Ok to the vegans and vegetarians who eat faux meat products.?!
Ok to the vegans and vegetarians who eat faux meat products.?
Are you not, at least socially, saying it ok to eat meat when you eat products that look like meat?
Be polite please, I’m not a troll and just want your thoughts.
Thank you.
6 months ago
From the answers I'm getting maybe I didn't make myself clear.
By eating products that looks like meat are not vegans and vegetarians, continuing to give support to the meat industry. Think about it, by eating something that looks, and tastes (sort of like) meat are you not by example, saying you don't have problem with the meat industry and telling people, by example, who eat meat the same thing?
to george w
You missed the whole point. Cake no matter what the shape is cake, just by looking at it I can tell its cake. But I've see faux meat products, shrimp comes to mind, that looks just like meat.
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6 months ago
From the answers I'm getting maybe I didn't make myself clear.
By eating products that looks like meat are not vegans and vegetarians, continuing to give support to the meat industry. Think about it, by eating something that looks, and tastes (sort of like) meat are you not by example, saying you don't have problem with the meat industry and telling people, by example, who eat meat the same thing?
to george w
You missed the whole point. Cake no matter what the shape is cake, just by looking at it I can tell its cake. But I've see faux meat products, shrimp comes to mind, that looks just like meat.
I am a vegan and have been for almost a year. I was a vegetarian for a little over 2 years before that. This month marks 3 years since I have eaten meat.
I do not consume faux meat products often because they are high in sodium and are made with processed soy. I choose to eat other products instead. However, some people that are vegan or vegetarian have cravings that I don't have and choose to take them out on these imitation meats. I do not believe it is saying that it's okay to eat meat when you eat these products, and I avoid eating them for health reasons. However, I do see your point and I have thought of this. I think that some people may think that it is meat if they don't know you don't eat meat, but to some people this doesn't matter to them. I personally wish to be publicly known as a vegan because I am proud of it. I would more than likely avoid eating these products in public because of this issue, but that would just be so that people don't think I'm eating meat, not because I think it's wrong to eat the imitation of it.
fake meat is gross. It doesn't even resemble anything real in looks or taste.
they are saying they don't want to eat meat, but they do not want to be socially outcast in public...they...like I know all of them. Sorry
Why would they be? It seems to me that rather than have an animal killed for their eating pleasure, they are using human ingenuity to enjoy an artificial (cardboardy) alternative.
I choose not to eat meat, but I am not going to tell anyone else what to do. I've been vegetarian 20+ years, and am not a very judgemental person to begin with. To each her own. I eat veggie burgers sometimes, and enjoy them. I don't like the ones that taste like meat, they freak me out, but there are some that are grain based and they are fine. They don't look like meat, either.
Richard,
This is a very good question!
When I was in college, I didn't have a lot of money, so I became a vegetarian. I got vegetarian cookbooks from the library and discovered a cool world of cooking without meat. Tofu was disgusting and Boca was more expensive than beef.
The people I knew who were vegetarians for humanitarian reasons, were true hypocrites. They wore leather, they inhaled hot dogs and Spam (both made from real meat), and they used chicken broth to cook their veggie dishes!
Not everyone is like this, but it was a real eye opener for me. My first real job paycheck, I splurged on a Black Angus Rib Eye steak and INHALED it when it came off the fire!
No. I gave up meat for a time (for odd reasons), and my mom found some fake meat. It isn't saying it's okay to eat meat, it's a way to still have something that kind of tastes like meat, and has the vitamins and stuff you need.
When we had bbq's or family came over and things like hamburgers were made, I had fake hamburger patties for myself. After my cousin tasted it, everyone wanted to and soon everyone wanted the "fake burgers" because they tasted more like bbq burgers then the real ones.
Anyway, no... it's just a way to still be able to eat a variety and have the protien and such that you lose when you don't eat meat. It isn't saying meats okay.
not eating meat is a personal choice for me - I do it for health reasons, but I have nothing against humans consuming meat. I liked the taste of meat when I did eat it 16 years ago, and so meat subsitutes are a great alternative for me.
Textured vegetable protein, like that made by Worthington Farms, tastes good, is good for you and doesn't involve the horrific slaughter of animals. What does it matter what the nuggets of protein look like? Look, there are lots of reasons to choose vegetarianism or even veganism and all of them are good, but the most important reason of all is because of the difference in environmental impact between a vegetarian diet and a non-vegetarian diet. There is tremendous waste of resources in our society involved in raising meat animals. The vast majority of agricultural crops, particularly corn, is animal feed for the meat industry. This has a detrimental effect on our soil and water because of the large amounts of petroleum based fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides that are used. Also, the main reason for rain forest destruction is to clear the land for raising and feeding meat animals.
no, because it's still not meat that you're eating - in fact, I prefer my faux meat to look as real as possible, and especially I like when they have a picture of a cow, chicken, pig, or some other animal on the box that I buy it
I personally do not like the products that taste like meat but do enjoy, Soy Jerky, Tofurky sausage and an occasional Gardenburger which seem to have a good taste of their own without tasing like animal flesh. I dont see anything wrong with faux meat. The whole idea is not to kill animals. Eating faux meat does not kill animals. I think people get hung up and see eating meat as an addiction. They equate faux meat products to an alcoholic drinking near beer. This is not the case. Eating meat is not an addiction, it is a choice. Going vegetarian/vegan is choosing to help the environment and animals. Eating faux meat is just another option. I will say though if you have not eaten meat in a long time, some of these products will be gross. In, my own opinion, Boca Burgers are too much like meat and I dont like them.
a lot of vegetarians were raised on meat and get cravings for meat. so having this fake meat that is also reach in protien is great.
i see where the "saying it ok to eat meat when you eat products that look like meat" is coming from but i'm not sure how to answer that besides what i put up there.
Well, i miss meat and those fake things like quorn help replace it. As for other people eating meat, that's their own choice, I don't believe in makingpeople do as I say.
They make products like these so that it is just as easy to cook for a vegetarian than a meat-eater. Since vegetarians don't get any of the protien from meat, boca and Morning Star and stuff try to provide more of it. I personally like veggie burgers and stuff. If you go for so long without eating meat, you reall can't taste a difference.
NO! we are saying it's ok to eat things that LOOK like meat! We dont have to murder animals to eat and we dont have to polute water and air to eat, we dont have to get mad cow or tomaine or worms or any of the other bad stuff from eating meat!
i saw a tv show today where they made cakes that look like cars and buildings. does that mean that if you eat a jeep cake you are saying its ok to eat jeeps?
It does not matter what shape faux meat is..it's still not a dead animal.