Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
Beyond burger is not a burger, its a vegetable patty. See how many they would sell if they called it that. Amazing how vegetarians and vegans spend half their time trying to recreate food that looks and tastes like meat. Whats that all about. Meat eaters should prepare food, that looks and tastes vegan/vegetarian, out of meat - that would soon become popular and avoid the need for vegans to look down their noses when they see people eating meat.
It's not amazing at all though. We humans are prone to deeply ingrained habits and predilections, many of which we have been habituated to most of our lives. Seeking a substitute that partly satisfies our deep-rooting cravings explains not only the phenomenon you mention above but also the consumption of alcohol-free beer and vaping. I'm sure that we all have habits that we have difficulty eschewing whether they relate to comestibles or not.