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I am a vegetarian, almost vegan, entirely for ethical reasons. In theory I agree with you that meat replacements shouldn't need to exist. In practice I seem una
by jebarker 3y ago
I am a vegetarian, almost vegan, entirely for ethical reasons. In theory I agree with you that meat replacements shouldn't need to exist. In practice I seem unable to escape the 20+ years of meat eating shaping my taste buds. Most of them are just not good. I find the Impossible Meat to be passable in place of ground beef.
- jacquesm 3y agoInteresting. I'm not quite there yet, I'll eat what I'm served without being too picky but the fake thing just doesn't work for me. But interesting to see alternative experiences. Maybe I'll grow into it, but there are other things like that in particular foods that I've never been able to appreciate (for instance: certain textures that I don't like). Obviously this is all well at the level of 'first world problems', in a pinch I would eat whatever is available, no matter what kind of personal preferences I have. But as long as there is choice I'll settle for 'real' vs 'fake' any day. Maybe one day some fake that I can't distinguish will come along and then I'll fall for it. But for now it isn't there yet and the uncanny valley is one that I'd just as soon pass right by.