not_IOFeb 1

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Show threaddreadbeefFeb 1
When the vegetarian option becomes cheaper and tastes just as good though, continuing to eat the meat version is an explicit choice.
Show threadpahlimur

I think there is also a cooking skills gap no one acknowledges. For example tofu is way different than chicken/beef/pork. Scares a lot of people away because poorly cooked tofu is 100x worse than poorly cooked meat.

Our family eats about half vegetarian because the cost difference is still minimal and variety is fun. Animals are also way more evil than most people realize. Cows are basically the only one that won’t eat it’s friend when they are bored. Not saying it justifies earing them, but I’ve never understood why vegans put animals on a pedestal.

Feb 1 at 6:15pmWeb
Show threadsome_kind_of_guyFeb 1
The meat animals are selected for tastiness, not friendliness.
Show threadSanicHegehogFeb 2
That, and their magical ability to convert things humans can’t eat (grass) into things humans can (beef, milk). This is fundamentally why"food" animals were domesticated.
Show threadzarkanianFeb 2
I don’t put them on a pedestal. I would still be vegan even if I hated animals. You don’t have to love or even like somebody to not want them to be tortured and killed. The conditions that chickens, pigs, and cows live in aren’t something I would wish on my worst enemy.
Show threadEndlessNightmareFeb 2

Animals are also way more evil than most people realize.

This would be an argument for not breeding them into existence in the first place.

Show threadAnimalsDreamFeb 2

I think tofu is just an acquired taste. When I first started cooking it, I did all the things. Pressing, freezing then thawing, brines, breading, sauces, air frying, etc.

But the more eating it became habit, the less all that stuff mattered. When I’m preparing it now, I usually take it out of the package and immediately crush it with my hands into rough chunks into whatever I’m cooking. I actively crave the stuff enough that I will pretty much always eat a raw chunk as I’m crumbling it.