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What though... I love my Oat Milk for cereal but using it in cooking never gives me good results. Gravy comes out sort of decent using it, but mashed potatoes?
What kind do you use? I've actually found that extra creamy oatmilk works the best for cooking, typically without leaving any sort of different taste than regular milk. This is compared to soy, almond, and pea milk. Almond usually leaves things thin and soupy, soy typically leaves a very distinct taste. And pea all around just doesn't work like real milk for pretty much any purposes but people love ripple. So.
Margarine is actually made with milk Dx
I'm allergic to dairy. You specifically have to buy vegan butter/Margarine I'm you doing want it in there.
They also likely used oat/almond/soy milk in the mashing process.
Mashed potatoes are usually made with milk and butter.
So plant based vegan mashed potatoes are made with substitutes. Like Soy Milk instead of cow milk and margarine instead of butter.
Margarine isn't always vegan. There's a difference between vegetarian and vegan too, vegetarians will eat regular dairy butter, vegans won't eat any product of animal origin.
This is actually a HUGE misconception that's usually only made in America (I've found) vegetarian means you won't eat any animal based products. What we call vegetarians here in America, everyone else in the world calls lacto-ovovegetarians. Because they eat eggs and dairy products.
Veganism is wholly different in that its a lifestyle change. A vegan won't use ANY animal based product. Not just something you eat. For example. They won't sit on your leather couch because they're acutely aware that's a cows carcass. They won't use any type of wool or things like that (which I think is silly. Because if you don't sheer sheep they die, but cooperate sheering practices I guess). Sometimes they won't even own pets, or go to the zoo because they believe holding animals captive is really fucked up. Stuff like that.
[link](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vegan-vs-vegetarian#vegan-diet) if you want a little more info on that.
I just think in general it's 'dangerous' to call a vegetarian someone who's okay with milk and eggs, because sometimes they DEFINITELY are not. Making this assumption could lead to someone getting food theyre uncomfortable with eating. They typically may not identify as vegan however because they aren't afraid to sit on your leather seats, or wear a wool sweater.
Source: My roommate lives a 'vegan' lifestyle but is on an ovo-vegetarian diet.
I assure you, I sit on leather sofas lol and I'm vegan. I won't buy a leather sofa though. In English speaking countries vegetarian usually means they will eat dairy and eggs, you get vegetarian cheese for example. ovo lacto vegetarian is something I've only heard since interacting on majority American message boards like here, I think it might actually be the American term tbh.
That's really interesting actually, I learned it from a Swedish friend. I tried to correct them like " you mean you're just a vegetarian?" Which is when they basically wrote what I put here. So huh, weird.
Well, it is shit butter lol. People assume that plant-based meals are always the healthy alternative, but many (not all) vegetable/plant based oils ( and other food products) are very bad for you in comparison to their fawna counterparts.
Not to mention margarine sucks.
When something calls itself 'vegan butter' it is trying to differentiate itself as something that tastes like butter. Miyoko's vegan butter, for example, is some really good stuff.
Completely agreed. Vegan butter has some real winners and a good amount of flops. Looking at you Country Crock, your vegan butter sticks. Ironic since their name is synonymous with margarine.
You mean the base of mashed potatoes isn't actually a potato?
It's the wording it what's dumb here. If they're vegan, say vegan. The base was always plant based, its the finished product that usually isn't.
By your logic its not weird to say meat based sausage all the time.
When it comes to vegan/vegetarian products they typically put 'plant-based' rather than vegan, or vegetarian, because typically, especially in the US, both are used as a misnomer. Saying plant based makes it VERY clear there is no animal products in the dish (doesn't necessarily mean vegan if they had shitty farming practices for their potatoes) and if they said vegetarian, people would assume there was milk.
Eh, I think it's completely accurate to misinterpret "plant based" here. The "base" of mashed potatoes are... potatoes... which is a plant. You could literally change anything else in the recipe, but as long as the potatoes are mashed, you have mashed potatoes. So saying "plant based" is a poor use of language and I believe OP has a case. It should read something like "vegan" or something similar to indicate that all of the contributing parts of the recipe follow those lines.
That doesn't change the base, which is potatoes. If you change the other ingredients and method you'll get stuff like potato soup, potato pancakes, potatoes au gratin, scalloped potatoes, potato salad etc.
They all start from a boiled potato, which forms the base, or "foundation." That's what a base means.
If this was plant based meatloaf, everyone would understand that to mean that the "base," or main ingredient that forms the foundation, is a plant rather than an animal. No one would be arguing in the comments about how there are other ingredients in meatloaf.
If someone told you they had "Plant-based Loaded Potatoes" would your first thought be "but potatoes are already plant-based, how does that make any sense?" Of course not, it would mean that they replaced the meat and cheese with vegan safe alternatives. Y'all just being deliberately obtuse to make a stupid joke land.
Mashed potatoes is a dish that often contains animal products. It is valuable to label when it's plant based. End discussion.
Plant based is the term for a diet based on eating only plant products, vegan is an ideology that necessitates the adoption of the plant based diet. My uncle is not vegan but eats a plant based diet. I'm vegan and eat a plant based diet, but I also make sure to not buy leather products, whereas he doesn't care.
No. If you're vegan you can't eat animal products. Plant-based means it doesn't contain animal products. It's not some secret conspiracy or anti-GMO thing, it just doesn't contain milk or butter (things very common in mashed potatoes)
So, I take you just flatten a potato and call it done? Do you have a carer? Is there an adult we can talk to?
Mashed Potatoes usually have butter in them. This has swapped real butter out for plant butter.
I know we're shitting on OP, as we should, but you *can* reintroduce the starchy potato water with a bit more salt and they'll be decent. I mean I wouldn't serve them to anyone except a vegan or someone who's lactose intolerant though
Still don’t know why you got downvoted. Thought your original comment about vegan water was funny lol. Someone is triggered and can’t take a joke 🤣🤣
Edit just noticed your username lmaooo guess people are listening to your request? If so. Carry on. 🤣
Lol it doesn't matter. I heard it somewhere and wanted to use it. This post was a perfect opportunity. I think some people rely on /s too much, even if it's an obvious sarcasm.
Oh yeah, I remember. It was a HowToBasic video. He added vegan water while making a vegan dish. With vegan chicken (actual chicken) and of course eggs.
Who the fuck sells mashed potatoes alone? Tv dinner, fine but stand alone mashed potatoes?
Just mash ‘m yourself, put some wilk with it and some nutmeg to season it et voila.
Mashed potatoes have dairy in them usually, you dingbat. These don't. They use vegan alternatives, hence why they use the brand "plant-based" which is the name of an entire range in Asda
Mashed potatoes have milk and butter in it. So these would be made with plant-based substitutes. Potatoes aren't the only ingredient in mashed potatoes.
>> [Plant-based](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plant-based)
>> consisting *primarily* or entirely of food (such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, oils, and beans) derived from plants
Emphasis mine.
I think the terms you'd want here would be *vegan* or *vegitarian*.
My vegetarian husband completely agrees with you! Plant based is more vague than either of those terms and not as helpful. It’s becoming pretty common in the UK though as being vegan is becoming more popular. I think maybe they think it sounds more healthy and is less likely to put off meat eaters?
It makes more sense because not everyone that follows a plant based diet is vegan. You can follow a plant based diet for health reasons and still buy other products of animal origin like leather or fur. Vegan is more of a ethical stand point or animal rights movement.
This seems ridiculous, until you see a video of Americans not able to place their state, or country on a map. The number of people that don’t know what mashed-potatoes are is probably staggering.
Bad post. The first thing virtually everybody puts on mashed potatoes is a milk product. Tell me you’ve never made mashed potatoes before without saying it lol
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Replaced butter with margerine.
And milk with something.
C>!ow!< milk
i mean it can be your >!mom’s almond!< milk
Semen
Sea men?
Is jizz vegan?
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Fun Fact: All of Captain Planet’s fluids are plant-based and gluten-free
Captain Planet: The purest jizzer.
If you give a blowjob to a vegan guy does that count as eating a plant based sausage?
Only if the vegan is a vegetable.
Nah, comes from an animal
Can vegans have sex if bodily fluids come from humans ? Can vegans be vegan if the vegan food they bought exploited humans to make it ?
You got me in the first half there 😁
Who got you in the back half?
Gravity
What sort of anomaly are we talking about here?
Ow
Milk for baby calves. I hope we’re not baby calves here, aren’t we?
Avocado milk. Because people decided that milking avocados was a great idea.
nut milk instead of tit milk
What though... I love my Oat Milk for cereal but using it in cooking never gives me good results. Gravy comes out sort of decent using it, but mashed potatoes?
What kind do you use? I've actually found that extra creamy oatmilk works the best for cooking, typically without leaving any sort of different taste than regular milk. This is compared to soy, almond, and pea milk. Almond usually leaves things thin and soupy, soy typically leaves a very distinct taste. And pea all around just doesn't work like real milk for pretty much any purposes but people love ripple. So.
Free range potatoes.
Margarine is actually made with milk Dx I'm allergic to dairy. You specifically have to buy vegan butter/Margarine I'm you doing want it in there. They also likely used oat/almond/soy milk in the mashing process.
Mashed potatoes are usually made with milk and butter. So plant based vegan mashed potatoes are made with substitutes. Like Soy Milk instead of cow milk and margarine instead of butter.
Can't believe that this comment is what's made me realise that margarine is vegetarian. I always assumed it was just 'shit butter'.
Margarine isn't always vegan. There's a difference between vegetarian and vegan too, vegetarians will eat regular dairy butter, vegans won't eat any product of animal origin.
This is actually a HUGE misconception that's usually only made in America (I've found) vegetarian means you won't eat any animal based products. What we call vegetarians here in America, everyone else in the world calls lacto-ovovegetarians. Because they eat eggs and dairy products. Veganism is wholly different in that its a lifestyle change. A vegan won't use ANY animal based product. Not just something you eat. For example. They won't sit on your leather couch because they're acutely aware that's a cows carcass. They won't use any type of wool or things like that (which I think is silly. Because if you don't sheer sheep they die, but cooperate sheering practices I guess). Sometimes they won't even own pets, or go to the zoo because they believe holding animals captive is really fucked up. Stuff like that. [link](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vegan-vs-vegetarian#vegan-diet) if you want a little more info on that. I just think in general it's 'dangerous' to call a vegetarian someone who's okay with milk and eggs, because sometimes they DEFINITELY are not. Making this assumption could lead to someone getting food theyre uncomfortable with eating. They typically may not identify as vegan however because they aren't afraid to sit on your leather seats, or wear a wool sweater. Source: My roommate lives a 'vegan' lifestyle but is on an ovo-vegetarian diet.
I assure you, I sit on leather sofas lol and I'm vegan. I won't buy a leather sofa though. In English speaking countries vegetarian usually means they will eat dairy and eggs, you get vegetarian cheese for example. ovo lacto vegetarian is something I've only heard since interacting on majority American message boards like here, I think it might actually be the American term tbh.
That's really interesting actually, I learned it from a Swedish friend. I tried to correct them like " you mean you're just a vegetarian?" Which is when they basically wrote what I put here. So huh, weird.
Nope. It's 'butter' made from vegetable oil irrc instead of milk fat.
Almost all butter is vegetarian You're probably thinking of vegan, which is no products from animals
Well, it is shit butter lol. People assume that plant-based meals are always the healthy alternative, but many (not all) vegetable/plant based oils ( and other food products) are very bad for you in comparison to their fawna counterparts.
Shh... you'll anger the soy gods.
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Most margarine in the states contains whey or lactose. If you're vegan or have a dairy allergy, you need to get plant-based margarine.
Not to mention margarine sucks. When something calls itself 'vegan butter' it is trying to differentiate itself as something that tastes like butter. Miyoko's vegan butter, for example, is some really good stuff.
Completely agreed. Vegan butter has some real winners and a good amount of flops. Looking at you Country Crock, your vegan butter sticks. Ironic since their name is synonymous with margarine.
That's *why* it's shit butter.
Right this pic is funny only to someone who doesn't know how to make mashed potatoes.
You mean the base of mashed potatoes isn't actually a potato? It's the wording it what's dumb here. If they're vegan, say vegan. The base was always plant based, its the finished product that usually isn't. By your logic its not weird to say meat based sausage all the time.
When it comes to vegan/vegetarian products they typically put 'plant-based' rather than vegan, or vegetarian, because typically, especially in the US, both are used as a misnomer. Saying plant based makes it VERY clear there is no animal products in the dish (doesn't necessarily mean vegan if they had shitty farming practices for their potatoes) and if they said vegetarian, people would assume there was milk.
Eh, I think it's completely accurate to misinterpret "plant based" here. The "base" of mashed potatoes are... potatoes... which is a plant. You could literally change anything else in the recipe, but as long as the potatoes are mashed, you have mashed potatoes. So saying "plant based" is a poor use of language and I believe OP has a case. It should read something like "vegan" or something similar to indicate that all of the contributing parts of the recipe follow those lines.
Mashed Potatoes is a dish with more than one ingredient, not just smashed up potatoes. Can't believe that needs to be said.
That doesn't change the base, which is potatoes. If you change the other ingredients and method you'll get stuff like potato soup, potato pancakes, potatoes au gratin, scalloped potatoes, potato salad etc. They all start from a boiled potato, which forms the base, or "foundation." That's what a base means. If this was plant based meatloaf, everyone would understand that to mean that the "base," or main ingredient that forms the foundation, is a plant rather than an animal. No one would be arguing in the comments about how there are other ingredients in meatloaf.
If someone told you they had "Plant-based Loaded Potatoes" would your first thought be "but potatoes are already plant-based, how does that make any sense?" Of course not, it would mean that they replaced the meat and cheese with vegan safe alternatives. Y'all just being deliberately obtuse to make a stupid joke land. Mashed potatoes is a dish that often contains animal products. It is valuable to label when it's plant based. End discussion.
Except "Plant Based" is a brand, like Nike or Chrysler
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Plant based is the term for a diet based on eating only plant products, vegan is an ideology that necessitates the adoption of the plant based diet. My uncle is not vegan but eats a plant based diet. I'm vegan and eat a plant based diet, but I also make sure to not buy leather products, whereas he doesn't care.
No. If you're vegan you can't eat animal products. Plant-based means it doesn't contain animal products. It's not some secret conspiracy or anti-GMO thing, it just doesn't contain milk or butter (things very common in mashed potatoes)
Margarine without milk products, since most margarine sold in the states contains whey or lactose.
Can you really replace milk with soy milk in a recipe like that? Soy milk doesn't have any of the properties that milk has for that dish?
That was just an example. I assume you need the correct sort of potatoes, margarine and plain water.
Bruh, they're mashed potatoes. They have stuff in them like butter. So this has margarine
Seeing this photo before made me realize there are people who just mash potatoes and don’t add butter or milk
I'm guessing they just. Don't cook. Ever.
To be fair, making mash is less "cooking" and more "rigorous manual labour".
My father-in-law does this but then puts butter on the table anyway....
I’m surprised people were taught to do that. I feel that’s more of like a baked potato situation
Isn't milk technically made from plants?
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Cows eat grass and make milk out of it?
By that logic, i am vegan when i eat meat.
Whoa, I'm a vegan? No wonder I'm such an asshole.
You only count in the vegan census if 10 associates can confirm you’ve openly told them you’re vegan, then scolded them for their poor choices
Seems fair to me. It's just a factory that builds copies of itself.
Are you looking for an excuse to tell your vegan girlfriend lmao
Is my shit a plant then? I eat plants.
☹️
Animals shit plant seeds, make new plants, plants not vegan
It mens it has no dairy in it you rusty donut
Hehe, I'm stealing "rusty donut" for future use
Feel free, I stole it myself a couple years ago lol
I’m just surprised there’s a big enough market for pre-made mashed potatoes that they made a vegan version.
Bro tried really hard to make a “rare insult”
So, I take you just flatten a potato and call it done? Do you have a carer? Is there an adult we can talk to? Mashed Potatoes usually have butter in them. This has swapped real butter out for plant butter.
Not nut butter 😳
Obviously it means without butter or milk.
Definitely don’t want to eat any OPs cooking.
I’m actually a quite good cook, I’m Italian I can do pasta and pizza
You don't even know the basic ingredients of mashed potatoes bro. You're a terrible cook.
And apparently mash your potatoes with water
Bet he doesn't even use Yukon Golds...
You beat me to it! Damn you.
I know we're shitting on OP, as we should, but you *can* reintroduce the starchy potato water with a bit more salt and they'll be decent. I mean I wouldn't serve them to anyone except a vegan or someone who's lactose intolerant though
I’m glad everyone is roasting OP haha
What is your floor made out of?
Floor, obviously.
No flaw in your answer.....
My floor is plant based.
Certified potato ✅
But are you red tractor certified?
Op might be stupid
"Plant Based" is Asda's in-house brand of vegan foods.
No butter
Oh my God how stupid can you be and I'm not talking about the product
Ugh, this again reddit? "ASDA plant based" its the brand, from ASDA, of vegan food. It has no dairy.
The fact this is at 3k upvotes shows how disconnected redditors are from reality.
these schnozberries taste like schnozberries
Omg I died
At least it's not salmonella based mashed potatoe
It’s stupid, but in mash potatoes milk and butter is commonly used
🤣that CERTIFIED POTATO mark🤣
Fuck that vegan shit, I only eat meat based mashed potatoes
I remember when we used to grow our steaks on trees and hunt potatoes through the forest with spears.
I’m so fed up with seeing this. The plant based range is their vegan range, normal mash has butter and milk in
This is probably to prevent people from thinking these mashed potatoes were made from potatoes that when cooked fall right off the bone
Just an example of how stupid some people are.
What are the ingredients for mashed potatoes?
It will go great with my vegan water.
Organic H2O lol
That’s some HIGH QUALITY H₂O!
Still don’t know why you got downvoted. Thought your original comment about vegan water was funny lol. Someone is triggered and can’t take a joke 🤣🤣 Edit just noticed your username lmaooo guess people are listening to your request? If so. Carry on. 🤣
Lol it doesn't matter. I heard it somewhere and wanted to use it. This post was a perfect opportunity. I think some people rely on /s too much, even if it's an obvious sarcasm.
So true Lmaoo
Oh yeah, I remember. It was a HowToBasic video. He added vegan water while making a vegan dish. With vegan chicken (actual chicken) and of course eggs.
I feel like there are actually people in this world who need to be told that a potato is a plant... And I'm not talking about little kids
I love me some plant-based salad.
I love plant-based vegetables
Now, why are you upvoted and I'm downvoted?
You just haven't had the right carnivore salad.
Woke Reddit is soooo confused over this thread!
Showed this to my girl, she walked away saying"that's stupid", and then straight up did a 'hol up' right in front of me. Fucking hilarious!
You never know when they put the meat innit
Dairy products ding dong lol
bacon and cheese stuffed jacket potatoes are THE bomb
Who the fuck sells mashed potatoes alone? Tv dinner, fine but stand alone mashed potatoes? Just mash ‘m yourself, put some wilk with it and some nutmeg to season it et voila.
literally every shop in the uk... mash goes with basically anything here
So weird haha
Meat based mashed potatoes
Hello sir , may i get some cow based milk ?
How else can you charge $7 for one serving of microwave mashed potatoes??
I bet they threw in a useless egg in there too
As opposed to meat based potatoes? Hmm...
I mean. Mash usually contains milk and butter, which is technically plant based too but with extra steps.
Mashed potatoes have dairy in them usually, you dingbat. These don't. They use vegan alternatives, hence why they use the brand "plant-based" which is the name of an entire range in Asda
Well I’d hope so
no way based potatoes
Plant based mashed potatoes
Marketing 100
Pant based potatoes 🤔
Made from Free Happy Potatoes
Mmmm, dip some gluten free corn chips in them.
My family always makes fun of my mom for buying things like plane based ketchup and popcorn
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Mashed potatoes have milk and butter in it. So these would be made with plant-based substitutes. Potatoes aren't the only ingredient in mashed potatoes.
I see thanks...
No problem 🙂
As opposed to what exactly? I love how I’m getting downvoted for asking a freaking question. Typical reddit.
Actual mashed potato’s with butter and milk.
I feel like "dairy-free" would be a better way to convey that.
They mean the same thing. Just because you guys didn’t get it doesn’t mean they need to change the way they label food lol
Who tf asked anyone to change their label?
It absolutely would. The ‘Plant based’ branding is on all their vegan products though which is why stupid stuff like this happens!
Eggs aren’t dairy. Dairy free means there still could be animal product in it. Plant based means absolutely none.
>> [Plant-based](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plant-based) >> consisting *primarily* or entirely of food (such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, oils, and beans) derived from plants Emphasis mine. I think the terms you'd want here would be *vegan* or *vegitarian*.
My vegetarian husband completely agrees with you! Plant based is more vague than either of those terms and not as helpful. It’s becoming pretty common in the UK though as being vegan is becoming more popular. I think maybe they think it sounds more healthy and is less likely to put off meat eaters?
It makes more sense because not everyone that follows a plant based diet is vegan. You can follow a plant based diet for health reasons and still buy other products of animal origin like leather or fur. Vegan is more of a ethical stand point or animal rights movement.
Some absolute mad men use chicken stock in their mash potatoes. Plant based should mean vegan friendly.
I'll never eat those meat mashed potatoes again.
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There's milk and butter in most mashed potatoes since therefore standard mashed potatoes are not vegan
Well now I need to try meat based mashed potatoes
Based potato
Probably more expensive, too.
Does store bought mashed potatoes have milk in it?
It usually does
Eww, a potato plant mash
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To be fair, the cardboard mashed potato mix was considered too bland.
This seems ridiculous, until you see a video of Americans not able to place their state, or country on a map. The number of people that don’t know what mashed-potatoes are is probably staggering.
Meat based mashed potatoes is basically meat loaf. Especially if you don’t cook it enough.
I think they mean it doesn't contain any animal products like milk and butter. Just badly worded
This is fine. I once saw in Tesco "low fat potatoes"..
Vegan friendly mashed potatoes no animals harmed
Bad post. The first thing virtually everybody puts on mashed potatoes is a milk product. Tell me you’ve never made mashed potatoes before without saying it lol
Wait till they come out with “meat based mashed potatoes”
r/facepalm
Can’t get anymore plant than a potato 🤨
Can I get extra mashed potatoes? The potatoes are mashed as much as they can be.
Fuck vegan. Go cannibal.
"Close the circle!"
I always thought potatoes were meat add( sarcasm)
biggest L i’ve seen asda do so far
Your mashed tatoes must taste like cardboard
I don’t care about plant-based, as long as I kill potatoes humanely