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[Stephen Jones]

[Cleopatra]

Actually, the late Linda McCartney made a career out of marketing the chewy cardboard known as TVP.

But hey, I suppose she had to earn a few pounds for her family by whatever means possible.

[Sheikh Inal Ovar]

[Van Norden]

[scot47]

Prize to Van Norden. How childish can EFLers get ? Edible Spun Protein and he wants it shaped ? In Saudi Arabia ? Bif-ucken-zarre !

[cmp45]

[scot47]

No shortgae of silliness in the Majik Kingdom ! And I don't mean the locals either !

[Queen of Sheba]

Maybe a grocery availability list would suit the vegetarians concerned for their well-being who come to Saudi? Maybe we can arrange a fax to all vegetarians of food availablity from each grocery store, if only they would provide a fax number...

Seriously, everyone eats vegetables, they exist in Saudi Arabia. Many vegetarians survive comfortably in Saudi. Tofu exists in all grocery stores as does a small selection of veggie burgers and fake meat. I hope that helps, we can't exactly do a brand name breakdown and cost analysis. For detailed market research, try a PR firm.

[Cleopatra]

Let them eat Diet Shop.

[huntjuliehunt]

Queen of Sheba, you mentioned that stores carry a small selection of fake meat, which contradicts the other posters' information. What kind of fake meat, and are they found in most stores? I think you mentioned veggie burgers.

There are different reasons why vegetarians like texturized soy protein that resembles real meat. Here are a few.

1. Some vegetarians like the taste of meat, but choose to be vegetarian because they don't believe animals should be killed for consumption.

2. Some vegetarians grew up eating meat, as children, and would like to eat meat. They may have a different reason for being vegetarian (such as health issues, including allergies or avoidance of red meat).

3. Also, the vegetarian industry's soy and wheat gluten products have revolutionized vegetarian eating. I am a vegetarian, but find tofu very bland, and do not like its texture. We now have hundreds of options. No one wants to wake up everyday and see tofu on the menu. We get seasoned, delicious, protein-filled soy and wheat gluten - sauteed, baked, fire roasted, grilled in every which way and form. America is probably the leader, with companies like Lightlife, Cedarlane, Amy's Kitchen, and Tofurky. And every time I'm in New York City, I make a trip to my favorite vegetarian restaurant, "Zen Palate."

Why should YOU be a vegetarian? Click the link.

http://www.goveg.com/f-top10reasons07.asp

[Queen of Sheba]

[Cleopatra]

[Stephen Jones]

Here's the other side of the coin regarding delicious veggie burgers:
Advances in technology make it possible to produce isolated soy protein from what was once considered a waste product - the defatted, high-protein soy chips - and then transform something that looks and smells terrible into products that can be consumed by human beings. Flavorings, preservatives, sweeteners, emulsifiers and synthetic nutrients have turned soy protein isolate, the food processors' ugly duckling, into a New Age Cinderella.
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm

It is rather amusing actually; most of the 'research' talking about the benefits of soy is produced by tame scientists in the pay of the multinational soya bean industry. And most of the research pointing out its dangers for health is funded and propagated by tame scientists in the pay of the multinational dairy and meat industries. Choose your intellectual poison.

[Stephen Jones]

[Cleopatra]

Speaking of soy, I have read that the notion that Japanese longevity is due to soya is actually a myth, because the Japanese actually do not eat that much soya, stereotypes aside.