The “vegan is expensive and tastes bad” argument has had a rough time lately
  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    That argument is very much alive if you try IKEA hotdogs. The vegan variety is so horrible, it is basically an ad for returning to meat.

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
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      1 minute ago

      I don’t like most copies, vegan food tend to be better when it is OK with being it’s own thing. There’s one bean based burger I really like, and and tons of stuff like falafel, which is just made to be good, not made to be a copy.

    • spicy pancake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      58 minutes ago

      yeah I’m a proponent of more plant food and I also don’t think the taste argument holds up, especially because taste is so subjective

      that being said, for burgers specifically, I think most people don’t realize just how much of the flavor heavy lifting that fixings and condiments do. I remember making a lazy bitch college “meal” of black beans in a bowl with ketchup and mustard (the only condiments I had), and being mindblown that my bean bowl tasted like a burger. I regularly purchased meat back then, but that experience got me into cooking bean and other vegetable based burgers (certainly easier on the college kid wallet)