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Although it is important to understand that fake meats are a part of traditional vegetarian culture, at least East Asian ones. There's a whole genre of Chinese
by jhbadger 5y ago
Although it is important to understand that fake meats are a part of traditional vegetarian culture, at least East Asian ones. There's a whole genre of Chinese food that is based on fake beef, fake pork, etc. Whether these are better or worse than the new "disruptive" versions from Impossible and Beyond is another issue, but the idea that "real vegetarians" don't eat fake meat is a narrow, Western misconception.
- wolverine876 5y ago> There's a whole genre of Chinese food that is based on fake beef, fake pork, etc. Very interesting - what are they called? What are they made of? Where do they come from?
- jhbadger 5y agoGenerally it is just called "vegetarian meat" (素肉) and is made from a mixture of potato-like tubers, beans, and wheat, with various spices to give it flavor. There are even a few restaurants in the US that serve it, for example Yuan Fu Vegetarian in Rockville, MD (Washington DC suburb) Here's an article from several years ago that talks about the tradition https://www.economist.com/1843/2018/07/02/china-the-birthplace-of-fake-meat https://www.economist.com/1843/2018/07/02/china-the-birthpla...
- wolverine876 5y agoThat's awesome, thank you! I somehow never encountered it (or maybe I did without knowing what I was eating).