#good meat substitutes

[bastardofodin]

So, I tried this vegan cold cuts ham substitute today, and I will say I am impressed. It tastes good, it has a great consistency, it smells good. Solid 9/10. Absolutely will be getting more Simple Truth vegan sandwich meat. I'm vegetarian, for the record, as eating meat makes me physically sick. Anyway, just felt the need to share the tasty thing I discovered today. SANDWICHES ARE BACK ON THE MENU, FOLKS!!

[sysig]

Haha, this Winterkov stuff is fun- where did all these other feelings come from (Patreon)

[eve-will-perceive]

my word i see why danny is a vegetarian that curry slaps so much harder with tofu instead of chicken

[alarming-prism]

i went to a vegetarian restaurant with my roommate for an early birthday dinner last week and y'all. i've been vegetarian since i was two years old. this was the first time i can ever remember being able to eat everything on the menu. i had options?? i had to choose?? i can't believe people live like this y'all have no idea

[piedoesnotequalpi]

I do not discuss my cooking habits or lack thereof much on here but Cook As You Are is already my most-used cookbook relative to how long I've owned it and I am recommending it to everyone who has to cook for themselves

[patchesjam]

if you look up 'adobong kangkong' recipe and switch the kangkong with spinach that's a good food with soy sauce -yumi

ohhhh looks yummy thank you very much might give this a try!

[jakeabel]

maybe next year is when i finally go vegan

[ghwosty]

feeling pretty vindicated in my decision to go more vegetarian in my diet overall. It all started bc my cholesterol has been elevated in my last two lipid panels. After the first test I decided to cut red meat and dairy milk (but not cheese lol) from my diet. The second lipid panel didn't improve very much, so I decided to take it a step further and cut virtually all meat with very very occasional exceptions (even then I keep it to turkey or fish/shellfish). Got the bloodwork done again and went into my doc earlier today to review the results and my bad cholesterol is going down and my good cholesterol is up! and by a lot! And tbh even before knowing that Ive been noticing that Ive been feeling pretty good too, I don't feel nearly as sluggish and generally bleh as I had been.

[genuflecting]

I've reached a new resurgence of hunger two years into testosterone where I have started to crave meat again, but after four years of being vegetarian I find meat conceptually disgusting so it's like coming to terms with a repressed fetish

[queenofalmosts]

My parents went to have thai food and they were going to bring me home a curry, preferably with tofu as the protein, but apparently tofu isn't an option unless you pay $5 extra.... so like you can get the curry with chicken, beef or pork for the normal price with no extra charge, but if you want tofu as the protein it's an extra $5.00..... when tofu is way cheaper than any kind of meat and a whole package of tofu at the store is like under $3... be for fucking real.... like every other thai place I've been to just includes tofu as a protein option for no extra charge or like 1 to 2 dollars at most... except for this place apparently... five extra dollars for tofu... ridiculous... they ended up getting red curry with just vegetables which was good I guess, but still cost like $15.95 with no main protein which is frankly ridiculous imo

[what-even-is-thiss]

As an omnivore who likes vegan and vegetarian cooking I think the mistake a lot of people make when trying to convince meat eaters to go plant based is trying to convince them that something you’ve got will replace meat for them.

I like vegan nuggets and real chicken nuggets for different reasons. They taste different. They only taste identical to you because you haven’t eaten meat for five years.

When cooking for myself I only eat meat maybe like three times a week because vegetarian cooking is often cheaper and it tastes good.

Like just give people the actual recipes you use that aren’t pasta. Every time you ask what to eat on a meatless day people are like. Pasta. I don’t want pasta every day.

Point out the foods people already eat that are vegetarian. Like sweet potato fries, veggie chow mein, grilled mushrooms, mashed potatoes, black bean enchiladas, peanut butter sandwiches. Tell people what you microwave when you’re drunk at 3am. Show people that vegetables are so good they’ll want them in their diet.

Also some people are just never gonna go vegan. They’re just not. I’m certainly not, and I love vegan food. But since I’ve fallen in love with vegetarian cooking I eat meat much less and I’m much more careful about picking the meat I do eat. Doesn’t that align with a lot of your goals?

Impossible burger doesn’t taste like meat. But you know what tastes really good? A mushroom fajita taco. Falafel. Potato pancakes with applesauce. Smoky vegan collared greens. Hot potato salad with herbs. Palak paneer with rice. Tofu Pad Thai with extra peanuts. Some of my favorite foods of all time, and I’m a dirty rotten meat eater. Use THAT to get your foot in the door. And be more accepting of some half-assed victories. I’m on your side for the most part, believe it or not. But stop trying to claim certain things are just like meat. You and I both know you don’t plan most of your weeknight dinners around meat substitutes.

[us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2]

as someone who's had alot of shellfish basically it's this part of the meat texture and taste wise?

just more fishy and like the ocean, personally I prefer just the fatty parts of the meat more than like non-kosher fish.

though there is vegan recipes for making kosher shellfish.

tbh oyster mushrooms literally are the exact same texture, not the taste though. but you can probably wrap them in salmon skin or cook in fish stock or something and it'd taste way closer.

but idk :P

people who describe converts as "Jews by choice" are so funny to me. There was no choice. You didn't choose this. Ever since your soul was on mount sinai, you were as forced into this as any of us. The only difference between my Judaism and yours is that you had a period of non Judaism, Jelly btw, did you ever get to eat lobster? what was that like?

[foundationsofdecay]

I’m definitely gonna be eating at like 10pm at this rate but it’ll be worth it

[foxmulderautism]

seated (stood up) to investigate the grocery stores veganuary stuff

[clockwayswrites]

Danny in Metropolis, ch4 p1

aka: Kon is so gay and so gone for this disaster twink

masterpost no concrit/editing please. very headache, very sleepy, very hand hurty <3

For the first time since Kon had started bringing them for him, Danny wasn’t finishing his lunch. It was extra worrying because Danny hadn’t even touched the dried mango slices, which was one of his absolute favorite lunch time items. Kon hated himself a little for knowing that and noticing, but he did and had. He noticed a lot of little things about Danny.

That day Kon was noticing how pale Danny was, that the circle under his eyes were darker, that his eyes were a little glassy. All Kon could think of was that conversation were Clark had asked if Danny had been sick and a list: Gatorade, jello, broth, fake cherry flavoring.

With their other friends at the table, Kon couldn’t even ask about Danny if he was feeling sick. He was sure if he had tried that Danny would just laugh it off. He always tried to laugh things off. Which meant for the rest of the day that Kon just had to worry and notice.

Notice Danny growing more fatigued. Notice how he drooped. Notice the bit of blood crusted around Danny’s nose after he got back from the bathroom in last period.

Kon picked up Danny’s backpack when the bell rung and they stood to leave. Danny looked at him with furrowed brows, but Kon just slung it on his front and raised his chin with a jut. “I’m walking you home—mine or yours, whichever.”

Danny rolled his eyes, but even that motion didn’t have any heart in it. “Don’t want to be a bother.”

“For like the hundredth time, you’re not a bother. My parents love you and Jon can’t wait to bug you about more space facts.”

Danny blushed faintly and rubbed at the back of his neck. “They do not love me.”

“They love you,” Kon said confidently. “You’re a good influence on my or some shit. They think you’re all polite and adorable.”

Danny gave a little snort. “I am polite and adorable.”

Kon gave a little shrug, which was hindered by the two backpacks he had on. “Never said they were wrong.”

Danny sputtered at Kon’s easy response and blushed a little deeper.

“My place then? Lois is making walking tacos which is like, the one thing that she can reliably make and not mess up. I think it’s because it’s just adding taco seasoning to ground turkey. Oh, are you up for meat tonight? We can do chickpeas for you if you aren’t,” Kon said. As long as he kept talking he knew that Danny would just follow. It was a little underhanded, but Kon figured sometimes Danny needed that to take care of himself. “I talked to Jon’s little demon friend and he said that chickpeas were a really good substitution for meat a lot of times. But also there will be baked beans cause we always have those with walking tacos so maybe you don’t want anything else? Anyways, the option is there. Do you even like chickpeas?”

“Chickpeas is humus, yeah? I like them like that,” Danny said after a beat where he was clearly trying to catch up with Kon’s stream of words. “But what the hell are ‘walking tacos’?”

“Oh, ah, Frito salad? Taco bowl? Taco salad? Taco meat, beans, and cheese over lettuce and Fritos. M—Lois will have salsa and sour cream too,” Kon explained.

“Oh. Yeah, my old school used to do those for lunch sometimes. That seems like a weird thing to be good at making,” Danny pointed out.

“Lois says it’s because of the walking part, it’s good to eat on the road between stories,” Kon said. “Convince store food and things you can make in a hotel room are her specialties.”

Danny chuckled at that (the first laugh Kon had heard from him that day). “That’s almost hard to believe. She seems so…big.”

“Big?”

"Danny shrugged. “Larger than life. Big city. Powerful. She’s a whirlwind, like you are.”

Kon blinked. “You think I’m a whirlwind?”

“Yep,” Danny said, popping the P. “I mean, like, where even are we? I don’t know how we got here, I was just caught up in whirlwind Conner.”

Kon snorted. “We’re taking a short cut back to my place so I can make you take a damn nap.”

“Nap. A nap sounds really good,” Danny said dreamily.