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In article >, Jeßus says...
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> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:35:45 +1100, Bruce >
> wrote:
>
> >In article >, Jeßus says...
> >>
> >> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:52:59 +1100, Bruce >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> IME, any vegetarian recipes that try to emulate meat range from being
> >> not very nice to outright awful. The best vegetarian recipes don't
> >> bother to even try to pretend to be meat.

> >
> >Mock duck replaces meat and I really like it. I don't mind what it
> >replaces as long as it tastes that good. I'd eat it on a stick as an ice
> >cream replacement.

>
> LOL, duck ice cream.
>
> Ingredients suggest it's nasty, from wikipedia:
> "Mock duck is a gluten-based vegetarian food. It is made of wheat
> gluten, oil, sugar, soy sauce, and salt. It is thus high in protein.
> Its distinctive flavor and artificial "plucked duck" texture
> distinguish it from other forms of commercially available gluten
> products"


> Regardless, I'd try it out of sheer curiosity. Duck is one of my very
> favourite meats, not that I would expect mock duck to be actually
> duck-like.


That's not a bad ingredient list. I think there's also some ancient
Chinese wizardry involved in the production. Whether you'd like the
flavour is another matter.