• Greddan@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Not vegan. These “meat substitute” products and other things marketed as vegan tend to suck ass. I’m not afraid of them, they’re just not very useful or nutritious. Buy some vegetables, some legumes, some spices, and learn how to use them.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      Exactly, no one needs fake meat. A portobello burger is delicious, much cheaper, and far more nutritious.

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        2 months ago

        If I ask for a burger and you give me a good fake meat patty, I’m happy.

        If I ask for a burger and you give me a mushroom sandwich or bruschetta or anything like that, I will check for signs of stroke in both of us

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      2 months ago

      Impossible meat is pretty incredible IMO. I was able to convert my entire family, who were meat eaters their entire lives, off of beef thanks to how excellent impossible meat is in all of our favorite beef dishes.

      I think it’s very useful to help wean people off of real meat, who may have many traditional family recipes that they may miss quite a lot, where veggies can’t quite replicate the taste.

      I’ve also found Meati brand mushroom based steaks to be super good, and extremely close to a real steak.

      And Jack & Annie’s makes an awesome jackfruit based sliced steak substitute that’s incredible for cheese steak sub rolls. None of those specific brands are particularly unhealthy either.

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      Its pretty incredible that its as good as it is given that taste imitation is a fully new field of science, and barely any money has been invested. Lab grown meat has the advantage of pulling from organ growing science which has been around for a long time now.