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I eat only plant-based foods and actually prefer unique names/spellings for these products. It can be worrying when an ostensibly vegan restaurant sells somethi
by jryb 4y ago
I eat only plant-based foods and actually prefer unique names/spellings for these products. It can be worrying when an ostensibly vegan restaurant sells something that really tastes like meat and the menu says "beef" or whatever.
- happytoexplain 4y agoI wouldn't categorize "beef" with "steak" and "sausage". The former is a substance, the latter are formats.
- throwawayffffas 4y agoThat's just not true, steak refers to cuts of beef and sausage to pork products. There is a reason that sausages made from turkey are "turkey sausages" but sausages made from pork are just sausages. I am in favor of the ban, when dealing with food we should call things what they are. They can call vegan burgers patties, sausage like things rolls or whatever. People who want to buy them will still know what they are getting.
- zeroimpl 4y agoI ordered chicken wings at a vegan fast food restaurant. I too would have preferred if the name was more specific, even though it’s implied by the context. It was my first time at the restaurant so I specifically asked them to confirm it was vegan. Also some chains/brands do a very poor job labeling their things so that it’s obviously plant-based. For example at Tim Hortons: Farmers wrap=meat based, Harvest wrap=plant based. Feels intentionally confusing.
- aparticulate 4y agoI wonder if India points to the future of this kind of thing. They have a labelling system that seems to work quite well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FSSAI_new_labels_for_veg_and_non-veg.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FSSAI_new_labels_for_veg_... the cute names like farmers/harvest will age really badly i feel like… sounds like committee thinking
- kcplate 4y agoI don’t have a strong opinion either way, I don’t eat plant based “meat” mainly because it’s over processed and tends to be higher in carbs than I prefer in my diet. But your comment reminds me of philosophical question. If a company created a plant based meat analog that cooked, looked, and tasted just like human meat…should someone eat it? I don’t pose this to make fun of vegans or the plant based meat industry. I am actually curious to the mindset behind these meat analogs. My own answer to that question is I wonder why a vegan would opt for any plant based meat analog. It just seems that the mindset should be as strange as this fictional plant based human meat.
- therealdrag0 4y agoI’d eat fake human meat, why not?
- Ekaros 4y agoI go further. I would even eat provably humanely produced and safe human meat. Unlikely we will get there due to how complicated the safe part is. But still, I don't see it anyway different from other mammal meats.
- aldebran 4y agoIt’s easier to transition. Things look and cook similar to what you’re used to. It helps plan meals better and is less disorienting.