So I went to the grocery the other day and bought a few prepackaged salads from the deli. One was black eyed peas. Now, me being the bad Southern girl that I am, I have never had a black eyed pea in my life.
So I grab it and I DON'T read the label!! I am finding that this is UBER UBER important!!! Not just for fat and calories and fiber but for sneaky meat.
I ate half and decided I should read the ingredients and they added bacon grease to it!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hangs head in shame*. Now, why would they do that?? I don't understand?
Lesson learned....Read the labels if you don't make it yourself.
In the same vein as sneaky meat, I am finding out that certain things, well, bother me now. Like at Subway. I get the veggie patty on wheat, no cheese. But it BOTHERS me that the guy that makes my sub just made the guy next to me a meat lovers sub. And used the same gloves. It just bothers me. Instead of being "one of those people" I think I will just not go there anymore.
Your assumption should be that anything Southern contains bacon or bacon fat. You also might want to look into the ingredients of the Veggie Patty. http://www.subway.co.uk/menu/subs/classic/veggie-patty-.aspx
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Awwww, thanks for the info. I guess the "good" news is that Subway is trying to introduce 3 new vegan options (Sweet Riblet, Malibu Greek and Italian Black Bean,) in the US, but only in select locations. Unfortunately, really select locations. :( Well, if I go to Subway, Veggie Max it is....
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In fact, you should really look at the ingredients in all vegetarian patties. Gardenburger® patties have part-skim mozzarella, cottage
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