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I would say that's mostly old by now and the new new is this bit: "he is partnering with Ikea – which feeds 660 million people a year, making it one of the 10 l

I would say that's mostly old by now and the new new is this bit: "he is partnering with Ikea – which feeds 660 million people a year, making it one of the 10 largest food-service operations in the world – to “veganise” its menu." The linked article from last summer is a good summary: https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/we-tried-ikeas-first-meatless-meatballs-and-they-were-ok/news-story/666c7ad550f6cb2a220d6a531e73f27b https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/we-tried-ike...

raxxorrax 7y ago
In my region, Ikea is known for cheap furniture and their tasty currywurst. They have plenty of other dishes of course and by my experience it is quite good for what it pretends to be.
- tuukkah 7y ago
  Have they begun to offer vegan currywursts yet?
  - raxxorrax 7y ago
    Haven't seen that yet. The market in my vicinity always had vegetarian stuff. Maybe they now label everything that is vegan too. I am no heavy meat eater but think all the fake stuff to be quite underwhelming. Quorn or however it is called can be spiced up quite well. I think they gave that to school children in the UK instead of meat because it was cheaper. Overall I think it cannot compete with real meat, since that creates expectations. But cheese noodles can. Yeah, not vegan, but I don't really care about that from a diet perspective. Yes, cows could be treated better of course.
  - wexxy 7y ago
    Not currywurst, but they have a veggie dog now https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/sustainable-everyday/veggie-hot-dog-plant-based-goodness-pub166a3131 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/sustainable-everyday...
- harimau777 7y ago
  I don't know if it's regional at all, but I recommend the Swedish meatballs. Side note: I propose that vegan meatballs be called peatballs! (Peat is made out of plants, correct? I'm not super knowledgable about that stuff.)
  - Mikeb85 7y ago
    Peat is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat So no, doesn't really work well as a word for foodstuffs.
  - Melting_Harps 7y ago
    > Side note: I propose that vegan meatballs be called peatballs! (Peat is made out of plants, correct? I'm not super knowledgable about that stuff.) Yeah, but peat isn't something you'd want to eat. Its amazing to smoke whisky in, though. But, if you want to 'veganize' those meatballs, mushroom is a common savoury alternative, I'm told a lot of the impossible burger type ventures are opting on PEA protein: so may just name them PEAballs? I worked at a Vegan/vegetarian place for 1/2 year just to get more rounded before I went off to Michelin star stuff, and its rather labour intensive to make this stuff just taste 1/4 as good as meat. So my question was always: why not just serve better quality, locally sourced, organic/grass fed beef? And just eat less of it; a 50/50 mixture of beef to mushroom yields an amazing juicy, umami filled burger.
- zxcvbn4038 7y ago
  In NYC, IKEA is one of the last places you can take out the family without spending a fortune - though slightly insane to try and eat there on Sundays after the churches let out. The meatballs are a huge hit with all the kiddos, not just mine. Absolutly amazing they keep the cafeteria area so clean. Ikeas make good rest stops when traveling also - let the kids run around small-land for an hour, fill up on meatballs, hit the restrooms, grab a tray of cinnamon rolls, then on the road again.
  - thatguyagain 7y ago
    Sounds identical to any IKEA in Sweden :)

raxxorrax 7y ago

In my region, Ikea is known for cheap furniture and their tasty currywurst. They have plenty of other dishes of course and by my experience it is quite good for what it pretends to be.

tuukkah 7y ago
Have they begun to offer vegan currywursts yet?
- raxxorrax 7y ago
  Haven't seen that yet. The market in my vicinity always had vegetarian stuff. Maybe they now label everything that is vegan too. I am no heavy meat eater but think all the fake stuff to be quite underwhelming. Quorn or however it is called can be spiced up quite well. I think they gave that to school children in the UK instead of meat because it was cheaper. Overall I think it cannot compete with real meat, since that creates expectations. But cheese noodles can. Yeah, not vegan, but I don't really care about that from a diet perspective. Yes, cows could be treated better of course.
- wexxy 7y ago
  Not currywurst, but they have a veggie dog now https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/sustainable-everyday/veggie-hot-dog-plant-based-goodness-pub166a3131 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/this-is-ikea/sustainable-everyday...
harimau777 7y ago
I don't know if it's regional at all, but I recommend the Swedish meatballs. Side note: I propose that vegan meatballs be called peatballs! (Peat is made out of plants, correct? I'm not super knowledgable about that stuff.)
- Mikeb85 7y ago
  Peat is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat So no, doesn't really work well as a word for foodstuffs.
- Melting_Harps 7y ago
  > Side note: I propose that vegan meatballs be called peatballs! (Peat is made out of plants, correct? I'm not super knowledgable about that stuff.) Yeah, but peat isn't something you'd want to eat. Its amazing to smoke whisky in, though. But, if you want to 'veganize' those meatballs, mushroom is a common savoury alternative, I'm told a lot of the impossible burger type ventures are opting on PEA protein: so may just name them PEAballs? I worked at a Vegan/vegetarian place for 1/2 year just to get more rounded before I went off to Michelin star stuff, and its rather labour intensive to make this stuff just taste 1/4 as good as meat. So my question was always: why not just serve better quality, locally sourced, organic/grass fed beef? And just eat less of it; a 50/50 mixture of beef to mushroom yields an amazing juicy, umami filled burger.
zxcvbn4038 7y ago
In NYC, IKEA is one of the last places you can take out the family without spending a fortune - though slightly insane to try and eat there on Sundays after the churches let out. The meatballs are a huge hit with all the kiddos, not just mine. Absolutly amazing they keep the cafeteria area so clean. Ikeas make good rest stops when traveling also - let the kids run around small-land for an hour, fill up on meatballs, hit the restrooms, grab a tray of cinnamon rolls, then on the road again.
- thatguyagain 7y ago
  Sounds identical to any IKEA in Sweden :)