On 3/1/2013 6:05 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 01/03/2013 5:04 PM, John J wrote:
>> On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:56:26 -0500, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/03/2013 3:48 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>
>>>>> She served to reinforce my refusal to cater to people who adopt fad
>>>>> diets
>>>>> for social reasons.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ever notice the meat substitutes they love like tofurkey, veggie hot
>>>> dogs,
>>>> fake susage, fake burgers etc? If meat is so unnatural a food why
>>>> does it
>>>> seem they crave the taste?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I get a kick out of them when they eat veggie dogs, veggie burgers and
>>> similar faux meats. They tell you those things are good.... that they
>>> taste just like meat. Good. If you want something that tastes just like
>>> meat, eat meat.
>>
>> Why? What if you like the taste of meat but don't like to have animals
>> killed for your food?
>>
>
> Why? Like I said.. if you want something that tastes like meat, eat
> meat. They process soy and tofu and stuff like that in an attempt to
> look and taste like some bad version of meat, but it doesn't really
> taste like meat.

Because it's a good source of protein, which if you don't eat meat, you
need.