> One thing I don't understand:
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> Vegetarians generally don't eat meat because of ethical reasons, right? Then why are there so many vegetarian versions of meat things? I've been seeing stuff like gardenburgers, tofu dogs, and all sorts of soylicious food shaped like meat things while cruisin' through the produce section of the new supermarket.
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> So there you are, against eating meat but you're willing to eat something that looks like it? It doesn't make sense to me.
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> -Faux "I'm throwing a barbecue this weekend!" Pas

There's this one particular type of veggieburgers that I really love. I have them quite often. They taste *nothing* like meat, they're just rice and about twelve diced vegetables all compressed up into a burgery shape. I wouldn't eat them in a burger, but they're great on their own. Things purporting to be meat "replacements" just gross me out, however.

I eat meat, but occasionally go for weeks without it. I tend to go temporarily vegetarian after incidents occur which mean I can't avoid thinking about what meat actually *is*. Pork is right off the menu, because on my medical course we practise suturing and injections etc on pig parts, and it looks way too much like human skin and muscle for me to *ever* eat pork again. Very rare steak is the same, I used to like it that way once but not now.

Brunnen-"doubt I'll ever go completely veggo, though"G