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frogmarch

(12,219 posts)
26. I don't eat meat, and
Fri Jan 21, 2022, 03:18 PM
Jan 2022

I don't eat fake meat either. As an animal lover, why would I want to pretend I'm eating one?

I'm afraid of what they fertilize and spray it with. live love laugh Jan 2022 #1
At the end of the day, plant-based meat is still processed food. tinrobot Jan 2022 #2
I'm sorry it doesn't suit you--my daughter can't eat it either renate Jan 2022 #3
I like Quorn. Their nuggets make great boneless buffalo wings. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2022 #10
Quorn is huge here in Sweden. Celerity Jan 2022 #37
I am amazed at how close some of them are to the real thing. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #16
I like the Beyond Meat products Fiendish Thingy Jan 2022 #4
And unlike Impossible Burgers, they're non GMO! bif Jan 2022 #27
I love Beyond burgers! StarryNite Jan 2022 #33
Still don't understand why anyone wants to eat Deminpenn Jan 2022 #5
+1 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #7
But what if you like meat, but want to make a smaller enviromental impact... Silent3 Jan 2022 #8
Eat less. Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #9
That still doesn't answer your objection to some people wanting meat substitutes. Silent3 Jan 2022 #12
Lol, ok! Nt USALiberal Jan 2022 #34
Eat real meat when you have a craving for it Deminpenn Jan 2022 #13
Or, you could eat a meat substitute. Silent3 Jan 2022 #14
because they just don't taste right Amishman Jan 2022 #29
That's fine as a personal choice. If you don't like them, you don't like them. Silent3 Jan 2022 #32
The Beyond.. Keth Jan 2022 #39
There is very little to nothing that you get from meat that you can't get elsewhere. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #20
What does it matter to you why they do it? Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #19
yes, I find that genuinely puzzling renate Jan 2022 #30
Doesn't matter to me, Deminpenn Jan 2022 #38
I don't care for it much iemanja Jan 2022 #22
I see it as a stepping stone HAB911 Jan 2022 #28
Also tastes like meat (at least the ones I've had do) Spider Jerusalem Jan 2022 #36
Great Lent and other fast days Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #6
These meat substitutes are okay, but when I can get them, I like black bean burgers better Silent3 Jan 2022 #11
I've seen recipes Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #15
Wouldn't cultured meat iemanja Jan 2022 #24
Depends how the cultured meat is produced Silent3 Jan 2022 #25
We grilled 5 hamburgers and one Impossible Meats burger mainer Jan 2022 #17
One of these days a fast food veggie burger will cost a dollar or two less than a beef burger... hunter Jan 2022 #18
I'll stick with a VGNonly Jan 2022 #21
I yearn for the fake chicken Sympthsical Jan 2022 #23
have you tried Quorn? renate Jan 2022 #31
I don't eat meat, and frogmarch Jan 2022 #26
That's the way I feel too. I don't want to eat something that taste Raine Jan 2022 #35
'cause it tastes good Piasladic Jan 2022 #40
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