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Plant Based Food

rms1954 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:43:51 GMT

Don't get it. Why would you purchase vegetable plant-based food. Just buy real vegetables.

Re: Plant Based Food

Cakers3 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:53:13 GMT

@rms1954 Because everytime you eat a hamburger a polar bear dies, don't you know.

So you need plant based burgers, hot dogs, nuggets, and do read the ingredients in some plant based foods. Not all are as healthy as some believe.

I agree-eat your fresh veggies be well. (And do stay away from meat when possible.)

Re: Plant Based Food

Duckncover — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:55:32 GMT

KFC now is selling plant-based fake chicken....no thanks. Some of the problems with many of the plant-based foods now are using mostly soy-based products. Soy is not something I can eat. I think these foods are popular now because people still want to have fried chicken, burgers, etc...but don't want to actually eat fried chicken, hamburgers, etc.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 03:06:15 GMT

Soy is a big no-no and it is getting harder and harder to find anything that does not have soy in it. I won't touch it if at all possible.

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Porcelain — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 03:29:02 GMT

It's not mysterious. Vegetarians buy that stuff in order to eat more protein. Eating enough protein can be a challenge with a vegetarian diet. If you aren't vegetarian or vegan and you don't have religious dietary restrictions, I wouldn't worry about it. Not really your problem or your business what vegetarians do. Live and let live, right?

I have tried KFC's impossible chicken nuggets and they weren't that amazing. Just okay. They were like okay chicken nuggets, not particularly juicy. They also only had one kind of sauce available and it wasn't very good. I might have liked them more with better sauce.

The impossible burgers, on the other hand, are not bad at all. I am not vegetarian, but I like to eat less meat for ethical reasons. (And if that offends anybody, respectfully, they can go talk to a wall.) I've liked the impossible burgers I've tried. Good quality hamburger tastes better, of course.

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Jacie — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 03:35:35 GMT

I have tried the Impossible Burger. It tasted just fine. Pleasantly surprised. The problem was later on, digesting all that pea protein was hard on my system, if you get my drift! LOL!

Re: Plant Based Food

RollTide2008 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 04:02:11 GMT

Everything isn’t for everyone.

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phoenixbrd — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:23:16 GMT

Yes, it is easy to wonder why someone would spend money on pills and processed foods when you can eat the delicious plant itself. Sometimes people are in transition to a healthier life-style and it bridges the gap, or it might be perceived to be convenient, or just a lack of awareness.

@rms1954 It is a great question. Cultural values/family conditioning often determine food choices. It sometimes takes a health crisis to determine if what we have always done is best for our well being as well as others. Will Tuttle (author of the World Peace Diet...also he travels internationally with his wife frequently giving lectures)...takes a deep dive into answering your question and the consequences of how we eat.

The whole fruit/veggie/nut/seed/grain/legume is delicious, rarely eat processed food. We eat very simply...considering timing and quality/quantity as well as ethics, health, and the environment. It makes us happy, healthy, and satisfied....just our way of life.

People are emotional/passionate about their food and the choices they make. There are many perspectives...each of us decides what is best.

Re: Plant Based Food

CelticCrafter — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:29:11 GMT

To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?

Re: Plant Based Food

sandy53 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:36:00 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?

ITA! And just think of how much all that processing costs. I don't want to eat fake, make believe food. I don't want to buy fake leather, either. If you don't want to wear leather, wear fabric shoes and bags.

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Cakers3 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:08:13 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?

@CelticCrafter When people transfer their diet to vegan or even vegetarian they still want the burger. It is a process to adapt to a new way of eating.

Eating the plant-based "burger" satisfies the still active craving for a real burger. So I can understand why some will still want the taste of a burger, although "fake".

I agree about artificial flavoring and chemicals. As I said upthread, people need to read ingredients and educate themselves about what is in the "healthy" burger, nuggets, etc.

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Spurt — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:52:31 GMT

@Cakers3 wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?
@CelticCrafter When people transfer their diet to vegan or even vegetarian they still want the burger. It is a process to adapt to a new way of eating.

Eating the plant-based "burger" satisfies the still active craving for a real burger. So I can understand why some will still want the taste of a burger, although "fake".

I agree about artificial flavoring and chemicals. As I said upthread, people need to read ingredients and educate themselves about what is in the "healthy" burger, nuggets, etc.

@Cakers3

All those chemicals to make it taste like meat....SMH!

What I dont understand is that some folks turn to vegan and vegetarian lifestyles because of their love of animals, BUT they have cat and dog animal companions and feed them meat...isnt that a tad hypocritical aren't they still supporting the meat industry....🤔

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Cakers3 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:01:07 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?
@CelticCrafter When people transfer their diet to vegan or even vegetarian they still want the burger. It is a process to adapt to a new way of eating.

Eating the plant-based "burger" satisfies the still active craving for a real burger. So I can understand why some will still want the taste of a burger, although "fake".

I agree about artificial flavoring and chemicals. As I said upthread, people need to read ingredients and educate themselves about what is in the "healthy" burger, nuggets, etc.
@Cakers3

All those chemicals to make it taste like meat....SMH!

What I dont understand is that some folks turn to vegan and vegetarian lifestyles because of their love of animals, BUT they have cat and dog animal companions and feed them meat...isnt that a tad hypocritical aren't they still supporting the meat industry....🤔

@Spurt Another good point. Who knows what "meat" is in pet food, too. "Parts is parts".

I also find those who protest against the cruelty to animals still wear leather shoes, carry leather purses, etc.

Either one is for no harm at all to animals or not.

Re: Plant Based Food

JeanLouiseFinch — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:08:11 GMT

@Spurt wrote:
@Cakers3 wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?
@CelticCrafter When people transfer their diet to vegan or even vegetarian they still want the burger. It is a process to adapt to a new way of eating.

Eating the plant-based "burger" satisfies the still active craving for a real burger. So I can understand why some will still want the taste of a burger, although "fake".

I agree about artificial flavoring and chemicals. As I said upthread, people need to read ingredients and educate themselves about what is in the "healthy" burger, nuggets, etc.
@Cakers3

All those chemicals to make it taste like meat....SMH!

What I dont understand is that some folks turn to vegan and vegetarian lifestyles because of their love of animals, BUT they have cat and dog animal companions and feed them meat...isnt that a tad hypocritical aren't they still supporting the meat industry....🤔

Look at most packaged food labels and you'll see "natural flavors" listed as an ingredient. They're far from natural, all chemical. Sadly, they're hard to avoid.

Re: Plant Based Food

Still Raining — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:44:53 GMT

One of my friends always says "edible food like substances". Think she nailed it 😂

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KKJ — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:59:57 GMT

When I was growing up my mom only used margarine and while I didn't mind taste of it at the time, when I became an adult I only bought real butter and still do. Like meat substitutes, margarine is full of a lot of chemicals.

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chickenbutt — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:55:02 GMT

I was another one who always wondered why people who didn't want to eat meat wanted something to taste like and look like meat. I feel like that was answered here, so thank you all for that.

I don't judge what somebody else wants to eat. Humans are omnivores by nature but, of course, there are so many choices.

Personally, I do like meat. I eat meat. But here's the hyprocrisy with me - if I had to kill the animal I'm out. I'll go veg in a NY minute. period.

I remember back when I was a kid (pre-teen, IIRC) and we knew this one family that was all veg. They all seemed so sickly. Now, keep in mind that this would have been in the 60s, so knowledge and choices were so much less. Now there are so many more choices and much more research that has gone into creating more for those who are veg or vegan.

The only part of it that concerns me is the soy. For a LOT of us, soy is a very bad choice. I'm not up on what all they are doing now, making non-meat "meats", but I would like to see there being better choices than soy based foods. What about beans? Aren't they a good source of protein AND you can make other stuff out of them and they can be more meat-like than so many other things.

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PilatesLover — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:31:03 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
To each his own.

What I don't get is, if you are a vegan or someone that doesn't eat meat, why do you want something that tastes and looks like meat?

If you are eating something that tastes like meat doesn't that mean that they had to come up with some artificial flavoring that was probably made from chemicals?

The burgers made from pea protein and beets to simulate blood (ick) were - I believe - developed more for meat eaters who want to cut back on it.

Just my thought. I've eaten veggie burgers for years made from rice, beans, veggies - and I'm sticking with those. I tried one of the impossible type burgers and I thought it tasted gross, had a weird texture and then it upset my stomach. Sticking with black bean burgers.

Re: Plant Based Food

sueinsf — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:04:19 GMT

@rms1954 Eating plant-based food isn't usually in lieu of eating vegetables (although I suppose it could be), it's often in lieu of eating meat. As previously stated, it can be a way for vegetarians to get more protein. It's also a way for non-vegetarians to cut back on meat consumption. There are many plant-based options out there and all are not equal (both in terms of ingredients and taste). Many people eat processed foods and fast food. If you eat a balanced diet of red meat in moderation, fish and lots of vegetables then you might not be interested in plant-based foods, but many people don't eat that way.

Re: Plant Based Food

rms1954 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 20:25:14 GMT

I get it as a substitution for meat, but why why purchase plant-based tomato, cauliflower, and other vegetables? Why not just eat REAL vegetables.