If vegitarians hate eating meat so much, why go to so much effort to have meat flavour.. yet meat free food..?

Question

If you like the taste of it so much just eat meat..!!

Answer 1

I agree totally. I used to work with a girl who was vegan but used to each veggie "bacon", looked like bacon, tasted like bacon but wasn't - really strange.

Answer 2

Ah, another brilliant mind who thinks he's found a loophole in the vegetarianism conspiracy. lol.

First, one vegetarian cannot speak for all vegetarians. Just like one omnivore cannot speak for all omnivores.

Some vegetarians "hate" eating animal flesh. It's not the taste, it's the fact that a life was taken for nothing more than 15 minutes of human pleasure.

Some vegetarians believe that it's against their religion to kill god's creatures, to take life (any life), or to eat what they considered a secondary food (animals eat animals and plants, making them a secondary food).

Some vegetarians simply dislike the taste of meat.

Some vegetarians know how unhealthy meat it and choose to avoid it.

As far as mock meats, eschewing meat products doesn't mean that they hate the taste. And since such similar products can be made without killing things and without contributing to cancers, why not eat it?

Question back to you - why does what vegetarians choose not to eat bother you so much? Why not spend some of that time you spend obsessing on vegetarians on something that can make the world a better place? You know, like educating your fellow omnivores on how not to be obese?

Answer 3

My daughter turned veggie at 7 as she has always been an animal lover and it was at that age that she suddenly realised that when you eat meat you are in fact eating a dead animal.
Up to then she had enjoyed the taste and texture of meat but could no longer bring herself to eat a lamb, a chicken, a pig, a cow, etc.
She gets similar taste and texture from these veggie meat alternatives. And there's no gristle or fatty bits. The rest of the family (meat-eaters) enjoy these alternatives from time to time too!

Answer 4

Many vegetarians object to the way meat is mass produced and slaughtered, not the taste. I personally am a bit of a carnivore, if it ain't got a face, I don't eat it lol. but I do eat good organic meat...

If I had to shop for all my meat at a supermarket like ASDA, I too would be a vegetarian.

Answer 5

I dont consume anything that remotely resembles meat. I know there are meat subs out there, but I enjoy my fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains. Dont generalize so much on a topic you know nothing about. Not all vegetarians are the same, any more than all meat eaters are. I don't like the taste of decaying flesh. This radish I am nibbling on is out of this world, fresh, crisp, alive, delish!

Answer 6

For one thing, there is a lot of different reasons to be a vegetarian. You may not like meat, you may think the slaughtering of animals is inhumane, you be unable to have meat due to your health, etc. Meat substitutes are usually healthier and allow the people with health issues and the people who think slaughtering animals is cruel to be able to enjoy the taste of meat.

Answer 7

I can't speak for every veggie but I don't eat the meat flavoured veggie stuff, i don't like it because it tastes like meat. i eat lots of vegetables, potatoes, rice, pasta etc but nothing that tastes of meat.

Answer 8

No all veggies are like that. I cringe at the sight and smell of meat. I don't flavor my food with anything that resembles meat.
Believe it or not, there are people out there who are perfectly satisfied with consuming great-tasting fruit, veggies and beans. :-)

Answer 9

I think the taste for the flavor is inherent to humans being carnivores.
So, adding meat flavor makes sense, while eliminating the meat itself.

Answer 10

my brother in law is veggie,and no way would he eat meat flavoured food, i once did a bonfire night party up my sisters house and when he saw me cooking hotdogs for his grandkids, he went out and bought a new pan,he is just unbelieveable.

Answer 11

I don't mind that so much, but what I do find strange is the concept of 'vegan mayonnaise'.

Now, forgive me if I'm wrong here, but is not the primary ingredient of mayonnaise egg?

And if so, what the heck is in 'vegan mayonnaise'????

I'd steer well clear - bound to be made up of some manmade compound that sooner or later is going to probably turn out to be linked to cancer, or something...