Fake Meat Fails

[Kamaji]

Fake Meat Fails

By Ward Clark
August 14, 2023

It's hard to understand the reasoning behind fake meat.

Bear in mind that everyone is, and should be, free to eat what they like, with no interference from others. Think about it for a few moments, though. If you really don't like meat, that's fine, but why then would you go to the time and trouble of buying and eating something that tried to look and tastes like meat? If you think eating meat is immoral - it's not, but people may believe as they please - then the same question applies.

The real thing is available. Why go for the poor substitute?

Apparently, that thought is occurring to a lot of people just now.

Here’s some news for foodie scolds who want to put our favorite meat dishes out to pasture: The “flight to plant-based foods” phenomenon hit the wall this summer, and there’s no end in sight to the downward spiral.

The meat-hating media wanted us to believe that bogus beef is driving out the real enchilada to improve our health and save forests from greenhouse-gas emissions.

But it’s all baloney.

Beyond Meat, which claims to be the No. 1 seller worldwide of plant-based meat substitutes, announced this week that it lost $53 million in the second quarter of 2023 as its US revenue fell 40 percent.

That's chuckle-inducing. In case you're wondering, here, from the Beyond Meat website, is a list of ingredients for one of their burger patties:

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Source:  https://www.redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/14/fake-meat-fails-n2162625

[rangerrebew]

Fake Meat Fails
By Ward Clark | 5:21 PM on August 14, 2023

It's hard to understand the reasoning behind fake meat.

Bear in mind that everyone is, and should be, free to eat what they like, with no interference from others. Think about it for a few moments, though. If you really don't like meat, that's fine, but why then would you go to the time and trouble of buying and eating something that tried to look and tastes like meat? If you think eating meat is immoral - it's not, but people may believe as they please - then the same question applies.


The real thing is available. Why go for the poor substitute?

Apparently, that thought is occurring to a lot of people just now.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/08/14/fake-meat-fails-n2162625

[PeteS in CA]

Expensive mediocrity doesn't sell? Who knew? Vegans would do far better if they created foods that are so tasty that people eating the foods don't care the foods have no meat, dairy, or other animal products. Much as vegetarian Indian foods do.

[Kamaji]

Expensive mediocrity doesn't sell? Who knew? Vegans would do far better if they created foods that are so tasty that people eating the foods don't care the foods have no meat, dairy, or other animal products. Much as vegetarian Indian foods do.

Exactly.

[catfish1957]

This product does have some validity for people with chloesterol, heart issues who love meat.

I have neither mofos , so fire up the grill.    

[Smokin Joe]

Unless you are chowing down on predators, meat is plant based.
Cow eats grass and converts it to beef. I eat beef. 

Now, most fish eat fish and other critters, so they aren't plant based.
Chickens and ducks go after bugs, which technically are animals...so they fail the test.

Make mine a Ribeye please, about and inch thick and at least 16 oz.