Should I ‘fess up? Saga of the sausage pie.

Oh dear. My vote is for vegan this time. Good luck!

I'd keep shtum and just say you couldn't get the same sausages so it will be a bit different.

I think it would be upsetting for them to know now and nothing they can do about it. Might clear your conscience but I'd put their feelings first.

I do feel it on my conscience but like you say, no good will come of telling them.

theworriedwell

I'd keep shtum and just say you couldn't get the same sausages so it will be a bit different.

I think it would be upsetting for them to know now and nothing they can do about it. Might clear your conscience but I'd put their feelings first.

Seems like the best idea. It was a genuine mistake that can’t be rectified so move on.

Be interesting to know what our vegans and vegetarians think?

I’d like to know what they think too!

I am amazed they didn't realise it was meat, thank goodness on your behalf. It is very easily done all the vegan and GF etc are in the same cabinet usually and I find I have to read all the backs. What a minefield it is nowadays a few years ago it was just everybody having different teas in our family now its all different diets.

Nothing to be gained by telling them and some may be very upset. I would make it with vegan ingredients and say you couldn’t get the same sausages.

Years ago, we had unexpected visitors for supper and I made spicy kebabs with minced pork.

I had no idea that one of visitors was Muslim and didn’t eat pork. It was only after we finished eating, the subject came up in conversation. Then I lied and said that the supper had been made with minced lamb. No one queried this.
I didn’t have the heart to explain.
I know it’s terrible and I have never confessed … even after all these years.

I would cook the meal this time with good veggie sausages (Linda McCartney’s are nice), a splash of red wine in the gravy and say nothing.
Good luck.

I wasn’t entertaining the idea of giving them meat again! That would be unforgivable. It will be properly vegan.
Would they want to know the mistake I made last time?

Don't confess

Make the pie with alternative vegetarian sausage - actually the "Beyond Meat" meatballs taste a lot like sausage (even DH will eat them) and we are using them to make veggie pigs in blankets www.beyondmeat.com/products/beyond-meatballs

If they say anything just say you couldn't get the same brand this time

Can you post the recipe?

Lease said, soonest mended.

No harm has come to your guests, Ignorance is bliss.

Just enjoy their company with your delicious vegan pie. Good advice from Cold re: couldn't get the same brand if they ask, which I doubt they will.

What cold said. Or make a pie using "vegan ground beef, which is made of mushrooms and ground almonds, plus whatever your magic gravy was.

This story kind of vindicates meat though – well, its tastiness anyhow

I once served a stew to some Mormon friends. I'd got it out of the freezer. Only remembered afterwards that I'd thrown in some cheap red wine ?. Never confessed. After all, what could they have done about it retrospectively? Also, they didn't knowingly consume any alcohol and it's the knowingly part that counts.

I'm vegetarian, and would prefer not to be told at this late stage. Ignorance is bliss. But yes use veggie sausages this time. Richmond are realistic, but not sure if they're vegan. There are some good onion gravy recipes, with wine, that can really make the difference.

I'm a vegan, and my basic formula for my behaviour is whether it harms animals. So I think it is fine for you not to fess up; it won't harm animals not to, and could cause upset if you do. Please don't feel guilty! I think most committed vegans will probably have slipped up at some point (certainly I have), and so you, as a non-vegan, trying her best to cater for a vegan for the first time, were genuinely being considerate, so absolutely no criticism. I know next time you will know what to check for.

Richmond's meat-free are suitable for vegans and are absolutely delicious! They make meat ones too, so look out for meat-free on the packet.

I wouldn't crack on. Do, or say what the poster said about not being able to get the same item as last time.

I'm flabbergasted that a vegan did not detect the meat.

I agree with choughdancer, the Richmond's meat free sausages are delicious and would be enjoyed by all.

choughdancer

Richmond's meat-free are suitable for vegans and are absolutely delicious! They make meat ones too, so look out for meat-free on the packet.

I second this. They're not healthy (Quorn is healthy) BUT they do taste really good.

Thanks for all the input, will defo look for the Richmond brand.
The consensus seems to be that nothing will be gained by letting them know, so will keep my guilty secret to myself.

Don’t tell them, just use meat free sausage this time. If they comment, say you couldn’t get the same brand of meat free sausages this time.

Riverwalk

I'm flabbergasted that a vegan did not detect the meat.

Me too actually.