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In the article, they talk about McDonalds... I don't know about other stores but when I went there as a kid, in Europe, the meat had no taste and its texture wa
by cassepipe 4y ago
In the article, they talk about McDonalds... I don't know about other stores
but when I went there as a kid, in Europe, the meat had no taste and its texture was s*t so I don't think the the problem comes from fast food meat being better than plant-based meat. I don't think it's about taste. I think it's about price and about culture.
"But the consumer environment is tough, and this stuff is not cheap,”
"If I’m spending money in a restaurant, and I’m a meat eater, why would I spend money on plant-based meat? I would rather eat an actual burger,” --> I want the bang for my buck.
I think people who to eat in fast/junk food restaurants are :
1. Rather poor so concerned by price
2. Participate in a working class culture in which hard working men lives must be fueled by meat, which is effectively a super-food. So a cultural matter.
The sad thing though is that culture demands meat but the quality/taste of the meat provided is shit.
I am personally in favor of banning processed meat (the one that's bad for your health) and that non processed meat is reserved to people doing hard physical work while the rest of enjoy our plant based meals :D
- Dylan16807 4y agoIn general, banning most of the population from having a superfood is something I would rate D:
- code_duck 4y agoI don’t think it’s accurate to assume that the majority of fast food customers are low income men with blue collar jobs. It’s more of a broad cross-section of society in my experience.
- cassepipe 4y agoOh I did not mean to say low income men with blue collar jobs are the majority of the customers, I just meant to explain what I think is the reason why eating meat is tied to status in working class culture and how being deprived of it may be lived as a loss.