It seems there is a huge effort to make Vegan burgers, vegan hotdogs, etc. Is there anything new in the vegan world or is it constantly trying to make foods to imitate meat based recipes?
It seems there is a huge effort to make Vegan burgers, vegan hotdogs, etc. Is there anything new in the vegan world or is it constantly trying to make foods to imitate meat based recipes?
Exactly my point. Why?
Cause that’s what they’re most familiar with
It takes time, effort and a bit of creativity to work with the many vegan protein sources. For example, most people are familiar with the concept of lentils, but when I tell people that I chuck red lentils into my tomato sauce, they look at me like that cannot possibly work. Mainly, because they’re not familiar with red lentils.
On the other hand, if a product promises that it tastes like bolognese / minced meat, they’ll know that they can chuck it into tomato sauce, even though it’s just as non-traditional of a protein for this usage.
I guess, it should also be said that there’s no marketing budget behind lentils. There’s no “Beyond Meat” brand that tells you how awesome beans and nuts are. As a result, they may not be as publicly visible, even though many vegans do make use of them.
Comfort food that they might have grown up with? Probably lots of other reasons too.