On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:14:51 GMT, Frogleg wrote:


I am an omnivore and frankly don't understand why a vegetarian would
seek meat-like flavor while distaining/giving up/choosing not to eat
meat itself.

There are some vegetarians who've given up eating meat for moral
reasons, and in spite of the fact that they actually like the
taste/texture/whatever of it. For them, a meat substitute gives them a
taste/texture/whatever that they enjoy without them actually eating
meat.

(I'm lucky: I don't fall into this category, even though I ate meat
until I was in my mid-twenties. But I can understand, and sympathise
with, the difficulties faced by people who crave meat but feel the
need to deny themselves the actuality. Mind you, I do find it a bit
difficult when I eat in a Pizza Hut and someone on the next table has
pepperoni on their pizza.)

Peter.