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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

mucifer

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2. For vegans it's about animal cruelty. So if a product that can mimic the taste and texture

Reply to Nitram (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:42 PM

Aug 2018

can fool people we are happy. If meat eaters eat that and not real seafood it means they also for that meal are not eating real chicken cows or other animals.

The other thing about the vegan foods are they tend to be sustainable for the environment and as far as shrimp there is no human slavery involved which does happen with lots of shrimp.

One more great thing about the fake seafood is that lots of people want to eat seafood but because of allergies they can't. They usually can have vegan substitutes.

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Vegan Seafood Is About To Become Big Business--And Not A Moment Too Soon [View all] mucifer Aug 2018 OP

Can someone explain to me why vegans want to eat food that is modeled on seafood? Nitram Aug 2018 #1

For vegans it's about animal cruelty. So if a product that can mimic the taste and texture mucifer Aug 2018 #2

Yep. Harker Aug 2018 #5

I've eaten a vegan diet Harker Aug 2018 #3

wow that's so impressive!I've only been vegan for 5 years and went vegetarian mucifer Aug 2018 #4

I salute your decisions. Harker Aug 2018 #6

I think you and I have some similarities. I named my dog Harpo mucifer Aug 2018 #9

I'll bet we do! Harker Aug 2018 #10

I've tried the new Beyond burger stuff -- too much like actual meat for me. byronius Aug 2018 #8

I understand that being vegan is about not wanting to harm animals. Nitram Aug 2018 #11

Because it's not about the taste. athena Oct 2018 #19

Well, that was a long put down of omnivores, and a whole string of straw dog arguments, but not Nitram Oct 2018 #20

Thanks for demonstrating that you weren't asking an honest question. athena Oct 2018 #21

On the contrary, I was responding to a very dishonest answer to a serious question. Nitram Oct 2018 #22

Thanks for all the insults. athena Oct 2018 #23

I can't presume to answer your question Harker Aug 2018 #13

I lived in Aisa for 20 years, and my impression was that the mock food is popular because it is so Nitram Aug 2018 #14

Ah. Harker Aug 2018 #16

Japan is an outlier on the Buddhist spectrum when it comes to diet. Nitram Aug 2018 #17

I love this place. Thanks! n/t Harker Aug 2018 #18

Gardein's Fish Sticks are, so far, the finest vegan seafood I've ever tasted. byronius Aug 2018 #7

Oh yes! deek Aug 2018 #15

Careful -- those are the gateway drugs to veganism ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2018 #12

I am naive enough to think I might have an answer Croney Oct 2018 #24