It is claimed if you put a frog in water and slowly raise the heat, it will soon be the end of the frog. For the record, the frog tale is a myth. Maybe the same is true of alternate fake foods.
I do always enjoy your posts, Mark. This one was fun! I was a vegetarian for a bit in college a long time ago, but then moved to Austria where I was shortly going to be on the verge of starving because it was hard to find vegetables and even soup broth was all meat-based (things have changed in the interim). I was about to go vegetarian again some 15 years ago and happened to read Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" and ended up taking up hunting instead, which my parents had always done when I was growing up (we never had any other meat, too poor) but hadn't taught me. I've fallen on the side of trying to eat as locally as possible, not for any abstract reasons but because it seems to be the best way to take responsibility for what my family consumes in this world. Lab-grown food doesn't feel like that, though I understand the argument for lower impact when compared with industrially-produced food, especially meat.
Except for coffee. It's such a luxury to have access to it, and I'm so grateful. Coffee, lemons, and salt. I love those things and cannot get them where I live.
Fake meat is just another processed food which is tough on the digestion and horrible for any organ not working at its optimum. (Kidneys, ahem.) I drool when I see a cow. I actually once had a holistic doc tell me to eat steak tartare. Meanwhile, I just made a batch of beef bone broth. Yummy and good for everything in the body.
Focus, attitude and energy? That's what coffee is for. No mushrooms needed. I do like mushrooms, a lot, actually, but where they belong, in salads and stir fries. I'm a fan of Beyond Burgers and Impossible Burgers but I've read articles stating they are not all that good for you. And I still love meat. Always will.
1. I haven't tried the Beyond Burger and don't plan to - it's too expensive, plus I am really not into the idea of "bleeding" fake meat. I know it's just beet "blood," but apparently bleeding food is still yucky, imho. 🧛♂️ There's enough bean, nut, veggie, and soy based patties out there already.
2. I love food, but with IBS I have to watch out for nutritional boobytraps - just last night I ate some delicious fresh cherries which caused my belly to abruptly swell up like a balloon! Simethicone to the rescue!!!!!!! I hate when that happens. 😂
3. All of the above!
Interesting post - the food pornish image of the steak makes me think that you've raised mischievous sons (and that's a good thing).
I do always enjoy your posts, Mark. This one was fun! I was a vegetarian for a bit in college a long time ago, but then moved to Austria where I was shortly going to be on the verge of starving because it was hard to find vegetables and even soup broth was all meat-based (things have changed in the interim). I was about to go vegetarian again some 15 years ago and happened to read Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" and ended up taking up hunting instead, which my parents had always done when I was growing up (we never had any other meat, too poor) but hadn't taught me. I've fallen on the side of trying to eat as locally as possible, not for any abstract reasons but because it seems to be the best way to take responsibility for what my family consumes in this world. Lab-grown food doesn't feel like that, though I understand the argument for lower impact when compared with industrially-produced food, especially meat.
Except for coffee. It's such a luxury to have access to it, and I'm so grateful. Coffee, lemons, and salt. I love those things and cannot get them where I live.
Poor frog.
Fake meat is just another processed food which is tough on the digestion and horrible for any organ not working at its optimum. (Kidneys, ahem.) I drool when I see a cow. I actually once had a holistic doc tell me to eat steak tartare. Meanwhile, I just made a batch of beef bone broth. Yummy and good for everything in the body.
Focus, attitude and energy? That's what coffee is for. No mushrooms needed. I do like mushrooms, a lot, actually, but where they belong, in salads and stir fries. I'm a fan of Beyond Burgers and Impossible Burgers but I've read articles stating they are not all that good for you. And I still love meat. Always will.
Thanks for a fun post!
Oh that is so funny to find out that mushroom coffee is just coffee with mushrooms!
I love to talk about food bc it is just so fun in the most trivial way. Esp arguments and fights about which foods are superior.
Being a life-long half and half devotee, I’d fight you on this almond milk thing, Mr. Dolan, except I just feel sorry for you.
Hmmmmm.... is that seitan sauage by any chance?
1. I haven't tried the Beyond Burger and don't plan to - it's too expensive, plus I am really not into the idea of "bleeding" fake meat. I know it's just beet "blood," but apparently bleeding food is still yucky, imho. 🧛♂️ There's enough bean, nut, veggie, and soy based patties out there already.
2. I love food, but with IBS I have to watch out for nutritional boobytraps - just last night I ate some delicious fresh cherries which caused my belly to abruptly swell up like a balloon! Simethicone to the rescue!!!!!!! I hate when that happens. 😂
3. All of the above!
Interesting post - the food pornish image of the steak makes me think that you've raised mischievous sons (and that's a good thing).