an example of denial.

what do you call vegetarian food that's consisted of fish, char siu, or even crab???

you call that (psych term): denial.

you want to eat meat, but on the other hand you want to be vegetarian, so you take tauhu and press it into chunks and stick seaweed on it and called it 'steamed fish'. or you colour more tauhu lumps red and barbeque it and call it char siu. what about the soy bean 'belacan' that doesnt remotely taste like belacan? if that isnt denial, what is?

the point about being vegetarian is, you eat vegetables. end of story. where's the fun of being vegetarian and then eating vegetarian meat??? (oxymoron, oxymoron) i can tell you for sure the entire dinner table (minus yourself and your spouse) either found it ridiculous or amusing. in fact, i positively remember a particular someone grinning while eating the 'char siu' and it definitely wasnt because the char siu was well grilled. where's the health in eating a lump of food-coloured, flavouring-added floury tauhu-based stuff, i ask? you tell me that. lol. my apologies to the regular vegetarians out there, but as someone who believes in a balanced diet (excluding those who eat for proper health reasons or who really go vegetarian for religious purposes), i dont see why you should eat fake meat when real meat's healthier, or if you want to be vegetarian, why you should be eating meat in the first place, even if its fake.

and oh. vegetarian reminds me of a friend who refused to help us buy quiches from the pastry lady cuz it contained meat. never mind the quiche was in a plastic baggie and wouldnt even touch his fingers. never mind that we werent asking him to eat it, just to help us buy and and then pass them to us. no, no... he's vegetarian and vegetarians cant touch meat, even through a plastic bag.

my apologies again if i've offended anyone's sensibilities or honour, for the matter. perhaps you could proffer an explanation or rationale to combat my potshots and i'll finally understand the fuss over soybean meat and gelatine shrimp.