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My guess is mainly the fat. That's why the most satisfying vegan food (such as Indian food mentioned by a sibling comment) has lots of coconut milk, ghee, oil,
by anon84873628 3y ago
My guess is mainly the fat.
That's why the most satisfying vegan food (such as Indian food mentioned by a sibling comment) has lots of coconut milk, ghee, oil, or more recently, avocado.
Though I think there's definitely something about biting into the protein too, which is a big part of what Beyond Meat goes for.
- arzig 3y agoThe tongue has a set of receptors that fire for cooked meat. So yes, it is in fact the protein. I grew up and we learned about the 4 tastes and then stumbled across this a whole back and was fascinated. It probably explains why cooking meat first caught on. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umami
- qclibre22 3y ago> ghee Ghee is a type of butter, so not vegan.
- anon84873628 3y agoThank you for clarifying :)