Public funding helped electric vehicles go mainstream. Are alternative proteins next — or are they too polarizing?
  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
    20·
    10 months ago

    Interesting, I’m not even vegetarian and I really like beyond meat. It doesn’t taste exactly like real meat but it is so good in a different way and I get it like whenever I have a chance

      • BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca
        6·
        10 months ago

        I think the beyond meat is mostly for non-vegetarians to see that you can get similar feel using vegetables.

        Generally I would rather eat real meat or when I want something vegetarian just give me a bean/pea patty with some good spices in.

    • acargitz@lemmy.ca
      2·
      10 months ago

      I don’t know, I think it’s the mix and intensity of spices that they use, maybe?

      And we agree on the idea. I’m not vegetarian but I’ve long decided that vegetarian-branded food should be judged on its own merits as food, not as “adequate replacement”. Like: is this veggie burger yummy, do I enjoy eating it? That’s the question, not “is it a good enough approximation to meat”. If I want meat, I’ll eat meat.

      So (good) beef, chicken, veggie burgers: I like them because they taste good. Beyond meat burgers: I don’t like them because they make me feel yucky afterwards. That’s all.