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vegetarian things that "taste like meat"


Naraku4656

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i ate something today and i had no idea what it was. website said "oh it tastes exactly like meat" and it was on sale so i thought why not i'll give it a shot and make it this week for dinner. doesn't taste bad, but it doesn't "taste like meat" idk why they have to say it does. it tastes fine without having to say OMG THIS IS SO MUCH LIKE MEAT YOU'LL NEVER NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE

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So vegitarian bacon is a thing, and I have often wondered why would there be such a thing. I mean either they’ve been a lifelong vegitarian and never tasted bacon before or they’re trying to be all hardcore veggie but still miss the delicious taste of bacon. 

Either way it defeats the purpose of keeping a strictly vegitarian diet if you have to eat substitute meat once in a while. 

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The closest you’d get to a decent vegan substitute for meat would be a portobello mushroom. Made a chimichurri from a mushroom and it turned out great. Lentils can work for some ground meat recipes like for enchiladas. There was one time I made tempeh that was good with marinade I used for bulgogi. 

Otherwise, I’d only trust meat alternatives that I can make at home cause premade tastes like plastic. Or the real deal

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17 hours ago, Quackers said:

How does it defeat the purpose? Does eating it somehow cause an animal to be killed for that food? Is it somehow as bad as eating red meat for you? 

A friend of mine made vegitarian “cheese steak” sammiches with wheat gluten seitan and non-dairy cheddar cheese. Essentially NOT a cheese steak sammich as there was no actual steak or cheese in it. Why not call it a wheat gluten and non-dairy cheese sammich since this is what it’s actually made of, calling it a cheese steak is a straight up lie. 

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