"undercover vegetables"
i am just watching my recorded episodes, so excuse my lateness, nut i think they gave the woman that had the vegetable sausages a fair chance. debrahs reason that they did not taste that good was valid, the rest was pure bs.
children don't like vegetables for the most part, so most parents try some kind of trickery. it is not even about the taste of the vegetable, for the kids it is in a way a sort of principle.
"here, try this"
"nooo, i don't like it"
"how do you know? you never tried it"
..etc
anyway, let's say that sausage would have tasted amazing, you have given those to your kids and they would have loved them. wouldn't it be exciting to tell them: "well, you know what? those were onions with rice"? what could be more educating? sarahs argument that you should not hide them is complete nonsense, because you wouldn't just give them to your kids for years, hoping they would think it were flesh sausages, would you? it would be legit, if it was a regular sausage with a minimum of veggies in them, to hide the fact that there veggies in them completely.
also, i have never heard anything stupid like: "oooh, then don't name it a sausage".
Have they never evr been to vegan restaurant or food market before?
there are already roducts that are called sausage, which are made out of flesh substitudes. even further, almost every vegan product is named after the product it tries to replicate:
vegan milk, vegan chocolate, vegan sausage, vegan cheese, vegan kebab ...etc. damn i even ate a "vegan steak" once. they are not called "flavoured and marinated tofu paddy". you know why? because that sounds disgusting.
the vegan market has been on the rise like no other food market on the planet.
passing on that opportunity for thise reasons was ridiculous. the taste? alright, that counts. nevertheless, the idea is good and very marketable. oh and finally, i liked the branding. it stood out, it looked fresh and it looked "healthy".