Vegans and Fake Food

February 7, 2006

I’m writing about fake food. I didn’t believe that food could be faked. That is until the wonder of the information super highway thingy. Quite frankly, I was better off believing that vegans just ate veggies and fruits. Then I did a little research.

It’s a burger, buts it’s made out of soy, so it’s okay! But if it’s made out of soy, then how is it a burger? The package says that it’s a soy burger mix. So maybe they blended them together to make it healthier! But that would go against the vegan principles. So that means it could only be made out of soy, then it can’t be a burger, but it looks and says burger and I’m so confused.

Lets take a look at other vegan products.

This is a veggie ear, for a dog. Alrighty then. I may not like the principles, but if that’s what your going to stand up for then you go do it, commit yourself, I’m with you 100%! Not on the topic, the committing and believing. But forcing it upon an animal that is supposed to hunt is just cruel. It may not tell the difference, but it needs those nutrients in that form to be healthy. It's your choice to guzzle pills, but dogs aren’t meant to do that.

And now, for the milk.

The meat I can understand (no I can’t), but what is wrong with dairy? It doesn’t kill the animals, and somebody has to inspect the dairy farms to insure they’re safe and such. And it’s not economically smart to abuse the cows since it wouldn’t produce milk. So yeah, it just puts me at a loss.

“There are many different brands and types of soy milk available these days, each with quite a different flavor. Many people who try soymilk for the first time do not like the brand they try and from then on label all soymilk as disgusting and avoid it altogether. We suggest that people try several brands to help find one that suits their taste.” Soy must be an acquired taste, because I tried it and hated it. Of course that’s just because it was a certain brand, not because its juice and totally bizarre.

So all the vegans really have are fruits and veggies. Replicating every other food won’t work because it’s still a fruit or veggie, just looks different. However, this odd belief that everything can be recreated with a bean or rice or whatever is starting to annoy me. It’s a bean that looks different and trying to comprehend the whole thing really just makes me want to lie down.

Name: Minerva, Goddess of geeks. Age: 14 Occupation: Writing food essays, going to school and driving Mom crazy. Hobbies: Collecting quotes, petting dogs, messing up my friend's hair and annoying my Mom. Life so far: Born. Made it through middle school alive. My Favs: Ice cream, my dog, .hack , 3rd period, the Daily Show, british humor. anime, the Discovery Channel and my iPod. My Minions: my dog, Duke, Phil the Wizard Monkey of Oz, Ed Elric and Patsy Stone.

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