The vegan scrapple that Jane presented to Scrappy is, believe it or not, A REAL PRODUCT! In fact, it took second place at this year’s — and again, I am NOT making this up — annual ScrappleFest, held every year in Philadelphia.
There’s been a long, on-going debate between my brother-in-law and myself over the point of “imitation meat” foods. He feels that if someone is going vegetarian and giving up meat, then … well, they should give up meat. To eat some soy-based, texturized, and somewhat-similarly-but-not-quite “burger” or “chik’n wings” seems pointless at best.
I, on the other hand, maintain that for those of us who only turn to vegetarianism because they just can’t stand the thought of where the meat on their plate comes from, imitation meats are the perfect food. I can have a cup of chicken soup, a cheeseburger, or some bacon with my breakfast, and happily — and more importantly, guiltlessly — chomp away.
But I may have to agree with him on the vegan scrapple. Erk.
Id say imatation meat is for if you go veg for medical reasons if you just dont like how animals are treated a lot of places get meat from small farms they are normoly a lot more human and dont eat as much
From a joke heard the other day: “If vegetarians are so against meat, why do they mash and shape their veggies to look like meat? What is vegetarian about ‘I’ll have a veggie burger with fake bacon’?” I wish we could use more meatless products, but many of them are based on gluten – a no-no. Sigh.