Yes. It’s a concept and it’s a reality: The Herbivorous Butcher. You get what that is right?
NO CHEF!
Well, you know the butcher means meat. And that plant life is Herbivorous. When you put the two together, you’ve got a Vegan Butcher!
REALLY CHEF?
Really! In some areas, Vegan is going mainstream! This is sooo cool, I had to just share it with you.
Over the past decade, the vegan and vegetarian cultures have gradually begun to undermine the narrow-minded, derogatory labels slapped onto any meatless diet practitioners. According to an article by Food Navigator USA, Eric Pierce, the director of strategy and insights at New Hope Natural Media, says six percent of the U.S. population claims to be vegan. But a larger number of consumers known as “flexitarians” are adopting some of the meatless dietary restrictions to reduce their consumption of meat. Pierce noted that 26 percent of consumers surveyed said they had reduced the amount of meat they consumed in the past month, many citing both health and animal welfare as reasons for their decisions. Former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson has even hopped onboard the vegan gravy train, taking a position on the Board of Directors of the plant-based food company Beyond Meat, whose sales increased over the course of this past year.
Eater has this to say about brick-and-mortar butcher outposst in Minneapolis.
At both the Herbivorous Butcher and YamChops, the owners sell what appear to be meats and cheeses — products that you’d typically purchase at the butcher counter — but are made with ingredients like garbanzo beans and tapioca powder. Often times, it’s hard to even tell the difference between an actual animal-based product and its vegan counterpart. Toni Ambramson, co-owner of YamChops, has even argued with customers over whether or not the stuff they had just consumed was actually solely plant-based.
“We wanted people to enjoy the flavors so much that they wouldn’t think about it being vegan or vegetarian,” Toni said. “They would just go, ‘I want to eat that tonight for dinner. I want to bring that home to my family.'”
I’ve done some research and we don’t have anything like that in San Diego. Can you imagine? We’re on the cutting edge of food and no one has created this yet here?
If you know of a Vegan Butcher in Southern Cali please write me. I’d also like to hear about your favorite Vegan Restaurants, worldwide!
Happy Healthy Eating,
