I haven’t eaten any meat, fish or fowl for over 25 years.
In my mind’s eye (or I guess tongue) in this case, I can clearly recall the taste of pastrami, turkey, tuna fish sandwiches, chicken fajitas, carnitas and pulled pork sandwiches. Because of this ability to remember the taste so vividly, I don’t crave these items, and the scent alone is enough for me, like when I go to the fair and smell that combination of barbecue/pizza/roasted corn scent.
There’s only a handful of things that I can think of (other than meat) that I haven’t eaten for that long of a time, but I am thinking of Straw Hat Pizza, Adam’s Sour Strawberry gum, those huge Charms lollipops, Raspberry Zingers and Sugar Babies candy. Oh, and this fantabulous baked macaroni and cheese that they used to serve at one of our long defunct cafeterias. God, that was heaven on a plate!