Mike at Taree

Good healthy farming stock here, not W&nky anaemic vegans ... went into town today and stocked up on cubed goat and water buffalo, some curries coming on
If I wanted to live somewhere civilised I'd never have left West Denton

NATIONAL-VELVET

Seriously?

chris955

Why does eating meat equate to cruelty?

NATIONAL-VELVET

Mmm it's good stuff! Everything is made from something. Luckily for us veggies it tastes good (unlike a lot of processed foods with dodgy derivatives that taste awful).

I'm curious about the 'faux burger' they've produced in a lab - where can I buy one?! GMO food may well be the way of the future for our grandchildren, as there won't be enough meat to feed the world's growing population.

NATIONAL-VELVET

Eating meat doesn't (the animal is already dead), but the way in which a lot of them are killed, does. For me it's also the squeamishness of putting something dead in my mouth. Please don't let's turn the OP's innocuous thread into veggy-bashing. Accept that not everyone eats meat, and get over it. 'We' don't try and question your tastes, preferences or morals. The OP asked where she could source a particular food for her particular diet. Let's concentrate on helping her, shall we?

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chris955

I dont know if those comments were directed at me but I just asked why eating meat equates to cruelty, I didnt mention veggies

NATIONAL-VELVET

No, not particularly aimed at you, just noticed that we seemed to be going off-topic - i.e. discussing people's dietary preferences as opposed to trying to find 'fakon' (what I call 'fake bacon'), etc.

nm1005

thanks for all the helpful comments! Found some dry soya pieces in an Asian grocers today which were really nice...and some cheaper tofu in a chinese market! Quorn is great but so expensive here. Will be hard to eat it as much as back home so glad to have found some alternatives.

And for those of you asking, I like the taste of quorn and it's a healthy way to fill yourself up if you're veggie!

NATIONAL-VELVET

Glad you've managed to source some :-) I like the facon and fam over here (fake bacon / fake ham) - great to put in sandwiches (I get bored with egg / cheese / egg / cheese so it provides variety). Also nice chopped up in scrambled eggs.

Anyway, I think I'm the one going off topic now (I'll be swopping menu suggestions next!) so go enjoy your Quorn and hopefully if / when we get out there, there'll be some left for me! ;-)

roaringmouse

Yes, seriously. Then source meat from a place where the slaughter practices satisfy your requirements, whatever they may be. What on earth do you eat then? Plants (fruit, veg etc) are living things too, and they're either still alive or dead when you put them in your mouth.

roaringmouse

So you object to the slaughter of animals that you might eat, but not the slaughter of animals as a result of the dairy industry although you eat those products? Interesting.

sr71

Vegans are even worse, they'll happily use things such as computers, LVD screens, phones, batteries etc which are full of slaughtered animal byproducts.

old.sparkles

Are they?

Do you have a source?

Mike at Taree

On topic, if you like fake meat another interesting foodlike substance is Seitan (hail almighty Seitan ).

It's made from wheat protein and widely available in Asian Stores as mock duck, mock abalone, mock whatever. I don't mind it as it gives a really nice Asian kick to a stir fry - I use it with chicken and it's sometimes hard to determine which is the seitan chunk and which is the chicken chunk.

And yes it's gluten. The "gluten intolerance" thing is pathetic and a marketing exercise to demonise the very name "gluten". Gluten is the protein in wheat, many other grains, and thus in bread, pasta, couscous, chappatis, samosas, noodles etc. If it wasn't for gluten whole populations would kark it.

Kim67

The flavoured Soyco Tofu range at Woolworths is really nice.

http://www2.woolworthsonline.com.au/...Fsearch%3Dtofu