All About Yves

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Thanks for saying that about nutritionally bereft Yves

veggie food (message excerpt copied in below). I've

battled with this business of not liking fake me*t - I

really really dislike it, although I do eat tofu,

tempeh, tvp ;=) But I just can't see that most

preflavoured, preformed vegetarian 'meats' like bakon

or sossidge or other such me*t substitutes have

anything to add to our lives except an illusion that

we are leading healthier ones for a. omitting me*t and

then b. substituting something with the name

'un-salami' or whatever. The first is true imnsho, but

for the second I'd have to say that more is definitely

less ;=)

 

I don't think that to be a vegetarian/vegan one should

simply substitute the 'fakes' for the 'real thing'.

Don't get me wrong. It's a time-honored tradition,

especially in the cultures that perfected various

wonderful vegetarian cuisines (which I have been

trying to reproduce in my own kitchen for several

decades now). But the concept doesn't translate too

well to western eating habits, as shown by the Yves

'Lunchable' mentioned. Not only is the Yves meal you

describe nutritionally bereft, but it is guaranteed to

wreck any possible appreciation for good food.

 

And how's *that* for a rant at seven o'clock on a

beautiful Saturday morning. And now back to marinating

the tofu for lunch *lol*

 

Best,

 

Pat in Montreal ;=)

 

>But what really turned me from being an Yves fan is

>>the fact that Yves now markets a vegetarian version

>>of the devil's own packaged food, the Lunchable.

>Yves's Good Lunch features fake bologna, string

>cheese, white-flour crackers, cookies, and a box of

apple juice. Great! Now vegetarian kids can eat as

nutritionally bereft a lunch as their carnivorous counterparts.

 

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if yer into faux *meats*

 

kewl

if yer not

 

Kewl as well

 

its all in wot YOU want to do...

 

everyone is different

 

me..i like some of em, hate some of them...

 

i didn't stop eatin meat because of the taste...

tho, fer years the smell of cookin flesh has turned my tum tum...

 

at the same time, i've had portabello mushrooms that tasted soooooooooo close to pork i had the chef come out and assure me. that yes, that is a vegan mushroom, no pig juice added, no butter....

 

I don't think that to be a vegetarian/vegan one should

simply substitute the 'fakes' for the 'real thing'.