]

Some info:

Fusarium venenatum is a fungus actually a mold from which a mycoprotein can be derived, this is used in the manufacture of Quorn. The mycoprotein used in Quorn can be gastrotoxic causing severe vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea in susceptible individuals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusarium_venenatum

Fusarium causes extremely dangerous skin infections. The symptoms are similar in appearance to Strep A, the "flesh eating" bacteria. Many experts compare the symptoms to that of leprosy.

Ulcerations or infections of the face, hands, and body are very graphic. Once infected, most persons stay bed ridden for a considerable period.
bullet Can further debilitate the immune system of people with suppressed immune systems.

Preliminary analysis reveals that Fusarium has been linked to impotence.

Lost the link for this one, sorry.

CSPI also told the FDA of a telephone survey it had commissioned of 1,000 British consumers which found that almost 5 percent of people who had eaten Quorn products experienced vomiting, hives, or other symptoms. That percentage is higher than the percentage of consumers allergic to peanuts, dairy, and other major food allergens--and much higher than the adverse-reaction rate (1 out of 146,000) claimed by Quorn’s maker, U.K.-based Marlow Foods.

http://www.cspinet.org/new/200304231.html

[Babz]

I see we are going to differ over our opinions of Quorn, I will still eat it unless you can give me something
better to eat, I do not and have never suffered from any of the side effects that are mentioned.

(I was one of the 95% interviewed that had no complaints)

[pogofish]

You are of course going to eat whattever you want to.

It is just your advocating a substance that drives a coach & horses through all the basic principles of vegetarianism that irks.

Also, there are plenty of sources of dietary protein from all-veggie sources - you really don't need to look to industro-****e like Quorn, TVP & hard-fat laden mock-meat. All that does is perpetuate the same evils that devalued meat production on to veg.