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If You’re Afraid of Vegan Meat, You’re Being Played
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Like, meat from vegans?
It's still expensive junk food. I'll eat all that shit, don't get me wrong, but it has to be a sometimes food.
I'm not afraid of it, just mostly had bad experiences with it.
Fr. I worked at whole foods. I tried it all. Shit is not good.
Make it free if you care about animals so much.
I love the vegan croquettes I buy at the supermarket, even though they might be ultra-processed and I'm not vegan.
Vegans, but especially non-vegans trying to be accommodating to vegans, need to give up on "plant-based meat substitutes". Not because it will never taste as good as "real meat", but because it will never taste as good as existing vegan grilling staples, such as corn, potatoes, yams, veggie kabobs, that sort of thing.
The only reason I'm wary of any vegan meat is because I have a terrible soy intolerance. Almost all the stuff at my local grocery store that's 'meatless' is soy based. For a while they carried a brand that was pea protein based, and it was delicious. Sadly, that brand is not in stock anymore.
It may not be in your local grocery store but try seitan. You can make it from vital wheat gluten or even just from wheat flour, if you're willing to use some elbow grease.
There's also Meati (Mushroom), Jack & Annie's (Jackfruit), and Quorn (Mushroom), which are all fantastic.
Last time I looked Quorn mince has egg in it, so be careful with their products.
I ate a heavy soy based diet for years and it left me with a soy food allergy because of the soy processing.
what do you mean by soy processing?
Those are the same people that eat fast food. Who is really eating ultra processed foods?
Every day I'm eating a cup full of seed oil slop. I'm all for these alternate products like bean or lentil patties but I'd rather make them myself and save money and use olive oil only.
I always wondered why it made me feel ill and it's because it's overused. I actively cut down how much I eat because it's gross anyway. Try eating a mars bar or similar when it's 10% oil. Revolting!
Tons of people? I don't see why not give them an easy entry point to go vegan. They're already used to hyper palatable foods, providing an alternative that's hyper palatable as well is better than not.
Phrased what I said earlier really horribly. I'm not against vegan meat at all I think they are a really good idea!
Picked up sonme impossible dogs, because hot dogs have a low ceiling. It was good enough for me!
I usually go meatless as opposed to meat substitutes, but it was fun to try these out.
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2026
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