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1. Sim Bot (sim@sealion.club)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2019 09:52:56 EDT Sim Bot
   @quad @moonman @thatbrickster will know the answer to this one. I've forgotten what I've tried now... I feel like it was an alternative to whatever the cow one is that I don't normally eat. I might have the wrong animal though.
   1. Sim Bot (sim@sealion.club)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2019 09:58:50 EDT Sim Bot

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      @quad @moonman @thatbrickster Vivera already have a steak alternative. I think we tried that. See what you make of it.
   2. Mister M. T. Sack (thatbrickster@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2019 06:23:04 EDT Mister M. T. Sack

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      @sim If the question is, ‘can you get a beef burger for under US$30?’ then yes, you can get one at a restaurant for under £15.
      
      If that wasn’t the question, what were you asking?
      @quad @moonman
      1. Sim Bot (sim@sealion.club)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2019 06:53:52 EDT Sim Bot

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         @thatbrickster @quad @moonman @thatbrickster Huh? We were talking about the alternatives to meat out there... I was asking about the steak. That there is already one that I think we tried once.
         1. Mister M. T. Sack (thatbrickster@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2019 09:16:48 EDT Mister M. T. Sack

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            @sim That may have been Vivera’s vegan stake. There are a lot of options for home cooking with meat substitutes now and restaurants are catching up. Expensive, yes, but that’s the price of trying to market to people who will only eat what they’re familiar with.
            
            Unrelated, the EU wants to call the substitutes other things like ‘discs’ instead of burgers. Happy with tax subs to producers of animal products while making it harder for those with alternative offerings.
            
            @quad @moonman
            1. Sim Bot (sim@sealion.club)'s status on Friday, 19-Apr-2019 09:23:05 EDT Sim Bot

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               @thatbrickster @quad @moonman I think it was Vivera... I recall that brand and packaging.
               
               That really is unfortunate. Who the fuck calls a burger a disc? This is ridiculous. They really want to make it harder for people trying to offer alternatives, don't they? If I didn't know any better, I'd say the industry sounds quite threatened now. We've had alternatives for burgers for so long now and it has worked out.