On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:04:32 +1000, John J > wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:39:48 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:00:40 +1000, John J > wrote:
>>>On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:29:30 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>>On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 18:49:32 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On 4/23/2014 3:42 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
>>>>>> In an effort to become more sustainable, Ikea has announced it will look
>>>>>> into greener meatballs.
>>>>>
>>>>>Gee, yeah. I'd like green meatballs.
>>>>
>>>>I don't mind decent vegetarian or even vegan food, but when it comes
>>>>as an imitation of meat... no thanks.
>>>
>>>I've had nice imitation duck a few times. From an Asian shop in
>>>Sydney.
>>
>>That's a new one on me. I'll never, ever forgot trying to eat a can of
>>Sanitarium 'vege sausages' about 30 years ago... let's just say they
>>were *nasty*
>
>Canned doesn't sound good, nor does that brand name.

No, definitely not good... it was made out of that textured vegetable
protein.

>>Speaking of duck, it's high time I made some duck with orange sauce...
>>hmm.
>
>I think the vegetarian duck was one of these items:
><http://www.lamyong.com.au/shop/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_ in_description=1&keyword=duck>

"Made mainly from wheat protein and shaped into gluten steaks". I'd be
surprised if I would enjoy those, I know my body wouldn't like the
wheat/gluten. But no seriously bad ingredients in there which is a
nice change.

I guess I have a bit of philosophical problem with the vegetarian
alternatives to meat... I'm not sure what kind of message it sends -
something like: 'yes, meat is bad, but here's something masquerading
as beef, chicken or duck'. Why not just call it something else more
along the lines of what it actually is?