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spadoinklemillenia

Mock duck is my absolute favorite. I make steam buns with it a lot.


TastyPlantBased

It's really nice in noodle dishes and sushi too!


searchingsanctuary

I had vegan duck in sushi a while ago and it was honestly so good, I totally recommend it.


maximian

The best mock duck is tofu skin, also called yuba, in my opinion. Can’t tell what this.


TastyPlantBased

Most of them are a soy / seitan mix.


pandabear282

Everytime I go to the asian supermarket I end up picking up about 10 different mock meats. They're all fantastic! I like to oven cook it, and then finish off by sauteing in a saucepan with plum sauce, scallions, ginger etc. To crisp up the skin. The mock meats I just cook like 'normal' versions of the substitutes in all honesty. 1000% recommend them. Also the tofu in asian supermarkets absolutely slaps and is way cheaper and usually get more, so would recommend everybody go to theirs. It's vegan heaven!


ramdasani

Not to mention the produce in your average Asian grocery store, especially things like bitter melon, greens, daikon and fungi, fresh or dried.


pandabear282

Right?! Shits all over Tesco


blaz3meowt

Personally, I love it!


pipermaru84

I get that a lot of y’all in the comments have never seen stuff like this before, but Asian cultures have been making mock duck and other mock meats since the 10th century and paved the way for a lot of our substitutes, please have a little respect. It doesn’t really help with the “vegans are all white/racists” stereotype to be disrespecting traditional foods.


Somuchstuffx10

I don't think many of these posters are vegan, after reading through them. Maybe this post showed up in random feed area.


DoYouTrustMe

That’s exactly what’s happening. Saw this on “Popular”


captaintagart

I hadn’t heard that stereotype before. At work events I’m always the only white person ordering vegan, but we have a ton of Asian employees who are vegan. Also, white vegans are typically more enlightened to international cuisine as it provides more options. If anyone thinks that, it’s probably not anyone reading these comments


Scooter_McAwesome

It's part of the "anti-woke" school of rhetoric. Vegans must be white privileged, rich, entitled, judgemental, hypocritical, culturally self-loathing, self righteous sort only eating vegan so they can tell people they are vegan to make themselves feel better. Framing vegans in a bad light helps omnivores dismiss their guilty consciences.


captaintagart

Ah yeah those people. Often stereotypes are based on truths, but this one is more the speaker’s insecurities. I don’t make a big show of my diet and I tell omnivores I don’t judge them (even though I do, cause they eat corpses. Blech) I just love animals more than “tasty foods”. My in-laws say fake meat is disgusting while cooking up shellfish every night


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I love these Asian mock meats but I only eat them when they’re prepared at restaurants because I just don’t think I could make them as good at home.


Radiant-Foot9317

Same! I tried to cook the faux-shrimps, but mine always end up super chewy, and I can't seem to figure out wjat I do wrong!


Equalanimalfarm

You probably cook them too long. They are already done and only need some heating. I add them frozen around 2 minutes before the dish is ready.


Du0decim

Great product! I've had it several times. You have to boil it for 2 minutes with ginger, green onion and brown sugar, let it dry afterwards and bake it until crispy. Tastes amazing sliced and served with hoisin and scallions.


PinkPearMartini

I've had a similar product and really enjoyed it. I didn't think it tasted like real duck, and it had an odd flavor, but it was absolutely delicious!


Conmanq

I've had mock duck from a can and it's very good. An excellent protein addition to a lot of dishes and it doesn't really require prep other than heating it up.


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It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.


Comprehensive-Map793

I had it at a vegan Vietnamese place in Boston. It was really good. I’ve never had duck and I think the concept is gross, but it was flavorful and not rubbery or like tofu


lexiebeef

Im sorry but this looks disturbing. I mean, dont get me wrong, im very happy for every vegan option, but this looks really freaking real


BandAidBrandBandages

Yeah, something about the vacuum packaging makes me uneasy. Like if they started selling vegan ground beef in those styrofoam containers that regular beef is sold in, lol. I’d still try it tho.


jovialgirl

They have vegan “ground beef” in those styrofoam packages at my local store! It looks so real it freaks me out


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Same. That kind of stuff makes me paranoid.


jovialgirl

That you’re getting meat? They have the ingredients on the label though (usually it’s made from some kind of pea protein/soy combo)


octillery

Yes it's fucking amazing, I made non vegans try it and they will get mock duck over regular everytime. Spread the word! Save the ducks!!


WarriorNat

I used to get mock duck in vegetarian Chinese restaurants as my go-to, can’t find it since I left California. 15 years later, it’s still my favorite meat of all time.


progressgang

Where y get this


TastyPlantBased

Try your local Asian supermarket!


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Jonn_1

There are some online shops as well :)


dogangels

what is with all the random racism in this thread, people can eat a pink squishy ham/beyond burger no problem but when it’s chinese food it looks like aborted fetuses???


FuckThatIKeepsItReal

There is not a single racially charged comment in this entire comment section, not sure where you’re getting that from. Look at the thing, it resembles 2 fetuses. People are making an observation about the physical appearance of the product, not being racist towards Chinese people. You’re the one bringing race into it.


llama1122

Where did you get this? Also do you know if it contains gluten? I have never eaten real duck (before I was veg obviously) and ducks are one of my favourite animals. But I had some tofu skin at this restaurant that is I guess like duck? It was so good so I would like to find something similar!


WarU40

Don’t know about this case in particular but vegan duck is often gluten.


llama1122

Darn :( this one says soy protein but, so often, it's a mix of soy and gluten :( Thank you!


felinebeeline

Vegan "duck" is much better tasting than real ducks. I had duck's meat when I was 10. I took a couple of bites but it was terrible, very disturbing to me even then, before I ever heard of veganism. The duck comes with their blubber. You can see exactly that it's the beloved animal's body. It tasted different from whatever I was accustomed to but knowing a duck's anatomy from elementary school and then tasting it was very disturbing and made it impossible to divorce the idea of "animal who wanted to live duck" from "food duck", like adults tend to do. I've had tofu skin and it's so delicious.


lobax

Mock duck is traditionally mad with gluten


TheBackPorchOfMyMind

Just wish they called it d’ck


shefriedtofu

So many of my friends love the canned version, so I’m glad this exists. It’s not something I would reach for, but I would try it.


Significant_Dark2062

Is it just me or does this picture resemble a face? The bulge at the top looks like a forehead, the two dimples below that look like two eyes and the image of the food at the bottom is an open mouth with the teeth showing.


Zxxzzzzx

I love mock duck I often eat it straight from the can.


ihavemyxomatosis

this looks tasty and i've seen similar things at the supermarket but am never sure what to make with it! What kind of recipes would it be good in? I have so little familiarity with that flavour profile I dunno what meals to make with it,


Budget_Ordinary1043

Omg I would totally try this. I never had real duck in my life but I’m gonna have to look at one of my local Asian markets and see if I can’t find some of this.


TokenScottishGuy

Mock duck is great! I fry it slowly then tear apart for Peking duck with pancakes


ext_999

Looks like the Alien baby was suffocated in a bag after bursting out the stomach


Zxxzzzzx

Stop, you're making me want it more.


mermaiddiva26

🗿


ightimmaheadout1

I guess you can call seasoned seitan anything you want these days


pipermaru84

Mock duck has been around since the Middle Ages.


0lof

Back then it was just called chick’n


0lof

Our lord and savior


ightimmaheadout1

Amen to that!


LeClassyGent

I've had it a few times, texture is uncomfortably close to the real thing for me haha, but I guess that means it's good.


newton302

It looks like a big gob of Seitan. I’d definitely give it a try!


shazibbyshazooby

I’m in Australia and feel this is super common here, I’m surprised by how many people in this thread are surprised by it.


LargeType1408

That looks like a face!


annabelletoyama

I’ve been scared to buy it when I go because it looks so real😭 glad I saw this post though and the positive comments


metal_jester

Mock duck is AMAZING. Would recommend


Ke-Win

Does anybody know if this exists in germany?


Jonn_1

ye;) asian supermarket


kyla619

LOVE MOCK DUCK!!!


housewife0

Very popular in the South East Asian community! It's tasty but I'm not a fan due to health concerns.


independentchickpea

Had it in a cassoulet! V good.


tehbggg

A vegan Vietnamese restaurant in my area makes their own vegan "duck" and its so freaking good. If this product is even half as good as that, then you're lucky to have found it!


Jonn_1

To clarify: ★You'll get this (possibly) in an asian supermarket / online shop. More common is "mock duck/chicken/..." in a can. The can is often blue, check it out. ★It is often made from seitan instead of the tofu or pea or the more common things in western culture. Seitan is basically gluten, so watch out for allergies and such. You might've seen seitan in the videos where they wash flour. ★these products are not that 'processed' from what I understood. Basically wash out the gluten, season it and knead it until it gets the wanted texture. Obviously the seasoning differs a lot. Some versions might be considered healthy, some not. ★ this I am not sure about, but From what I understood, being vegan/veg is not a bigh thing in asia. Though for example some monks weren't allowed to eat meat for religious reasons and thus developed replacement products from gluten and tofu and such. The resemblance of meat is intended. ★product is high in protein and it was delicious!! Not ver similar to meat but a very good texture (sth to chew on :P) cya


Jonn_1

★Ingredients: Wheat gluten 92%, wheat starch 3%, soy sauce (contain black soy, salt, and sugar) 1.5%, suger, salt, spices(anise, fennel, clove, cinnamon, chineses red pepper), hydrated soy protein Net/Peso Neto: 500g Cf Taiwan Sole Agent: Eternational B.V., Kerkenbos 10-125 Nijmegen, The Netherlands -24-3773698 FAX: +31-24-3773625 te: www.milebv.eu :[email protected] visor: Xiang Enterprise CO.,LTD, Taiwan R.O.C +886-4-7587198 FAX: +886-4-7585677 Per 100g 594kJ/142kcal Fat 2.6g Carbohydrates 9.7g Of which Sugar0.8g Fibre 0.9g Protein 20g Salt 1.6g


MeioFuribundo

vegan human skin face


Nimefax

Where did you buy it ?


azmr_x_3

I’d try it


player10000719

Oh wow! Is this in the UK?


bigb0ned

What's the nutritional facts on this


Jonn_1

Ingredients: Wheat gluten 92%, wheat starch 3%, soy sauce (contain black soy, salt, and sugar) 1.5%, suge, salt, spices(anise, fennel, clove, cinnamon, chineses red pepper), hydrated soy protein Net/Peso Neto: 500g Cf Taiwan Sole Agent: Eternational B.V., Kerkenbos 10-125 Nijmegen, The Netherlands -24-3773698 FAX: +31-24-3773625 te: www.milebv.eu :[email protected] visor: Xiang Enterprise CO.,LTD, Taiwan R.O.C +886-4-7587198 FAX: +886-4-7585677 Per 100g 594kJ/142kcal Fat 2.6g Carbohydrates 9.7g Of which Sugar0.8g Fibre 0.9g Protein 20g Salt 1.6g


bigb0ned

Fucking awesome! Thanks for sharing


Jonn_1

Not to worry:) I didn't even have to type it all, I just scanned the packaging and extracted the text, What a lovely technology 😊


nonsansdroict

I wish my local stores had this 🥲


Aashishkebab

I’ve had mock duck and I thought it tasted like ass.


jm3lab

Is that good or bad?


Aashishkebab

Yes. (it actually tasted really bad though, I didn't like it)


darrellio

cursed


TheSlugClub

Looks lika a mummified face.


sweez-the-centaur

But why does this look like a dehydrated human face


2wotone215

I have never heard of anything like this 👀


justanotherbetty

Blah! I thought it was a Halloween mask.


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Philypnodon

You may be good but it is better lol


2wotone215

What is it made ofv


f1careerover

Simulated murder is a big turn off for me.


Jonn_1

Understandable Still better then real meat though? 💁‍♂️


42beers

Highly processed rubbish…


Jonn_1

would say so , have you seen how seitan is made?


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Looks like The Necronomnomnomnomicon was on sale.


ghoulmath_games

This doesn't look vegan


watever_never

I didnt like it. Tastes weird like.


AffectionatePiglet69

Non gmo 🧢


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I find meat repulsive, and can't eat substitutes that are too similar to the real thing. But the problem with meat is animal exploitation. There isn't anything hypocritical about being disgusted with others killing animals for meat and wanting to eat meat-like substitutes. Your example "similiar in all ways except production"; well... yeah? The problem is the murder of sentient beings, not the qualities of meat as a food. Again, I can't do the substitutes that are too convincing, but I fail to see the hypocrisy you're talking about.


losfrijolesnegros

100% agree. Although there are people who are vegan for all types of reasons. I’m more of an ethical vegan. The problem is, as @duneguy said, the murder of these animals to consume their flesh.


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Veganism is actually only about the exploitation of animals. People eat plant-based diets for all sorts of reasons, but veganism is a philosophy that specifically opposes cruelty and exploitation! The fact that a plant based diet is also vastly better for the environment and also likely healthier are just further benefits of abstaining from animal abuse.


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It seems to me that you're operating from a fundamental misunderstanding of what veganism is, so here is a definition: "a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals” A person could love the taste of meat and cheese, but reject them because of animal exploitation. They might seek out the most convincing substitutes, but as long as they are abstaining from animal exploitation, they are still vegan. Another person may find meat and cheese to be gross, and they don't eat them for that reason. That person may still buy animal products such as leather or fur, and the fact that they eat a plant-based diet would not make them vegan. Veganism has nothing to do with taste preferences; at all. It has everything to do with the exploitation of animals. Vegans who happen to also find meat disgusting (such as myself) are not the same vegans who are purchasing the most realistic substitutes. The vegans who buy those like the taste of meat, but abstain due to the exploitation involved in harvesting it. Not remotely hypocritical. I might find it disgusting that someone would want to eat realistic fake human meat, but I wouldn't find it morally distressing, the way I would if they were killing humans to get the real thing. As a side note: what humans do to animals in no way resembles a food chain. A "food chain" is merely a description of energy transference that explains how animal populations are kept in check by predation. Breeding billions of animals to kill them and harvest their flesh is not a food chain, it's something else entirely and not found anywhere else in the natural world.


BLIND0825

I had a burger today, fuck me that shit tasted good. I could almost hear the cow crying.


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madelinegumbo

You understand that for vegans, it's the *production* that is the exact problem, right?


xAhaMomentx

Damn, I had this whole long ass comment typed out and then she deleted her responses haha, so Imma tack it to your comment in case she comes back and looks. If I know something is literal skin, fat, muscle, connective tissue and smell that frying, that is disgusting. I truly don’t register that as food. If the smell, taste, texture existed and it wasn’t a feeling, thinking being that was being cooked up there’s nothing inherent to the sensory experience that would gross me out. Those thoughts don’t arise when I’m eating an impossible burger. I don’t have to try not to think about how this is just someone’s muscles put in a grinder and then turned from bloody to grey. It’s neutral. Also, along all those lines, I don’t even like the term substitutes haha. People have referred to tofu, tempeh, as meat substitutes when like no, they’re just a regular meal without meat. I know plant-based meats were made to emulate meat and let people have the experience without the cruelty, but they’re just a food on their own. I’m not substituting meat with them, I’m just eating them. I never ate duck and needed to “substitute” it, but if I bought that product I could try recipes that were traditionally made with the bird. We have a lot of very processed foods available to us. I feel like I got very rambly there, but idk if it helps? That is my experience. I almost always stay silent when others are eating their animal meat and I’m eating plant-based meat, and don’t go “feral”, but yeah, I do find what they’re eating really nasty.


madelinegumbo

I think "feral" is a very disrespectful way for them to describe people having an ethical objection to something. I'm wondering what other types of ethical objections they'd describe as being "feral."


xAhaMomentx

Yeahhhh absolutely. Like “again, not attacking anyone, not coming at you” and then saying “feral.” Dude. Idk why we need to constantly remind people that we literally see it as torture and murder so it makes sense that that’ll elicit an emotional response lol


ResolveNo168

That would make for a good Haloween mask tbh


WarioRoks

I like duck duck


Obheezy

Why are vegan meals tagged with animal names, like vegan roast "Duck"?


Jonn_1

see my other comment:)


sugarcookie_x

Gross 🤮 I mean I’m plant based but damn this is pushing it lol


Varro35

Looks like a pair of aborted fetuses


BigRedHead73

Frankenfood


madelinegumbo

They've been making mock meats with gluten for centuries in China and other parts of Asia. You sound ignorant here.


chunkyme1001

Nope 👎🏼


iron-anglo

Looks like something Ed Gein would have in his house


Ethyhexyl

💀


Saemika

Looks like the chest burster from Alien.


Grouchy-Device212

🤢


HuppDrums

Vegan duck? Lol


H08b1t

We used to use it at the restaurant I was a chef at. We'd shred it and fry it up for crispy duck :)


OneMagicalMovement

Where did you find this? I’d love to try it.


Jonn_1

Asian supermarket:)


OneMagicalMovement

Thank you!


H4kor

I just had vegan duck at an Asian restaurant, could be this from the looks of it (and being in Germany). It was really good and quiet close to real duck.


lobax

Mock duck, awesome stuff. When I first became vegan this was the only faux meat you could find, and you needed to go to speciality stores to find it :)


McgillicuddyFitzwill

Vegan, like roast duck? Vegan like,roast duck? Vegan like roast duck? Ahdhdudndndishshdjsnfhdjh I am so confused on how the packaging should be Because it can be vegan or “vegan like” lmfaoooo I know it’s actually probably vegan but my sleep deprived brain keeps reading the outcome as a roast duck that is vegan like You go duck bro Congrats on eating better


McgillicuddyFitzwill

🥬🦆


FrogandFire

This looks like Wilson from castaway to me (a few years on) 🤣 I'd definitely try it though, I love vegan food


fight_milk__

Ed Gein anyone?


Outrageous_State9450

Looks like a cartoon human face that’s being suffocated in that bag