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pipjane

Nov 3, 2005, 5:50 AM

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Vegetarian 'meat' or soya

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I'm a vegetarian moving to Mexico and wonder whether it's possible to get vegetarian 'meat' alternatives. Here in England I use a type of soya mince (ground beef- like stuff) and Quorn which is a kind of protein from a fungus (sounds lovely, doesn't it?!) occasionaly. Is there anything like that availbale in Mexico? And how about tofu?

I'm not too bothered if there isn't - vegetables, beans, lentils etc are my staple foods but it's nice to have something different for a change.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

MazDee

Nov 4, 2005, 8:14 AM

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Re: [pipjane] Vegetarian 'meat' or soya

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Here in Mazatlan they sell soy chorizo. I don't know about other soy "meat" products. I eat in a vegetarian restaurant occasionally which has a pretty good veggie burger, but I don't know what they make it of. They use tofu in quite a few dishes, and that is available.

Cynthia7

Nov 4, 2005, 9:24 AM

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I have bought soy (texurized protein) at Gigante in SMA. Bonanza tienda on Mesones also has it.

esperanza

Nov 4, 2005, 9:15 PM

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Here in Guadalajara you can find textured soy protein in bulk or in packets and tofu is common. There's plenty of soy chorizo to be had as well. Of course vegetables, beans, and lentils are plentiful and inexpensive.

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thriftqueen

Nov 5, 2005, 9:06 AM

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All the grocery stores here sell packaged dry soya in various flavors such as beef, chicken, ham & camaron. I just read on the package ingredients and they are: fat free soy flour, vegetable seasonings, iodized salt. I had never looked to see if they are free of meat products but they appear to be. We help with a food program near a local primary school. Once a week I cook up a bag of this product following the package directions, adding chopped onions, celery, green peppers. The kids love it. I occasionally cook up a bag and when cool, bag it into 1 quart Ziplocs and pass those out to some of the mothers and they are always happy to get it. They add it to scrambled eggs as first choice or a macaroni dish. I've had a couple of friends tell me they use it in cerviche. I would guess by using soya in it they could use less fish?