@psr bacon probably has enough fat to automatically attain buoyancy. For the record, as a vegetarian, I don't eat bacon. This means more for the rest of you. Also Bacon + Coffee = Mountain Men?

@Dynamic I was raised vegetarian at home and meat was only ever a "dine out" thing until we got to Georgia. Even then my mom kept it meat light. Once I got to college it largely became an expense issue. I'm not an ethical vegetarian, I recommend local sourcing for health and general sustainability reasons but I don't blindly judge

as far as "missing" it, I recommend pinto beans cooked with mushrooms and onions. You then mash that up, mix it with an egg or some kind of other binder and fry it like a patty.

it's a veggie burger in every sense

mushrooms are the key, they are loaded with glutamaic acid

which is the "meat" taste

Tofu is good if you know what you are doing

most people who try it...don't

vegetarian != eating like a pansy

it may mean eating pansies

but it's not usual

Chrysanthemums are the typical edible flower

@psr could be red licorice too :P