Typical co-worker moment
A new organic vegetarian cafe opened up in the neighborhood last week. I couldn't be more thrilled about this. At staff meeting, someone mentioned it and one guy said he tried the food. He's got friends that are involved somehow with the cafe. "I had a sandwich that was like roast beef, only it wasn't." People laughed and asked what it was if it wasn't meat. "I don't know. It was supposed to be roast beef and it tasted just like it, but it wasn't." Someone yelled, "Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! No, thanks!" Someone else said they use soy protien. She repeated her "ewwww!" and said there was no way she would try anything that wasn't meat. Others in the meeting nodded in approval.
I'm thinking, meat is actually skin and muscle that is ripped off the animal. There is blood and hair and bodily fluids involved, possibly disease nearby, while textured soy protien is made from a bean. Why do people find that gross?
*This typical co-worker moment brought to you by the penicillin and tetracyclines injections at Oscar Mayer.
I'm thinking, meat is actually skin and muscle that is ripped off the animal. There is blood and hair and bodily fluids involved, possibly disease nearby, while textured soy protien is made from a bean. Why do people find that gross?
*This typical co-worker moment brought to you by the penicillin and tetracyclines injections at Oscar Mayer.
posted by Freewendy @ 12:37 PM
2 Comments:
At 9:16 AM,
Dustin said…
As a carnivore I'd say ewwwwwwwww to non-meat trying to taste like meat. When I have garden burgers I prefer the grainy hearty garden tasteing ones. When it's trying to psych me out- I don't know, just give me real veggies!
At 2:47 PM,
Freewendy said…
This came up in conversation last night at a bar. Emily said that she thought soy products were "disgusting," especially Tofurkey, which I'm sure she's never had. I'm beginning to suspect that it's a word thing. Tofurkey is a silly word. Veggie burgers aren't burgers, they are patties. Soy milk is just a soy drink, not milk. People feel tricked, somehow by veggies borrowing meat names.
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