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'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
— abridged definition from The Vegan Society
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- You Will Never Look at Your Life in the Same Way Again
- Dominion (2018) (CW: gore, animal abuse)
Vegan Fediverse
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That's a good question but hard to nail down. In terms of nutrition, I was in decent shape as an omnivore in my late teens, early twenties, but nutrition was miles away from any thoughts I had on my diet. And even then, back in the late 90s/turn of the millinea, most substitutes and otherwise interesting plant-based foods didn't exist, had limited availability or were pretty rough (cheeses, burgers etc...). Best we had was Morningstar corn dogs, boca and tofutti slices.
I think Soy Curls were hitting the market up in Portland around that time (2k-ish), and that would have been mega when I was younger. But I was in Sac/San Diego at that time and distribution wasnt as widespread, or at least I hadn't seen them. Though, now that I think of it, you could get big tvp chunks in 16oz bags at Trader Joe's in that timeframe, so I guess that's my primary answer.
That said, I suppose I would have loved to discover Sunflower Cafe in Fair Oaks (Sacramento CA area) earlier on before going vegan. The super nut-burgers are amazing and that might have driven me to joining the dark side a lot sooner.
Do you remember Veat? It was a fake chicken breast molded into a little chicken shaped tray, and it was incredible. I don't think I saw it after 2003, but it was one of the first truly delicious meat substitutes. Besides riblets and corndogs.
I had totally forgotten about Veat. But you also reminded me about the Morningstar riblets. If those were around in the late eighties, early ninties, that would be my answer. It would have made me rethink the whole meat industry.
Of course the barbarisim and inefficiencies of meat/dairy production as a whole should be enough, but I wasn't exactly the deepest thinker when I was younger.