Talking about impossible and beyond meat, of course. I like their taste, so I’m not one of those burger fash who complains about not being able to taste the flesh wounds of their victims. Just need the skinny on how it compares in terms of it’s nutrient quality, health factors in terms of contaminants in production or as a result of (PFAS, lead), and the impact on the environment. I’m sure the production of fake borg is better than maintaining and slaughtering cows, but relative to other foods how much better is it?
I kinda don’t vibe with the whole fake meat thing. Like just give me the vegetables. Something about eating like a fake version of something else just rubs me the wrong way. Like please don’t mash up all the vegetables and tofu and make them into something roughly resembling a chicken nugget. Just give em to me straight. I feel the same way about riced cauliflower. If I’m gonna eat cauliflower instead of rice that’s fine but I don’t want it like, turned into something that looks like rice to make me feel better. Idk. Maybe that’s just me
It’s just to have variations in texture
Like im literally thinking of doing like a riced cauliflower and shredded brussel sprout stir fry because I think it’d taste good and have an interesting texture and I want to cook new shit for people
Even with all the new shit i try to do these college kids still complain about the lack of variety apparently
Also this is basically what falafel is but with chickpeas
those seem like pretty different vibes. Grains don’t come off the stalk looking like bread, fun pasta shapes, or cinnamon toast crunch. there’s a bunch of 100-ish year old dishes that use riced (instead of mashed) potatoes. how do you feel about those? if the low-carb fad cauliflower is different you could try to figure out why.
how would you feel about imitation human meat, as judged for accuracy by some of those amputee self-cannibals who make the news every 5-10 years when the stars align and someone interested in that has a motorcycle accident?
Presumably your decision isn’t based on a hardline moral opposition that prevents you from ever eating rice.