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China Is on a Quest for the Holy Grail of Meat. Let’s Hope It Succeeds. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm lacto-ovo veggie and the number of people who can't fathom that I don't eat meat (in the UK where it's really quite common) is mind boggling.

"What, not even fish?" 🙄 No, mate, if it has a face I won't eat it, but thanks.

People also tie flavours to specific foods. I have a friend who has a north African partner and they tell me often they'd go veggie if it weren't for their partners chicken "which is so much better than ours". No shit, he uses a fuck ton of spice and lemons. If you threw that on some veggies it would be a pretty close flavour experience. I get missing a texture (slow cooked beef? I miss that) but the flavour thing just doesn't add up to me.