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PoindexterOglethorpe

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25. I likewise don't understand the appeal of fake meat.
Tue Jul 23, 2019, 10:52 PM
Jul 2019

There's a dishonesty in being vegetarian or whatever and then going for a fake version of what you say is so awful.

Personally, I'm a happy eater of real meat, but were I do give it up, I'd skip the fake stuff.

I like Veggie burgers MFM008 Jul 2019 #1
i wanna know if we all eat fake meat what will happen to all the cows? samnsara Jul 2019 #2
Cat food? TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #3
herd sizes will shrink. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #4
+1000 MLAA Jul 2019 #29
yeah, that is not going to happen Kali Jul 2019 #14
Same thing that happened to horses when people started driving cars DBoon Jul 2019 #35
The biggest problem with Morning Star is it is Phoenix61 Jul 2019 #5
Blecchh. I don't much like anything soy, although last time I had Moning Star... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #6
The point is to try and convince the culinarily unadventurous to eat more plant-based food Saviolo Jul 2019 #7
I agree with the environmental problems with beef (and pork is worse) but... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #9
Invest in a mandolin! Saviolo Jul 2019 #11
Have one. TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #15
Just as many problems with growing crops. Look at corn being converted to ethanol dem in texas Jul 2019 #24
Health, methane reduction, less animal deaths and taste kysrsoze Jul 2019 #8
Get the price down and the taste up and I'm on board. TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #10
I'm holding out for the retail launch of Impossible products sir pball Jul 2019 #12
probably it is the Apple version of fake meat? Kali Jul 2019 #13
I LIKE the hot Italian Beyond Meat sausages and will grill them tomorrow... Phentex Jul 2019 #16
I like to put the hot Italian sausage in pasta dishes 🙂 MLAA Jul 2019 #31
I prefer to just eat less meat spinbaby Jul 2019 #17
You're right. I usually do the same and actually like most vegetables. I just... TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #19
Quorn meatless sausages are alright, if you can get them on sale. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #18
I'll check 'em out if I see them on sale. TreasonousBastard Jul 2019 #20
I got a freebie bag of Quorn granules that are supposed to be like hamburger. Vinca Jul 2019 #21
Did you even bother to try it before you threw it out? GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #22
Just looking at the stuff made me gag, so no . . . I didn't. Vinca Jul 2019 #23
I likewise don't understand the appeal of fake meat. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #25
There is no dishonesty. We know the stuff is plant or soy based. The sight of raw meat or chicken wasupaloopa Jul 2019 #28
I like the Beyond Burgers and Impossible burgers MLAA Jul 2019 #32
It gives people more choices. As a vegetarian I like fake meat. So it gives me something wasupaloopa Jul 2019 #26
i like fake meat but some types are too salty Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #27
I love them so I can occasionally enjoy a burger without anyone dying MLAA Jul 2019 #33
Not sure but I hope trying to save the planet is somewhere in the equation. walkingman Jul 2019 #30
Animal cruelty and the planet are for sure in my equation 🙂 MLAA Jul 2019 #34
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