24 Plant Based Memes for Vegans Handling “How Do you Replace Meat?” Questions Like a Champion

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It doesn't matter where you are. A family dinner, a work lunch, a casual conversation that started about something completely unrelated. The moment it comes out that you're vegan or vegetarian, the room shifts slightly and someone, always someone, tilts their head and asks the question. The one question. The question that has been asked approximately four hundred million times since humans discovered that plants were edible and that some people preferred them.
"But where do you get your protein?"
Followed closely by its equally committed companion: "How do you replace the meat?"
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The vegan or vegetarian receiving this question has answered it before. Many times. With patience, with humor, with a level of nutritional knowledge that would honestly impress a dietitian, because at some point you just start doing the research so you can answer the question properly instead of just saying "lentils" and hoping that lands. They know the protein content of chickpeas. They have opinions about tempeh. They can explain what seitan is and also correctly pronounce it, which is more than most people asking the question can say about their own food.
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via theblackveganchi and swole_vegan
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What makes it truly funny is the assumption underneath the question, that meat is the default, the baseline, the thing everything else is measured against, and that choosing not to eat it must involve some complicated system of replacements and workarounds. As if every meal is just a plate with a meat-shaped hole in it that needs filling with something apologetic. As if a bowl of pasta e fagioli or a chickpea curry or a plate of roasted vegetables with tahini is somehow incomplete because there's no chicken in it.
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The food is not incomplete. The food is just different food. This is a concept that takes some people longer than others to arrive at, and the vegan or vegetarian in the room has made peace with being the patient tour guide on that journey at every single social event they attend for the rest of their life.
They handle it well, though. Better every time. The answers get tighter, the humor gets dryer, and the eye contact during the lentil explanation gets steadily more confident. At this point it's basically a practiced bit.
These memes provide the solidarity they deserve.
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