I can't say I've read that!
I still find it hard sometimes to be honest. Yesterday, I made hubby a vegetarian burger with cheese in it and I have to say, the melted cheese smelled so good. I just have to remember the horrors that went behind making it.
I think for many, it's just a kind of convenience. We've all learned to cook with animal products and to go without means you have to learn to cook new things. That's what makes meat replacements and plant-based milk/yoghurt/cheese so handy for the busy people (or the ones with picky husbands 😅). That just leaves the courage to try something new and not give up after one bad product :-)
Exactly, I agree with everything you say!
Isn't that one of the major problems 😅 The lure of these products that "seduce" us with their flavors and securities.
Isn't this the "western conundrum"? We are so used to convenience itself that when someone takes away their bacon and meat patty and cheese the world ends. There are so many alternatives and people need to experiment more! I know it's kind of utopian to think in this line, but I recently watched some videos from Michael Pollan and his philosophy is that we need to cook for ourselves. Again, in modern capitalism most people do not have time, but like he said in one of his videos: people will only make french fries every month or so because it's so much work to make them. Convenience and fast food enable us to eat them almost daily. Sorry, I am going down a different line of thought now 😅😅