10 Weird And Bizarre Food Trends Of 2018 (3 of 5)

VEGAN FRIED CHICKEN

As people are becoming more and more aware of the meat industry and its unethical practices, they are turning towards being vegan in increased numbers. Health also plays an important factor in many people’s decision to go vegan.

One of the most common things that a newly turned vegan finds difficult is to enjoy something as crunchy, delicious and mouthwatering as fried chicken. This common fast food item is a wonderful delicacy that can be enjoyed at a number of popular outlets across the world.

So it was to no one’s surprise that a vegan option for fried chicken came out. The item took the city of London by surprise in 2018, when a popular take-out restaurant started the trend. This exquisite vegan fried chicken is prepared by taking out starch from flour, which means only gluten proteins remain in. This mixture is then baked or fried.

ROOT-TO-STEM COOKING

This one is not technically a food but more of a food trend. The focus is to utilize as much as possible of the fruits and vegetables that you are cooking. The trend encourages people to use more of an eco-friendly cooking approach that promotes the idea that you have to use every bit of the ingredients whilst cooking, instead of wasting products or putting it in compost.

Imagine you are making a vegetable stew. For that, you end up chopping carrots but you waste about 20-30 percent of every piece when you cut off the top and tail. This food trend is aimed at stopping this kind of waste. So the next time, you use root-to-stem cooking, put in broccoli, cauliflower, and mushroom with their stems, or use onions and garlic with their skin on.

Although root to the stem is more of an individual choice, we think it makes sense to contribute in what little ways we can do to reduce waste, so this one seems like a win-win!