A rise in vegetarian options leads customers to embrace meat-free meals

Post by ohbleek » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:11 PM UTC

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I get so tired of this argument. If you were raised eating meat then you'll likely have tendencies to eat meals based around meat. Meat substitutes make sense in the current world and given the typical diet of western cultures. It doesn't have to taste just like the meat it mocks, it just has to taste good. There is nothing special about the taste of chicken or beef other than it is good and you're used to it. If som…

I wasn't trying to make the argument that "'not meat' doesn't taste as good as 'meat', so don't eat it", but rather "Don't eat oranges looking for apple". Oranges are still delicious, but they're different and comparing them is not the point. Also, I might disagree with this statement: > There is nothing special about the taste of chicken or beef other than it is good and you're used to it. Umami (savoriness) is actu…