# What do we do with Slutty Vegan?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 19, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381 "2020-12-19T04:06:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/41 "2020-12-19T19:49:16Z")
One thing I think is problematic about these kinds of sexual business names is that the name can be troublesome for people who aren’t in on the joke. Along with businesses like Dick’s Sporting Goods and BJ’s Tavern, doing a web search for the name can bring up results that ping anti-porn filters at work. I haven’t done a web search, but I’m 99% positive that searching for “slutty vegan” is going to have a lot of results that have nothing to do with the restaurant. And then there’s just mentioning that you went to one of these businesses to someone else is likely to bring up some ribbing (e.g I got some balls at Dick’s). Perhaps this kind of double entendre is part of the business plan to target a certain demographic that’s okay with it.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/42 "2020-12-19T19:56:04Z")
The Impossible Burger does a lot better job than most fake meats: When cooked exactly correctly, it tastes pretty much like a not-very-good beefburger. But if I were to go vegetarian, it wouldn’t be not-very-good beefburgers that I would miss.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/43 "2020-12-19T20:07:48Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> … and perhaps “a dose of the clap” on the side (not sure if that’s a menu item, but it should be!). 😃
That’s their “secret house dressing”. It’s off-white.
Eeeew! 😬
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### Author:  [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/44 "2020-12-19T21:17:04Z")
There used to be a place on Melrose Ave. called ‘Bargain Slut’. They sold naughty undies. Never went in, however.
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### Author:  [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/45 "2020-12-19T21:24:25Z")
> [@susan](#):
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> Rather than asserting rules for people whose diets you don’t like, you might consider that you don’t know everyone’s reasons, needs, and preferences.
This is a very good point, and I regret my posting several posts back. Thank you for prompting some useful thought.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/46 "2020-12-19T22:10:51Z")
My suggestion of what to do with is to either try it if you are interested, or don’t try it if you are not.
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### Author:  [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/47 "2020-12-19T22:47:02Z")
Oh my stars and garters!!! Pearls firmly clutched.
A mildly risque name for a veggie restaurant? Who the hell cares?
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/48 "2020-12-19T23:28:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> Speaking as an omnivore, there are plenty of vegetarian and vegan foods that I like just fine, but the things that try to pretend to be meat are almost never on the list. If someone wants to eat more plant-based foods but isn’t yet willing to give up the taste of meat, fake meats aren’t going to help, because they don’t taste like meat.
Exactly like meat? No. But I’ve had stuff that works well enough for me, despite being someone who does eat meat. The Beyond Burger was good enough, to the point that I actually crave it now sometimes instead of actual beef. I’ve had good vegan sausage, and good vegan chicken as well.
If we leave meat behind and go to dairy, then there’s a ton of good stuff. No, Daiya doesn’t taste exactly like cheese, but it’s been a great replacement for me and my dairy allergy. I can have pizza and nachos and grilled cheese and quesadillas, and they taste similar enough.
I can fully understand wanting vegan equivalents to inherently non-vegan foods. Even if they don’t quite taste the same, they can fill a role (and a roll, as I initially typed). I think of it sorta like drinking diet sodas–_none_ of them taste exactly like their sugary counterparts, but they can fulfill the same role, to the point that you get used to them and even actually prefer them.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/49 "2020-12-20T00:28:32Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#):
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> I don’t know what a field roast sausage is, but I’m betting it’s not actually a sausage.
[Field Roast](http://fieldroast.com/products/) is a brand out of Washington. Costco carries it. They’re wheat-protein-based, similar to seitan. They’re delicious, and have a meaty texture. I prefer them to meat sausages because they’re not greasy and they don’t taste like pork fat.
Huh, apparently the cheeze I tried last week was also by them. It had the same consistency as Kraft American cheese, and tasted pretty similar, except for a faint coconut taste. If I were vegan, I’d be okay with it, but I hardly ever use American cheese anyway.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/50 "2020-12-20T00:58:05Z")
Many, many years ago, when sensibilities were more delicate, a cafe in, IIRC, Adelaide wanted to call itself _Get Stuffed Cafe_. The local council objected to the name, considering it offensive. The hopeful proprietors took the matter to the appropriate court claiming that the name was only a reference to being stuffed full of food.
The magistrate ruled that he didn’t believe this, that the name was clearly an allusion to a more offensive phrase and was designed only to attract attention. He told the applicants that, while he would not allow them to use the name _Get Stuffed Cafe_, he would require the council to allow them to call the place _Get Fucked Cafe_ if they wished. They however chose a completely different name.
In a vain attempt to dig up the decades old news article that I read i noticed that there are quite a few _Get Stuffed_s around now.
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/51 "2020-12-20T02:39:54Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> There used to be a place on Melrose Ave. called ‘Bargain Slut’. They sold naughty undies. Never went in, however.
All their best deals were open box.
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### Author:  [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/52 "2020-12-20T02:56:37Z")
Thank you for taking it in the spirit in which I intended it.
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### Author:  [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/53 "2020-12-20T04:53:57Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> I didn’t name it. I’m more than a bit stunned by it.
You’re stunned by THAT?
Let me tell you a story about a now-deceased gentleman by the name of Mark Felt. But sit down first–we don’t want to you get hurt if you faint.
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### Author:  [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/54 "2020-12-20T04:59:41Z")
> [@needscoffee](#):
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> Why? What if you’re a vegan but you miss the taste of a baconburger? What if you’re a meat eater but you want to try out plant-based eating? Do you have a problem with Field Roast sausages and nut-based “cheeses”? Tofurkey?
I’m with DF on this. So many vegan dishes taste wonderful. Why create frankenfood to imitate something else? You want a bacon burger, eat a bacon burger. You want veggies korma, that’s what you eat. You don’t go around trying to disguise your sweet potato as a burger so that meat eaters can enjoy it too.
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/55 "2020-12-20T05:59:10Z")
I’m thinking of something with root vegetables.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/56 "2020-12-20T06:02:50Z")
Obviously a clever ploy to turn me into a vegetarian. But it ain’t gonna work.
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### Author:  [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/57 "2020-12-20T08:25:14Z")
> [@carnut](#):
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> I’m with DF on this. So many vegan dishes taste wonderful. Why create frankenfood to imitate something else? You want a bacon burger, eat a bacon burger. You want veggies korma, that’s what you eat. You don’t go around trying to disguise your sweet potato as a burger so that meat eaters can enjoy it too.
Or, how about we all eat what we want to eat and not decree what other people are supposed to eat?
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### Author:  [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/58 "2020-12-20T10:51:59Z")
I’ve been vegetarian for over 15 years. Sometimes- being English- I get the urge for a greasy breakfast fry-up. If I ate actual bacon at this point (which I never actually liked much) I would, in all probability, feel quite ill, as I’ve not eaten meat for that long, but you can’t have a Full English without some kind of sausage or bacon. To me, the fake meats are a perfect solution.
I actually prefer some of the fake stuff anyway, to the point that I used to eat it even when I did still eat meat - it boggles my mind that other people would get angry about me choosing to eat something that satisfies the wish to have a greasy fry-up, tastes good to me, and in no way, shape or form affects them. Is it some weird ‘slippery slope’ belief that if meat alternatives are available, everyone will somehow be forced to eat them? Is it just a desire to preach right back at the preachy vegans?
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/59 "2020-12-20T13:52:16Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#):
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> Seems to me there’s plenty of fantastic plant-based food out there without having to dress it up as something it’s not.
Exactly! But can’t we call it plant meat anyway?
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### Author:  [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-do-with-slutty-vegan/928381/60 "2020-12-20T19:21:12Z")
" Pleat. It’s what’s for Breakfast. "
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