{"id":105439,"date":"2020-09-24T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105439"},"modified":"2020-09-24T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T19:47:39","slug":"is-fake-food-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105439","title":{"rendered":"Is Fake Food Stolen Valor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An article recently published on FeedStuffs<\/a> outlined the current trend of fake food and posed the question – is it the same as Stolen Valor?<\/p>\n

Is it stolen valor? Or merely ‘borrowed?’<\/strong><\/a>
\nSome peddlers of the stuff use semi-clever ruses to play with the public<\/em><\/p>\n

Some peddlers of the stuff use semi-clever ruses to play with the public. Calling it chik’n or turk’y makes it foul, not fowl. A veggie burger is nothing more than a load of smashed beans, not a real beef patty. And saus’age? If that term doesn’t insult your intelligence, you have none.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, over my second cup of morning coffee, the phrase “stolen valor” entered my conscious mind. Understand, I’m not claiming that it is quite the same moral crime as hijacking the reputation of someone who has been valorous in service to our country. Risking life and limb in battle is far more honorable, but the concept?\u00a0 Yeah, it still works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article went on to list all of the current foods that you run into that are “substitutes” should you not already be aware. Among them:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Amy’s 2.\u00a0Beyond Meat \u00a03.\u00a0Boca 4.\u00a0Field Roast\u00a05.\u00a0Gardein 6.\u00a0Impossible Foods 7.\u00a0Lightlife Foods 8.\u00a0MorningStar Farms 9.\u00a0Quorn 10.\u00a0Simply Balanced 11.\u00a0Sweet Earth Natural Foods 12.\u00a0Tofurky 13.\u00a0Trader Joe’s 14.\u00a0Tyson Raised and Rooted 15.\u00a0Upton’s 16.\u00a0Yves Veggie Cuisine<\/p>\n

I’ve tried a few of these, some knowing they were fake and some I did not.\u00a0 Beyond Meat is not that bad – it has an acceptable texture and flavor but I don’t like paying $10 a pound for a novelty, although I’d recommend it once to try.\u00a0 Quorn was simply a nasty hockey puck tasting thing. I thought it was regular meat but was taken in by the packaging.\u00a0 Imagine my surprise at first bite!<\/p>\n

A “Field Roast” sounds like something that bored Marines or soldiers would make from repurposed MRE’s.\u00a0 “Raised and Rooted” also sounds like it has military origins.<\/p>\n

I can’t talk about all of this on a Thursday without offering up my own recipe, so I give you “Bachelor’s Salad.”<\/p>\n

BACHELOR SALAD<\/strong><\/p>\n