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[martinuzz]

I find it hilariously funny that the veganism and vegetarianism has become the meat tasting thread.

[Quaksna]

I find it hilariously funny that the veganism and vegetarianism has become the meat tasting thread.

I mean, mission accomplished  We can go home now

[LordBaal]

That's the way our magic works.

[Rolan7]

Yeah I've been won over by gooey balls of ligament and connective tissue left over once the meat is cut out
I've always made it clear I'm not a strict vegetarian (anymore).  I like to eat organs, nuggets, and self-caught fish- anything that doesn't encourage the horrifying practice of factory farming.

It's seriously a stretch to call nuggets "meat" even though they definitely come from dead animals, heh.
But these Beyond nuggets!  I'm still hoping someone out there has tried them.  The Beyond Burger tasted just like meat to me, it was just too expensive.  That's actually a problem I've seen with veganism, where some people don't have access to a healthy strictly-vegan diet.  Living in food deserts or having insufficient rest time for cooking, that sort of thing.  Obviously that problem doesn't lie with veganism but with our messed up modern societies, and also with my other pet peeve: livestock subsidies using my tax dollars.

Anyway maybe I'll go find these nuggets for myself and do a taste test vs real "meat" nuggets.

[anewaname]

I would rather go hungry for a day than try those KFC delights.

The thing is, most fabricated foods are confusing foods for your body. You possess this biological machine that uses pattern-recognition to tell you what nutrients it needs, and it insistently shoves pictures and memories of foods into your mind while you wander around, making you crave something you ate before. At the chemical level, your body is releasing dopamine when you smell those foods, when you put those foods in your mouth, and again when your body estimates that the food is in the belly. The quantity of dopamine is directly portioned to how badly your body desires the nutrients it expects from previous digestions of food that smelled/tasted this way. (This study is about the measuring of these dopamine releases and how they reinforce eating behaviors).

So, KFC's managing group didn't suddenly switch their agenda. Their menu includes only pre-processed veggies and they focus on standardized sights/smells/tastes to get you to crave their food. Maybe Beyond Nuggets also have the nutritional content, but I do not trust KFC to not add something addictive, because their only goal is to continue milking communities for money. Food deserts happen because people support a food industry that seeks maximum profit.

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If the "must have food now" crisis was repeating itself in my life, I would start carrying food with me (some protein bars, or packets of pea-protein powder mix).

[MrRoboto75]

Food deserts happen because people support a food industry that seeks maximum profit.

Food deserts happen because a lot of people are too money poor and too time poor to have better food.

[EuchreJack]

God Bless the Vegetarians and Vegans!

I've got a thing where I need to avoid animal proteins. 
As some of you might know, I'm almost 37 years old, and I've been living with it for most of my life.
It was actually worse in my childhood.

During the 90s, there were a lot less options available for non-dairy milk & ice cream.  It's mostly because of those Vegetarian and Vegan hipsters that the Market developed better and more varied options. Oat substitute of today is GREAT.