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. I once watched the preparation of a veggie-burger recipe
on CNN that involved at least 6 separate cooking, chopping, mixing
arrangements of perhaps 10 foods to produce a patty-shaped object that
would (after a final cooking) fit onto a hamburger bun. Why not spend
the same time and effort on genuinely vegetarian dishes that *don't*
have to look/taste like meat?

Animal products, other then their taste, actually play a role in food.

For example, take 'veganaise'. Am I using it to replace the taste of
mayonaise? Nope. I'm using it because sandwiches taste a little better
with some fatty spread.

If they sold 'vegan sandwich spread', I'd be less likely to buy it.
But, since they call it veganaise, I know it might act like mayonaise,
and be used in the same way.

And a lot of the time, the vegan products does not taste anything like the
animal-based product it replaces, but works in the same way. (Tuno
falls under this category for me - YMMV)

Just my $.02


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