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This makes me happy. I don’t even eat meat but it’s a charming project.

You're not eating meat even if you eat McNuggets /s.

You kid, but I recently found out that the Jack in the Box “2 tacos” are actually meatless. (I think... it was hard to get a straight answer out of the person I spoke to, but so far as I can tell they both “do not contain meat” and “are not vegetarian”)

I think they do contain meat, just really processed [1]:

>Filling Ingredients: Beef, Chicken, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein

[1] http://assets.jackinthebox.com/pdf_attachment_settings/108/v...

Jack in the box is actually a subversive vegan activist organization.

Beef and chicken aren’t all that vegan…

I don't actually mind vegan food (a lot of Thai/Chinese dishes with tofu are very good), but meat substitutes are weak sauce IMHO. Don't try to make a better walkman - invent the ipod. Which in this analogy is Mapo tofu:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_tofu

I was told on the phone something to the effect of: “the filling is a meat substitute made from wheat and milk protein. They do not contain meat, but they are also not certified as vegetarian”

“So there is no meat? So I can eat them during lent”

“Yes, you can eat them any time”

'chicken' and mushroom Pot Noodles are vegetarian also.

"we basically don't know what's in there"

I've seen places where beans are simmered in meat broth or something... So meatless and non vegetarian.

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