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I'm almost ready to give up fish, as I gave up birds and mammals long ago. Fish is going to be a very difficult texture to replace. Another alternative is inse
by telesilla 5y ago
I'm almost ready to give up fish, as I gave up birds and mammals long ago. Fish is going to be a very difficult texture to replace.
Another alternative is insect protein which I am in big favour of. Mealworms for example make great meatless burgers:
https://www.wur.nl/en/project/insects-as-food-ingredients.htm https://www.wur.nl/en/project/insects-as-food-ingredients.ht...
I've happily eaten insects as a regular meal in the americas and other countries, and see it only as a cultural barrier for it to be introduced large scale in western markets.
- sokoloff 5y agoWith the amount of processing and lack of awareness of what’s in our food that we accept daily, I think it wouldn’t be difficult for alternative protein sources to flourish. They just need to be cheaper than the alternative and close to indistinguishable.
- zeroimpl 5y agoThe other problem with insect protein is it doesn’t qualify as vegetarian (nor the new hip name “plant based”), so it’s not clear who it is marketed to.
- telesilla 5y agoWe need protein for our bodies to survive, and while I love chickpeas and soy, I seek higher protein. Further, studies that debate insects are less efficient for protein are comparing entomophagy to farmed animals, which I don't eat for ethical reasons: https://reducing-suffering.org/eating-insects-usually-less-efficient-eating-plants/ https://reducing-suffering.org/eating-insects-usually-less-e...