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Vegans of Lemmy, would you eat lab-grown meat? (lemmy.cafe)

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The main reasons I've seen from vegans for not eating meat seem to be all about the morality of eating a sentient animal, the practices of the modern meat industry, and the environmental impact of it. And don't have anything to do with the taste of meat.

Since lab-grown meat doesn't cause animal suffering, and assuming mass production is environmentally friendly, would you consider going back to eating meat if it were the lab-grown kind?

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[-] wowleak@sh.itjust.works 118 points 4 months ago

I would not mind eating lab grown and I think it is great if people would eat that instead but ive been vegan for so long that i have no interest in meat. I hardly eat mock meats, its only in social situations to not stand out to much.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 44 points 4 months ago

Seconded. When I was vegan I'd already been vegetarian for years. Meat, including fake meat, held no appeal.

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

Fake meat has more of an appeal to me than lab grown meat, or it used to. It was kinda interesting when they were unique flavours marketed as alternatives rather than accurate immitations.

Honestly the food science is one of my favourite things about being vegan, I can cook way more interesting meals than I could as a carnist because I'd just use meat as the main flavour which works but it's kinda lazy. Let me make something with a little miso and shitake broth and you'll be in love

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

You got me drooling - any recipe suggestions? I’ve both ingredients in my fridge!

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I don't have any written recipes I'm afraid, I've been making them up as I go.

I usually use that combination for a ramen base. I used dried shitake and soak them in a ton of water overnight in the fridge. The dried shitake are honestly kinda inedible even after being rehydrated so I don't always use them afterwards. I should also soak Kombu but I keep forgetting to buy it.

If you mix that broth with the right amount of miso paste then you'll get the amazing combination of msg and nucleotides that gives you some amazing flavours. Soy sauce helps too, some garlic, ginger and sesame oil make it perfect.

Good luck working out ratios because I just guess everytime based on the size of my bowls 😅

[-] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll have to experiment for dinner tomorrow (I’m blessed to have a local eco store that sells everything you mentioned).

[-] Sasha@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Hell yeah!

Good luck and have fun!

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Same. I stopped eating meat in the mid 90s, was pescatarian until 2019, and have been vegan since. I don't miss meat at all. I'll eat an impossible or a beyond burger occasionally because it's sometimes my only option, but I could just as easily skip them.

I wouldn't judge anyone else for eating lab meat, though. I don't have any moral issue with it, it just isn't something I'm personally interested in.

[-] itsnotits@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

it's* only in

[-] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 months ago

Ill let it slide, because you seam to have made it youre hole identity, butt ill note its knot relevant to this discussion

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