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I actually really like the meat analouges. And not because they're "faux meat." I just really love the taste, especially Quorn products. I'm actually starting to forget what chicken and beef taste like... and I couldn't be happier!
And then of course there are the few meat eaters that give me a hard time about being vegetarian. I don't understand the point of that. I don't give people a hard time for eating meat, so why do they feel it's necessary? Must be a defense mechanisim, maybe they feel inferior? I stopped talking to the few people that did treat me like that - It's MY choice and if they can't respect it, then they're no friend of mine. All of my other friends are really supportive and most of the time don't even bring it up!
I actually really like the meat analouges. And not because they're "faux meat." I just really love the taste, especially Quorn products. I'm actually starting to forget what chicken and beef taste like... and I couldn't be happier!
And then of course there are the few meat eaters that give me a hard time about being vegetarian. I don't understand the point of that. I don't give people a hard time for eating meat, so why do they feel it's necessary? Must be a defense mechanisim, maybe they feel inferior? I stopped talking to the few people that did treat me like that - It's MY choice and if they can't respect it, then they're no friend of mine. All of my other friends are really supportive and most of the time don't even bring it up!
Is Quorn allowed in the US now? I read somewhere that it was banned.
People pick on Vegetarians because thay are allowed to, that's how I see it, when I was at School, even the Teachers picked on me, tried to make me look foolish for being Vegetarian, publicly!
Changed? No, I don't recall a time when it had ever been banned. It hasn't always been popular, and it hasn't always been offered in "mundane" supermarkets. But that was more a matter of supply/demand. There weren't enough people asking for it to warrant shelf space. It's picked up in popularity to now even mainstream supermarkets carry it.
As for the "meat analogue" comment, thanks Sheena for "getting it." Clearly some people take themselves WAY too seriously to appreciate humor. And yes, I'm an omnivore. I -was- vegetarian, but as I posted in another thread, I realized I just plain liked meat too much to remain one. I did try tofu and "faux meat" products, and they didn't taste anything like meat to me, and I realized I'd rather just eat things that aren't trying to taste like meat at all, than eat things that were trying to taste like meat. Or better - just go ahead and eat meat.
But then, I wasn't an ethical vegetarian. I never had any problem with the idea of slaughtering animals for food. I appreciate that it bothers some people though. As long as they're not prostheletizing as if they truly believed that omnivores are evil...or as long as they don't try protesting in front of the meat department when I'm trying to pick up my monthly supply of ground chuck, they're free to enjoy whatever foods they enjoy. And so am I.
And they are free to have their opinions of meateaters. And I'm free to have my opinion of the idea of consuming meat analogues, and especially the *term itself* which, as I said, is rather Orwellian.
As for the "meat analogue" comment, thanks Sheena for "getting it." Clearly some people take themselves WAY too seriously to appreciate humor.
Ohhhhhh -- you were trying to make a funny!
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And I'm free to have my opinion of the idea of consuming meat analogues, and especially the *term itself* which, as I said, is rather Orwellian.
Yes, you're welcome to your opinion; however, given that this is the Vegetarian & Vegan Food forum, it's disrespectful to other members to label food they may eat as "weird" just because YOU don't like it. That's the kind of comment that goes over well in the regular Food forum, where members take great pleasure in poking fun at the non-meat eaters.
Yes, you're welcome to your opinion; however, given that this is the Vegetarian & Vegan Food forum, it's disrespectful to other members to label food they may eat as "weird" just because YOU don't like it. That's the kind of comment that goes over well in the regular Food forum, where members take great pleasure in poking fun at the non-meat eaters.
Changed? No, I don't recall a time when it had ever been banned. It hasn't always been popular, and it hasn't always been offered in "mundane" supermarkets. But that was more a matter of supply/demand. There weren't enough people asking for it to warrant shelf space. It's picked up in popularity to now even mainstream supermarkets carry it.
Sorry, I may have been misinformed, I can't find the particular article, but I think this relates to it.
I'm firmly of the belief that whatever people use to help maintain a vegetarian diet is a *good* thing, and I really don't understand the hate.
I firmly agree. It is sill and unproductive to argue about being a "pure natural foods health food vegetarian" or vegetarian who does so for the sole purpose of not participating in any activity that would cause harm, cruelty, mutilation, suffering, or death to animals.
Is Quorn allowed in the US now? I read somewhere that it was banned.
People pick on Vegetarians because thay are allowed to, that's how I see it, when I was at School, even the Teachers picked on me, tried to make me look foolish for being Vegetarian, publicly!
I don't support ANYONE being picked on for anything. However, today the tables are being turned. I have two teenagers, and many of their friends are vegetarian, or want to be. At their high school, veggie burgers are served and there is a salad bar available.
My eldest is in the process of applying to colleges right now, and EVERY COLLEGE OFFERS VEGETARIAN and VEGAN options at every meal! So this is the next generation, folks!
I hope to live to see the time when a turkey trussed on a holiday table or a piece of pig studded with cloves and pineapple will be weird and disgusting to most people. It already is to my children.
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