TLDR: I am looking for more diverse non-meat options than your average restaurant or supermarket provides. Because they don’t quite work for me as well as I’d like.
I am not a picky eater, I enjoy vegan food and non-vegan food alike. I’ve noticed most “vegan” advertised products are just meat imitations that taste like seasoned cardboard.
Too darn often do I see cooks and stores trying to replace the visuals of meat, rather than finding something that tastes satisfying in it’s own way. I’d be eating more vegan food if the options available had a similar convenience and filled me up properly.
Which may sound stupid, but I’ve tried going vegan and I did not feel great. I guess beans and tofu are not for me. Now I realise I may sound like an uninformed dingus who doesn’t know how to find decent ingredients and recipes… That’s because I am.
But I would really like to find some options that work for me. And I’m fine with trying 20 things over the course of a month and deciding only a few work for me.
Does anyone here have any advice?
Is it actually the taste that’s a problem? Because it’s very neutral imo (it literally tastes like flour, but I get that that does have a taste, especially if you aren’t from a bread culture), and you can make it taste wildly different with different seasoning. I’ve even had sweet seitan from a friend who refuses to allow herself a normal dessert. It was alright, but I don’t love that texture for dessert, lol.
The texture can also be changed to a degree by working it more or less, braiding/knotting it, and incorporating fat, but it’s a little difficult when you first start out.
I find flower to be much more bitter, yet somehow better. Tastes are just different I suppose. I think seitan is just not my thing. But I do appreciate the suggestion!