Pluggers by Rick McKee for February 12, 2022

vegetarians and carnivores (or more likely vegans and omnivores) sure have it hard to get along with one another

Tofu if I remember doesn’t have much taste!

Me + eat = Meat.

Tofu, or not tofu, that is the question:

Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to guzzle

The things and sorrows of awwwfoolish torture,

Or to take arms against a sea of tastelessness

And by opposing end them. To spice—to eat,

No more; and by a burp to say we end

The belly-ache and the thousand natural shocks

That meat is heir to: ’tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wish’d. To spice, to eat;

To burp, perchance to seem filled—ay, there’s the rub:

I don’t mind this new kind of food as long as it is Paleo. Well, that really narrows it down, doesn’t it?

In Japan, tofu is tofu. It’s not imitation anything. It’s just tofu. Top with horseradish and chopped chives, a dash of soy sauce (not too much) and serve.

I bet it tastes just like chicken ;-)

My step-mother was Seventh Day Adventist and they had a no meet policy. They had a “meat substitute” that tasted like *******. Where I say anything I’d get in trouble.

When they get meat substitute to taste as good as the original (that is, I can’t tell the difference) and it costs LESS, then I’ll consider it.

I eat plant-based meat. I just run the plants through a cow first instead of a chemistry lab.

Because tofu SUCKS !!!!!!!!!

Tofu is a lifesaver if you have a family member who is allergic to milk. Mashed silken tofu is a perfect substitute for ricotta in lasagna, among other uses. I used to sprinkle it with a tiny bit of sugar and Middle Kiddle ate it for cottage cheese.

We have been told for years to eat the less processed food. Fake meat is seriously processed, steak is not.

Look up how they make non-meat patties,etc, taste like meat and what all is in it and the vegetarians and vegans would be appalled.

I have a cookbook with over 1000 vegetarian and vegan recipes. Not one has fake meat in it and most don’t have tofu or TVP.

Exactly.

I like tofu, one stir fry restaurant I frequent does a fine job with it being sautéed with my favorite veggies… and chicken! If it’s tasty I eat it but not instead of for me.

juicebruce , speaking of “tastes like chicken”:

“Rattlesnake MeatA poem by Ogden Nash

A gourmet challenged me to eatA tiny bit of rattlesnake meat,Remarking, “Don’t look horror-stricken,You’ll find it tastes a lot like chicken.”

It did.Now chicken I cannot eatBecause it tastes like rattlesnake meat.

I have been asking this for ages! WHY? You’re vegetarian/vegan for a reason. It’s a bit hypocritical, kind of like only being a vegan during the week and an omnivore on weekends!

I have often wondered (never aloud), why it is that my vegetarian and vegan friends’ children miss so much school and have so many health and behavior problems. It can’t all be ‘the sugar’ (although that is what the parents’ claim).

Once you’ve tasted tofu, you stop wondering. I once made a tofu cake for a bunch of vegetarians. Everyone told me how wonderful it was … nobody asked for a second piece. :)

Because tofu doesn’t taste like anything.

The eternal question? But, it’s all about marketing.. you can sell literally anything if you rebrand it to something known to be sexy or tasty.

And now they’ve come up with “Beyond Burgers,” which even (supposedly) ooze red stuff when you cook them…never mind, I’ll stick with regular old cannibal burgers, thank you very much! (“New meatier taste”? wotthe…)

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One of the local burger chains here has a “black bean chipotle burger” that I find is really quite tasty. They also serve a bacon cheese burger that is also quite good. I’ve been known to get one of each. I wouldn’t want to live off one or the other though. If I want plant, I’ll eat plant. If I want meat, I’ll eat meat. Not some plant made to taste like meat. I mean if you are opposed to eating meat, why do you want your plant to taste LIKE it?

I was allergic to beef pork and chicken for a long time. People thought I was a vegetarian..

It has to be made to taste like something, it tastes like nothing already.

Remember, even meat that eats meat and those that don’t, eat plants, so everything we eat IS plant based.

I like tofu best when it tastes like garlic or other seasonings, not like meat.