robtheruntđŸŒ±đŸ’š10h ago

Thought I’d wade into the “foods with names that don’t represent what they are so people get confused and buy them thinking they’re buying something else” debate.

You know the one: oat “milk”, vegan “cheese”, “no death burger” etc.

Personally, I’ve had enough of Easter “eggs”. They aren’t eggs. Clearly, they’re chocolate with other stuff added. Until birds, reptiles whatever can start laying chocolate eggs, this madness needs to stop.

I mean, some of these things may contain some egg, but if it can’t be boiled or poached in water, fried in oil or used to make an omelette, then manufacturers must be told to stop calling them eggs.

#Vegan #GoVegan #Eggs #Easter
‘Dangerously moreish’: the best supermarket Easter eggs, tasted and rated https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/mar/28/best-supermarket-easter-eggs-tasted-rated?CMP=share_btn_url

‘Dangerously moreish’: the best supermarket Easter eggs, tasted and rated

With an egg-cellent roster on offer, which chocolate treats are the most moreish and which aren’t worth shelling out on?

The Guardian
Show threadVenusianMars

@robtherunt If a thing is shaped like an egg it can be called or referred to as an egg. A chocolate egg is a chocolate egg. It's a chocolate egg.
Almond Milk-like Drink... Almost anything and certainly any? nut can be 'milked', that is, turned into "milk." Riced Cauliflower isn't rice, but it's resembling rice in shape and texture.
It's using a familiar reference point. Just call it milk. It's fine. Read labels. It's fine. It's OK that you've gotten confused, and there are so many marketing tactics and mislabelling allowances that are more than annoying and often border on dangerous for consumers. [allergies & anaphylactic shock, anyone?]
It's ok to be annoyed.
Meat-like Product.

eggcorn.
analagous.
metaphor.
wordplay.
FDA.
government.

I share in your pain.

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Show threadNakedOldDude9h ago

@VenusianMars @robtherunt

scouring milk

Show threadrobtheruntđŸŒ±đŸ’š7h ago
@NakedOldDude @VenusianMars
No idea what that is 😂
Show threadrobtheruntđŸŒ±đŸ’š7h ago
@VenusianMars
I was being sarcastic 😁
Show threadVenusianMars6h ago

@robtherunt Really? Hmm couldn't tell. đŸ„ž
Also, one could perhaps poach, boil, fry etc Easter Eggs. Successfully is another matter.

Related, you do know that meat fabricators are lobbying to have all plant-based and other sources of protein products marketed with the word meat in their labels to not be allowed to legally do so?
Similarly, the dairy folks are doing the same with non-animal-derived "milk" products.

Related, I adore the product calling itself "Malk." Just the word and notion; haven't actually tasted their product nor know nothing more of their company.

Unrelated,I sometimes refer to bacon fat as bacon juice. Uh oh.