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I'm a meat eater but in my experience vegetarian or vegan good that merely tries to imitate meat dishes always sucks, but cuisine built around the ingredients a
by danharaj 9y ago
I'm a meat eater but in my experience vegetarian or vegan good that merely tries to imitate meat dishes always sucks, but cuisine built around the ingredients available can be amazing. For example, i think south Indian vegetarian food is good enough that if I had it every day I wouldn't mind not eating meat.
If you use enough "umami bombs" in cooking then you can make very savory veg* dishes. My faves are soy sauce and yeast extract and I'm also not above using MSG.
Tbh I think meat is an addiction. Even if veg meals satisfy me and meet my caloric needs I still crave it!
- notyourwork 9y agoI agree, Indian food is the one that doesn't make me miss meat.
- eric_h 9y ago> My faves are soy sauce and yeast extract and I'm also not above using MSG If you're putting yeast extract in, you are absolutely not above using MSG, as that's pretty much what makes yeast extract so tasty (and used in many processed foods so they don't have to say that they added MSG to their product). As an aside - I bought a big ole bag of MSG a while back, and it's great to toss into sautéed vegetables.
- danharaj 9y agoAh yea, i said yeast extract instead of nutritional yeast: that stuff is amazing! Especially on popcorn
- icebraining 9y agoEven if veg meals satisfy me and meet my caloric needs I still crave it! Meat has more than calories - you might be missing the other components in your vegetarian meals.