What are you eating?

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

Lasagna and homemade bread.

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

You'll be happy to hear that the last several days I've eaten vegetarian bacon.

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

You'll be happy to hear that the last several days I've eaten vegetarian bacon.

I am happy to hear it!

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

You'll be happy to hear that the last several days I've eaten vegetarian bacon.

I am happy to hear it!

We also recently had an amazing vegetarian Peking duck meal kit, and I had a vegetarian gyros pack the other day that was pretty good (we have another pack to eat today, and this time I made sure to get red onion and tzatziki for it).

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:

Brenden wrote:Aldi has a cheese and onion hot cross bun this year. I think that'd be very nice as a bacon roll.

Vegetarian bacon?

The pig may or may not have had a vegetarian diet.

You'll be happy to hear that the last several days I've eaten vegetarian bacon.

I am happy to hear it!

We also recently had an amazing vegetarian Peking duck meal kit, and I had a vegetarian gyros pack the other day that was pretty good (we have another pack to eat today, and this time I made sure to get red onion and tzatziki for it).

Oh, so maybe you'll go fully vegetarian sometime soon? Or am I being profoundly, excessively over-optimistic?

McTaggartfan wrote:Oh, so maybe you'll go fully vegetarian sometime soon? Or am I being profoundly, excessively over-optimistic?

The latter.

Unfortunately, besides the duck, all these things are woefully protein deficient. It's laughable that they advertise on the front of the package "15% protein!"

Brenden wrote:

McTaggartfan wrote:Oh, so maybe you'll go fully vegetarian sometime soon? Or am I being profoundly, excessively over-optimistic?

The latter.

Unfortunately, besides the duck, all these things are woefully protein deficient. It's laughable that they advertise on the front of the package "15% protein!"

Better that one should be nutrient deficient, in my mind.

Brenden thinks his precious macros are more important than the lives of innocent animals. Blocked and canceled.

That reminds me of a podcast I recently came across called Blocked and Reported.

Derek wrote:Brenden thinks his precious macros are more important than the lives of innocent animals. Blocked and canceled.

Ideally, I would love a synthetic meat, or at the very least an artificial meat product that contains a similar amount of protein — they exist, but the market seems to be moving more in the direction of junk food built from carbs and emulsifiers.

I pretty much gave up on the idea of solid protein. Milk and whey is the lazy vegetarian solution.

Derek wrote:I pretty much gave up on the idea of solid protein. Milk and whey is the lazy vegetarian solution.

Whey is probably one of the most healthy sources of protein, which shows some potential for being protective against colorectal cancer (unlike its counterpart casein, which seems to act as a growth hormone). Human milk's protein content is 70% whey proteins.

Hear that, Derek? Human milk = ultimate vegetarian choice. Dunno if they sell it at Walmart though.

That's only a problem if your mom doesn't care about your gainz as much as she should.

Derek wrote:I assume she's still a highly successful restaurateur. Although the butter, cream, and bacon-heavy trend in cooking has largely passed.

What’s trendy in cooking now?

Hard to say, I don't look at the blogs as much I used to. I've noticed a lot of interest in authentic (sorta) foreign cuisine lately, especially Asian stuff that suits or can be adapted to suit a vegetarian or vegan diet. "Plant-based" is a phrase you hear thrown around a lot.

I'm trying to think of what the foods trends of yesteryear were. The one I remember best is the one I think was caused by the Food Network becoming super popular, and that was a sort of homecooked fast-fashion that relied heavily on the aforementioned bacon, cream, and butter to make everything taste good. That was the era of fancy mac and cheese served in the skillet, which was great, but it was also the era of bacon-wrapped melon, which fucking sucked.

There were a few years where everything had to be organic and locally sourced, but capitalism ate the soul out of that one pretty fast. I remember back in the 90s when people still thought fat was bad but carbs were fine, and then Atkins came onto the scene and people turned viciously on carbs. Also I think sun-dried tomatoes were super popular for some reason.

In the past couple years I remember certain things being super popular, like poke bowls or drinking bone broth. I remember pumpkin spice had a big moment, but then there was a big backlash against it and it ended up being associated with Christian girls with curly blond hair who have aesthetic instagrams and pro-life twitter accounts. I think it deserved better.

They're not great. I understand the principle of dehydrating tomatoes to use in, like, sauce, but people were using them as crackers.

This topic is making me nostalgic for my Food Network era. I'm thinking about these prosciutto-wrapped scallops I made topped with chunky romesco sauce. It was very trendy and one of the best things I've eaten. I made that sauce with sundried tomatoes and pickled pepperoncinis.