Hello everybody, I am one of the resident vegetarians, and I often eat vegan “meat alternatives”.
For me, real meat didn’t taste bad to me, and it has a pleasant texture. That’s why people like it.
I choose not to eat real meat for ethical reasons. It’s not necessary for us, in this day and age, to kill animals for food. Not in first world countries. That is why I, personally, am a vegetarian. That being said, I have made that choice for myself, and don’t begrudge anyone else, their choices of what to eat, or their reasons for making those choices. Everyone has to make those kinds of extremely personal choices for themselves. I do not try to convert people, but I do like to be helpful, when people are trying to eat less meat, or if they are switching over to a completely meat-free diet. So it’s all good.
Before I became a vegetarian in my early 20s (so that’s about 30 years) I liked meatball sandwiches, and hamburgers, and pepperoni, and chicken. So for me, it’s always nice to find vegetarian and vegan companies who are willing to make “meat alternative” versions of these things. It also makes it easier, and less scary for people who are transitioning, and less scary for omnivores to eat something that at least resembles a burger or a meatball, if they are being served something like that in the home of a vegetarian.
I am about to head out to go for a swim, but I’d like to come back later, and talk about this subject more in depth, and give some recipes. Which is what I do : )
See you a little later.