Which brings me to an odd and long standing pet peeve of mine. If you're going to not eat meat, go for it, but why substitute with "food?" If you look at the ingredient list on the meatless chicken nuggets, it's a good paragraph in length and many of the ingredients are unpronounceable. I don't see how that's any healthier or environmentally friendly than meat. The only thing it has going for it is that it's not obviously cruel.
I think if you're going to give up meat, and I've been taking some small steps in that direction, it makes more sense to me to substitute in real foods. I like to replace meat with beans, cheese, eggs (I know these are still animal products, but I just can't go all the way.) and tofu, but not tofu that has been turned into fake meat.
2 comments:
1) Tofurkey is disgusting.
2) I once went to a vegetarian Chinese restaurant where all of the food was made with soy, tofu and wheat gluten but was made to taste "just like the real thing." I was sicker that night than I have been in maybe my whole life. And that's saying a lot.
3) Meat is tasty.
and peanut butter. let's not forget peanut butter... and milk. when i was worrying about my son getting enough protein when he wouldn't eat meat (which he still won't do), i noticed that an 8 oz glass of milk as 8g of protein. I haven't really looked into it further, but to me 8g in a single glass seems like a lot to me. I don't worry about protein anymore. Now we're on to getting my vegetarian son to actually like vegetables. now there's a trick!
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