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There's a vegan restaurant in town that has "pulled pork sandwich" listed on it's menu. That's misleading when there is no pork in it. No one needs to be trick

• ssully 7y ago
  I think the problem is that they are trying to create an alternative to pulled pork, but have no idea what to call it. I have a vegetarian in my family and I have made "vegetarian pulled pork", which is using shredded jack fruit as a meat substitute and cooking it in a pot or pressure cooker. Coming from a family where "pulled pork" means slow cooking a pork shoulder for 8-12 hours, cooking "vegetarian pulled pork" is absolutely nothing like real pulled pork, but what else would you call it? I guess BBQ Shredded Jack Fruit is more accurate, but it doesn't sound nearly as appealing (even though it's actually really tasty!).
• moate 7y ago
  This is an actual problem. You're calling something that isn't pork pork. "Burger" isn't as specific. Culturally, people accept that the term "burger" can be modified by other words like "Pork" or "Black Bean" to imply "a patty of <product> meant to be used in the ways you would use a patty". This isn't about protecting consumers from being tricked. It's about making it harder to communicate what a product is for producers.