Some lovely looking side salads to go with my steak there Peter 
Isn’t steak just processed grass ?
Just sayin’……
Peter wrote:
plant based
What’s the difference between “plant based” and:
Peter wrote:
There are growers who look after the soil
The best way to look after soil is in a mixed rotation which includes grass for grazing animals, and various crops, all fertilised by plenty of manure.
What’s the difference between “plant based” and…
Plant based is eating mostly plants. Not a plate with some greens and a piece of meat, with every meal 
Vegan is more ethically driven. You can find the various vegan “belief systems” on google.
I had a surprisingly decent vegetarian meal in the university canteen today. These used to be largely inedible until a few years ago, but with the trend of healthy eating the canteen actually has improved a lot. A visiting ERASMUS student from Prague told me their canteen still offers more or less four different variations of pig meat plus one kind of cow meat every day…
MedEwok wrote:
A visiting ERASMUS student from Prague told me their canteen still offers more or less four different variations of pig meat plus one kind of cow meat every day…
You mean pork and beef?
While I respect peoples’ opinions and right to eat what they like, this is a rather funny trend. Even using terms like “pig meat” are so value laden it is very ‘woke’ and trendy….
Equally we don’t have vegetarian, we have plant-based….
Yes; Czech food is pretty poor. When I was a kid we just had potatoes floating in butter. In socialism/communism, most people are poor as rats and meat was rare.
If you look at the photos, you will see a lot of veg which you do not get in commercial catering. Most people, when you say “veg”, think of lettuce, which is mostly water. There is a lot of stuff in the pics which is a lot denser, starting with sweet potatoes. I’d say 90% of the UK / N Europe has never seen this sort of stuff, and it’s obvious when you look at supermarket trolleys.
Jason, not everyone has English as their 1st language!! If you are having a bad day, try another forum instead of continually denigrating this one.
Peter wrote:
Jason, not everyone has English as their 1st language!! If you are having a bad day, try another forum instead of continually denigrating this one.
Peter, that was uncalled for. It is common now to say cow meat rather than beef to imply guilt to those who eat it. Nothing to do with English as a first language.
Peter, I think you will find I do not denigrate your forum at all. Stop being so sensitive.
MedEwok wrote:
A visiting ERASMUS student from Prague told me their canteen still offers
Do you take students canteen/health for benchmark? I did 6 months of “Steak & Frittes” at Uni, I only stopped when the kitchen guy refused to serve me and asked to vary by getting something healthy from the other stand
I am not sure how I would cope with that “varied menu” today? but at the time it did not make any difference
