On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:30:22 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-01-12 6:02 p.m., Je?us wrote:
>> On 12 Jan 2020 17:47:32 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>ng is now pushing them on TV. Meat is dead!
>>>
>>> They will improve with the links, with time. You know I'll keep you
>>> updated. BTW, I used real prosciutto in my minestrone.
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> No. If it's plant based, it's not meat. Meat is meat. Plant based
>> protein is a different thing.
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>
>I am going to step out on the ledge and suggest that it is vegetable,
>not meat.

I tend to agree.

>I have had some excellent vegetarian food. When our son lived in
>Montreal we used to go to a nearby Indian vegetarian restaurant. They
>had lentils and other legumes that we high in protein and nicely spiced.
>I liked it. My problem is with the faux meat products where they mash
>up a bunch of vegetable products and add a lot of salt and other
>seasonings to make burgers and wieners that they claim taste like meat.
>Meat tastes like meat. Vegetables can be good, but they are not meat. If
>you want meat taste, eat meat.

I eat what could be classed as vegetarian and vegan often, pretty much
daily, really. But I don't view the food that way, it's just food
without any ideology or being fashionable.