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You gotta get the protein in some way, and nobody wants to eat nothing but beans at every meal. (And nobody wants anyone else to do that, either.)
So this gives a person the opportunity to have a little variety. It just takes on the form of something else.
Besides, for a great number of things, the real flavor comes from the spices and sauces. Chicken wings are a good example. The meat part is ok, but face it, you're there for the sauce. Seitan lets a person get the sauce aspect while still sticking to the vegetarianism. Sausages are a pretty good example, too. The flavor is mostly coming from the add-ins. If you get a decent meat substitute base going with the right blend of spices, the fake sausage falls right in line.
One thing you hadn't considered, possibly, is the avoidance of hassle on the part of the vegetarian. Say I'm having a cook-out and making burgers. I can toss a veggie burger on there for her, and there is a good chance she can just take it without having to deal with people giving her crap about why she's not eating a burger followed by the barrage of questions which inevitably follow.
Don't get me wrong. The people who try to fool themselves into thinking that they're not missing out have issues. ("Garden burgers are just as good as regular burgers.")
In the end, though, like I said, it's mostly a matter of finding various ways to get the protein.
That is ridiculous that people give her grief about her choice. The questions must be annoying even if it's understandable, unless, of course, those questions are designed to make her uncomfortable or sway her.
I have met my fair share of people who can't eat without making a big show of their food choices and attempting to sway others, but hearing about this bothers me more.
I simply detest beans. In the Army I was hungrier before EVERY meal than I have ever been in my life. I learned to eat all manner of things that I didn't eat before. I got an MRE with beans in it. I figured I could overcome it if id overcome all those other foods. I was wrong. I went hungry.
You gotta get the protein in some way, and nobody wants to eat nothing but beans at every meal. (And nobody wants anyone else to do that, either.)
So this gives a person the opportunity to have a little variety. It just takes on the form of something else.
Besides, for a great number of things, the real flavor comes from the spices and sauces. Chicken wings are a good example. The meat part is ok, but face it, you're there for the sauce. Seitan lets a person get the sauce aspect while still sticking to the vegetarianism. Sausages are a pretty good example, too. The flavor is mostly coming from the add-ins. If you get a decent meat substitute base going with the right blend of spices, the fake sausage falls right in line.
One thing you hadn't considered, possibly, is the avoidance of hassle on the part of the vegetarian. Say I'm having a cook-out and making burgers. I can toss a veggie burger on there for her, and there is a good chance she can just take it without having to deal with people giving her crap about why she's not eating a burger followed by the barrage of questions which inevitably follow.
Don't get me wrong. The people who try to fool themselves into thinking that they're not missing out have issues. ("Garden burgers are just as good as regular burgers.")
In the end, though, like I said, it's mostly a matter of finding various ways to get the protein.
Also, complete agreement on sausage and other things where the flavoring is more important than the 'meat'.
I have never met a non-vegan Vegetarian who didn't eat eggs. I agree re: vegans.
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WRONG.
As to the fake meat thing, on the one had, I am entertained by the double standard of not wanting to eat meat because one considers it to be disgusting, and then eating things designed to replicate that supposed disgustingness as closely as possible.
There are a lot of reasons to be vegetarian that don't involve thinking meat is disgusting. And for those who do, the disgusting aspect may be less about texture and taste and more about where the thing you are eating came from. I mean, I'd be disgusted by eating People but I'd guess it's more similar to the meats I love than these faux-meats are to real meats.
I have never met a non-vegan Vegetarian who didn't eat eggs. I agree re: vegans.
There are a lot of reasons to be vegetarian that don't involve thinking meat is disgusting. And for those who do, the disgusting aspect may be less about texture and taste and more about where the thing you are eating came from. I mean, I'd be disgusted by eating People but I'd guess it's more similar to the meats I love than these faux-meats are to real meats.
You might think eating people is disgusting, but if you did it for long enough without knowing, and someone told you what it really was, you'd probably just ignore him and meep doing it.
You might think eating people is disgusting, but if you did it for long enough without knowing, and someone told you what it really was, you'd probably just ignore him and meep doing it.
So you're saying that Beaker is a cannibal?!?!?
And why doesn't Beaker get a last name? Dr. Bunsen Honeydew has a last name. It seems a bit elitist to me.
I heard that the last Toys R Us stores closed today.
I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid
they got a million toys at Toys R us that I can play with
I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid
they got the best for so much less, it'll really flip your lid
From bikes to trains to video games
it's the biggest toy store there is (gee whiz!)
I don't wanna grow up, cause maybe if I did
I couldn't be a Toys R Us kid
more games, more toys, oh boy!
I wanna be a Toys R Us kid