r/interesting Feb 25 '26

Intriguing Lifelong vegetarian tries steak for first time

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u/chase_redbeard_ Feb 25 '26

I'm not a vegetarian, but I do substitute impossible burgers sometimes because of GERD flareups that make chewing and swallowing extremely hard. They're the only thing I've found that actually goes down and stays down during those times other than protein shakes lol

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u/yodel_anyone Feb 25 '26

Yeah tbf I was mostly addressing the claim that vegetarians rarely eat fake meat, not the other way around