On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:01:18 +0100, "tim..."
wrote:

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it's just that I have yet to sample a "pretend meat" vegetarian product
that
didn't taste vile

Then you either haven't tried many or have some very well conditioned
taste buds?

It's not taste, it's texture

Make your mind up!

it's all wrong

Well it's all wrong for what?

If you were given meat for the first time, what would you *expect*
it's texture to be or any food for that matter?

Part of my lack of interest in meat pre going cruelty-free was that I
was very easily put off a meal by what the texture of the meat was
like. By that I meant it went from ok (at best) to nearly making me
heave and meaning I couldn't finish that meat on that meal (and often
putting me of that meat for a long time) ... like finding a 'tube' in
liver or an eye on a fish. But then the eye thing is the same for many
people ... because it reminded then what they are eating isn't just
meat but was part of an animal.

But yes, there are some meat replacement things that aren't
'brilliant' either but it's relatively early days for the commercial
stuff to become more refined.

Most meat free minces serve very well against minced animal flesh (in
say a spag bol of chili) and the Quorn chunks are fine in say a
'chicken curry' or casserole. The quorn 'fish fingers' are fine with
peas and rice or potatoes of some kind or even in a sandwich with
cucumber, tomato and some vegan salad cream.

Today's brunch (around 2 today) was baked beans on once slice of my
homemade whole grain bread, some fried mushrooms (just a teaspoon of
veg oil) with a few slices of a savoury Seitan.

Just got in (19:30) from a 5 mile dog walk and am just thinking about
what to do for dinner, but I'm not starving hungry so might just have
a tin of veg soup.

If I'm still peckish later might have some cheese (Applewood Vegan
Smoky Cheese alternative) on Ryvita, with a bit of pickle.

Daughter has just got us a batch of Asda's vegan offerings to try so a
bit more fun finding out what they are like. We haven't eaten anything
we didn't like at all so far (since Jan1) and have actually enjoyed
the vast majority of it (and some things we haven't enjoyed the first
time round we have enjoyed when cooking it differently etc).

So it all depends on how open minded you are, or can / are allowed to
be (by the rest of the family) and how much you really care for
animals etc. We have found most of it pretty easy, just with a couple
of things to crack (excuse the pun), like my scrambled eggs on toast
(daughter has done one that she said was pretty good).

Oh, just remembered, we have some vegan Magnums in the freezer ... ;-)

Cheers, T i m