More "Wokery"? Meat-free Christmas sandwiches.

I don't care for sandwich food, none of the offerings sound nice, to me. Others may like to eat away from home, the choice is individual.

If you are presented with many sandwiches and you choose the best ones, which just happen to be non meat, what is the problem?

Hardly woke, just common sense, maybe you would prefer them to split them into different categories? Maybe the worst meat sandwich would be preferable to many than the first placed non meat?

M0nica

I like 'worthy' instead of 'woke. It sounds so dull, and makes those who get worked up about language sound dull as well - which of course they usually are.

Well, I'm possibly on the dull side, admittedly.

I don't actually get really worked-up about language, watchwords or catchphrases (life's too short) - they are more an irritant - a bit like a broken fingernail that snags on everything. Until you just file it down and then forget about it.

Kind of thing.

Wyllow3

Why is this "wokery" cc? Sounds more like "trendy" to me and if the magazine has done its homework as to what will "work" for its readers....Now all its got is free publicity courtesy GN?

Definitely trendy, certainly not wokery, sound delicious(ry)

I like 'worthy' instead of 'woke. It sounds so dull, and makes those who get worked up about language sound dull as well - which of course they usually are.

... I sometimes wish the word "woke" had never been (re)discovered...

I am not a carnivore, nor a vegetarian, nor a vegan or any of the others. I am am a multivore, and I will eat pretty much any type of food.

However, I am not that keen on sandwiches with meat in them and I do not like chicken. So as far as I am concerned that list of 10 sandwiches sounds an excellent selection.

Nothing, particulalry ''woke' about the selection, that sounds too fashionable, perhaps a little bit worthy, like the magazine.

cc

Before I start my post I should say that I'm not anti veggie or vegan and do prepare (or buy) a fair few meat free meals.
I've just read the latest email newsletter from Good Housekeeping.
www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/food-reviews/g25049321/best-christmas-sandwiches/?HearstNode=2FB6EB58F4C705ACF6F91ED2CCC0A1E006E5A6813788E1F5303F4BA9C925FF00&utm_source=crm&utm_term=SUBS_N&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GDH_N_20241124_GOODLIFE
Do we really believe that 7 of their selected 10 "Christmas Sandwiches" should be vegan or veggie? The vast majority of UK eaters (and presumably their readers) are carnivores and, whilst we might sometimes have a meal without meat, their "winners" do not represent a good choice overall.
I appreciate that the vegetarians and vegans amongst the Gransnet readers will be perfectly happy with the GH choices, so please be kind to me!

Not sure why meat free choice of sandwiches is “woke” which seems to be used as a perjorative term these days for a whole range of things! Good Housekeeping recommendations are usually pretty good and thoroughly “road tested” so people must be enjoying the wider variety of sandwiches beyond the usual meat fillings like ham and turkey. I eat meat but love cheese and other alternatives for a change.

I’d have thought Brie and Cranberry was somewhat Christmassy - I never have cranberry sauce in the house at any other time.

There’s usually some sort of selection of veggie/vegan sandwiches anyway, isn’t there? So I don’t see that Christmas ones are a sign of wokery.

Wyllow3

Seriously, "Good Housekeeping" has a "woke" agenda? (I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian).

It isn't really the Good Housekeeping that we all remember. and loved, it's part of the Hearst marketing empire now.

escaped

Brie and Cranberry for me too, or Brie and red grapes. 😋
I'm a big prawn fan, though I'm not sure how that could be incorporated into a Christmas sandwich to be any different from normal?

I think that is half my problem, to me a brie sandwich doesn't mean Christmas food. Some of the winning sandwiches were just fillings that we (and I include myself) might eat all year, with perhaps a token red cabbage or sprout addition.

Seriously, "Good Housekeeping" has a "woke" agenda? (I'm neither vegan nor vegetarian).

vegansrock

Well they tested 24 sandwiches and 7 in the top 10 didn’t contain meat- what’s the problem with that? Do you think they should have rigged the results? How many of the 14 that didn’t get into the top 10 contained meat?
No one is forced to buy any of these sandwiches anyway.

No, I don't think that they rigged the result, but the article says nothing about how many people were involved in the testing. I doubt it was a properly constituted survey by any means. Probably a self-selecting panel of very few people, trying the sandwiches over lunchtime.

Wyllow3

Why is this "wokery" cc? Sounds more like "trendy" to me and if the magazine has done its homework as to what will "work" for its readers....Now all its got is free publicity courtesy GN?

Because so often what is trending at the moment is written to fullfil agendas rather than actually being what the majority would actually want and buy. I still think that pushing minority agendas constitutes "Wokery" though I appreciate that vegans and vegetarians would not agree with me in this case.

Well they tested 24 sandwiches and 7 in the top 10 didn’t contain meat- what’s the problem with that? Do you think they should have rigged the results? How many of the 14 that didn’t get into the top 10 contained meat?
No one is forced to buy any of these sandwiches anyway.

As bad as “demisexual’!

flexitarian! 😆

BlueBelle

Forgot to add why to you think its workery !!!!!

Nothing to do with wokery. Many of us are not veggie or vegan, but really try to eat less meat, and actually really enjoy it.

Brie and Cranberry for me too, or Brie and red grapes. 😋
I'm a big prawn fan, though I'm not sure how that could be incorporated into a Christmas sandwich to be any different from normal?

I’m a flexitarian too I had beans on toast last week, if anyone wants to have a veggie burger with chestnut stuffing for their Christmas meal I hope they enjoy it.

I will be cooking traditional Christmas fare.

Why is this "wokery" cc? Sounds more like "trendy" to me and if the magazine has done its homework as to what will "work" for its readers....Now all its got is free publicity courtesy GN?

Thanks for posting this. I must say that all the sandwiches look delicious as I think of myself as a flexitarian; I don't have very much meat but when I do I enjoy it, I could never give up a good bacon sandwich! However, I agree with you, seven sandwiches out of ten are vegetarian and it would be fairer to review five meat based ones._

Forgot to add why to you think its workery !!!!!

I think a lot of non veggies would like some of those too
Brie and cranberry is gorgeous
It seems the GH uses consumers and experts to judge so that’s what they have enjoyed the most can’t argue with that really can you ?

Not all who choose the vegan options are vegans. Carnivores can eat them too because sometimes they just taste good!