On Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:39:43 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2017-08-02 10:06 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> The problem in the past is "indistinguishable" from the real thing. Most
>> of the substitutes are really crappy in texture and/or taste. Even
>> where meat is used instead of pork. Turkey bacon is horrid.
>
>My nephew and his wife are vegetarian and were always pushing their
>veggie burgers and veggie dogs, claiming they are just like meat. Well,
>they aren't just like meat. Meat is just like meat.

I agree, although I like Asian faux duck.

>>If this stuff is truly good tasting, I can see a lot of uses for it in
>> place of bacon but I'm not sure it can 100% replace it.
>
>There are various brands of vegetable based bacon bits. The are
>basically an artificially flavoured soy product with a crisp texture,
>not even suitable for a salad topping.

Yes, it's been tried before with little success. But if the article is
correct, this guy nailed it.