It seems there is a huge effort to make Vegan burgers, vegan hotdogs, etc. Is there anything new in the vegan world or is it constantly trying to make foods to imitate meat based recipes?

    • doortodeath@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      In my experience the only non-vegan ingredient in asian vegetarian dishes is eggs, and around here it is absolutely no problem to ask for extra-tofu instead. What sauces are you refering to?

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        17 hours ago

        Off the top of my head - fish sauce, oyster sauce, and red coloring in other sauces

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          12 hours ago

          Fish is not vegetarian tho, they usually use seaweed and mushroom sauce in vegetarian dishes

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            53 minutes ago

            Yes, there are vegan versions or replacements, and there are plenty of people (cooks) who won’t even register that a sauce might not be vegan and use them. Source: personal experience. If this isn’t a problem around you, I am happy you don’t have to scrutinized menus like that.

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      3 days ago

      Fried rice is fairly basic and you can put literally anything in it.