Does the Vegetarian Trait affect anything besides food choices?
Motoki:
Quote from: Trubble on 2009 July 03, 15:28:38
I do agree with the part about tofu though, it's disgusting.
It really depends on how you make it and what you do with it. If you just eat it plain, well it really doesn't taste like much it's more a texture and a glob of protein and fat.
I find most people seem to like it fried, particularly when it's put with a sauce or recipe, like with Asian food. You can also cook with it and blend it in recipes where it acts somewhat as a binding agent.
I know in Japan they will basically just take a square of plain tofu, pour some sauce over it, throw some sesame seeds on top and go to town and eat it. For most westerners though that won't work for them. ;)
Also, in Asia tofu isn't considered a meat substitute per say and it's not an either or situation. There are dishes that have tofu and meat traditionally, like Ma Bo Tofu.
Zazazu:
Quote from: fway on 2009 July 03, 05:58:11
I don't think I could afford fish due to my budget, unless I got the frozen kind (not fish sticks, but something like "Gorton's" fish filets), but it would be insulting to my taste buds.
Visit your local Asian supermarket. I'll admit to being spoiled in that regard, we have a huge one about three blocks from my current place and several dinky ones just a bit more south. Asian supermarkets are well known for their sushi-quality fish, and typically are very economical. As a singleton, I prefer to get a big fillet and then cut it into portions. I eat one right away and store the rest in the freezer. Broiled or baked salmon is my main preference, but I also like some general white fish dipped in flour and sauted in lemon and lime sauce with a dash of tequila. Rice and snap peas on the side. Nums.
Crab is only purchased when it's on sale, and then only snow crab. King crab hurts. I don't have one of those cracker things.
I'm so bringing fish for Jimmy to cook tonight. We don't throw my fish, only the inevitable left over hamburgers.
ciane:
I choose to eat no meat. I don't look at foods as "meat" substitutes. I also do not like soy or tofu as meat alternatives. I eat nuts and beans for protein. I add flaxseed oil to pasta. It gives me omega-3 fatty acids and I like a little oil on my pasta since I don't add butter or cheese. I also like some veggie burgers made by Morning Star, particularly the spicy black bean and the tomato basil ones. I don't eat them because I want a burger. I eat them because someone cut up and mixed the veggies for me and it'll only take me a few minutes to heat them up. If I want them to taste better, I add some chopped raw veggies like squash, cucumber, alvocado, carrots, etc. My husband, a big meat-eater, even asks for veggie burgers once in a while because he likes the way they taste.
Regina:
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I also do not like soy or tofu as meat alternatives. I eat nuts and beans for protein.
To my mind, if a person is vegan, I would imagine that nuts and legumes would be the best source of protein.
I wasn't meaning to slam vegetarians in my above post. I've been around enough to know that simply put, different people's bodies require different types of food. I do, however, get very tired of those (most likely not here, just in other places I see) talking about meat substitutes and the like. I can't help but think if a person isn't going to eat meat, why do they want a meat substitute? :D
We actually have quite a few meatless dishes we've come up with, much of them using black beans. We are very fond of canned black beans for quick dishes because for one thing, they're cheap, and for another thing they are low-glycemic. One of my daughter's favorites involves black beans, broccoli, tomato sauce, basil, garlic, romano or parmesan cheese and some other seasonings. It makes a wonderful lunch. We are all terribly carnivorous around here, though.
I've also found that when it comes to foods, we do tend to acquire tastes for a lot of things we don't like to begin with. I have also noticed there are times when after years of eating something I suddenly can't stand the taste of it. This happened with zucchini two years ago. It's no big loss since zucchini is mainly just a bag of water with very little vitamins, but it is irritating because I actually liked the stuff before.
HeyYeah:
One thing people who are baffled by meat substitutes tend to forget is that meat substitues RARELY, if ever, taste much like the meat they're supposed to be replacing.
I personally don't like hamburger. Dead cow is fine as a slab, but all ground up, not so much. Rather than have to make something entirely different when my family grills up some burgers, I have a soy burger. It tastes nothing like hamburger (nor is the texture even terribly similar), but it isn't half bad with some ketchup and onions on it.
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