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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Sometimes I do take a vegetarian appatizer at restaurants, but never if it's some sort of "meat replacement". Why eat a "meat replacement"? I'd rather eat real meat. But I do love cheese, beans and other forms of proteins. But I'll probably never take a vegetarian main course, I love meat and fish too much for that.
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I'm not fond of fake meat dishes either. Though when I was in England, I ate some spectacular Quorn vegetarian "sausages". (Quorn is a brand-name for foods made from mycoprotein or mushroom/fungal proteins.) The fake meat products can make it easier for someone who is transitioning to vegetarian eating in that their meals won't look very different from before and yet they can feel virtuous that they're eating more healthily. Now, the risk is that the manufacturers of fake meat products pump them up with extra fat and artificial flavors to try and capture the esthetics of the meat and what you get is actually less healthy.