The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[niklinna]

When I was studying abroad in Paris, I would go to this lunch place called Pic Nic. Their specialty was a bed of pomme frites (french fries) with two hot dogs dropped on top. But, you could also get a bed of pomme frites with a fried egg or two dropped on top too.

 

[niklinna]

If we weren't eating turkeys, they'd be eating us

So true. They're basically round T-Rexes.

 

[niklinna]

This whole situation here (as in there, as in another thread) reminds me of

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My wife is a vegetarian and she is incensed that every place has replaced good vegetarian and vegan dishes with some unholy "impossible" meat substitute.

It's disappointing that American restaurants have gone all-in on fake meat, given that other world cuisine, especially Indian, shows that there's a whole lot of amazing vegetarian dishes to be had out there.

 

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[MarkB]

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I've had this kicking around in my head for ages, keep wanting to put it to music and pictures but not getting round to it.

On the twelfth game of Christmas our DM threw at us
Twelve dragons roaring,
Eleven driders scuttling,
Ten lords of demons,
Nine bards a-prancing,
Eight mechs a-marching,
Seven swords a-swinging,
Six ghasts a-slaying,
Five cold things,
Four crawling worms,
Three hench mens,
Two tortle monks,
And an archdruid with a pet tree.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

It's disappointing that American restaurants have gone all-in on fake meat, given that other world cuisine, especially Indian, shows that there's a whole lot of amazing vegetarian dishes to be had out there.

Seconded. When I was younger (so much younger than today) I thought of vegetarianism as simply just giving up the good stuff- like wearing a hairshirt. I had even tried it sporadically, but that was usually on a trial basis for a month or two.

Then I went to a restaurant that was all vegetarian and specialized in Indian vegetarian cuisine, and I was absolutely blown away. It was amazing.

I am not a vegetarian today, but I don't think you need to have only faux meat to appreciate the appeal.

(That said, I do understand why they are all-in on fake meats. Vegetarianism, for cultural reasons in places like America, will only appeal to a small portion of people. If you're looking to combat the environmental impacts of meat eating, you need to start somewhere, and if you can capture some of the meat-eating market with these products, you are producing a net good.)

 

[Reynard]

Must it always be "all or nothing" or one extreme or the other?

 

[Ryujin]

Must it always be "all or nothing" or one extreme or the other?

 

[Thomas Shey]

It's disappointing that American restaurants have gone all-in on fake meat, given that other world cuisine, especially Indian, shows that there's a whole lot of amazing vegetarian dishes to be had out there.

I suspect its the perception that a majority of Americans may be willing to at least try a meat substitute, but wouldn't try more exotic non-meat options.