Researchers in India have developed a strain of rice that doesn't have to be cooked; can be eaten after being soaked for 45 minutes:
And other researchers have created a soy product with the texture and mouth-feel of chicken: "looks like chicken, feels like chicken, tastes like chicken." (I don't understand this need for vegetarians to continue to pretend they're eating meat. Isn't that like Bill Clinton saying he didn't inhale?)
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I hear your point, William, but I think something like the soy chicken is an invaluable transition tool, even exciting for someone such as myself just a few years into the vegetarian journey. It could also possibly replace an increasing percentage of real chicken usage, and has some tremendous value in that capacity as well. But I do see where you're coming from: if the garden of Eden had stayed the garden of Eden, would we ever have cultivated 'synthetic' products like this? best wishes - Ben
ReplyDeleteYou're exactly right, Ben -- thanks for making that point. I was actually writing with tongue in cheek -- poking a little fun -- though I should have made that clear. I certainly enjoy tempeh and occasionally seitan and soy. I thought it was interesting that they were striving to make soy into the texture of chicken -- everything except the "cluck." :-)
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