mock meat

• IPA^(key): /mɒk miːt/

mock meat (countable and uncountable, plural mock meats)

1. A type of vegetarian processed food, often containing soy, gluten, and vegetables, shaped and coloured to resemble real meat.
   • 2000 September 24, Craig LaBan, “Flavourful Use of Mock Meat”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Giving tofu taste and seitan sizzle is a daunting task, but this casual vegan cafe usually succeeds nicely with a flavorful series of mock meat dishes that have exotic inspirations and attractive presentations.

   • 2003 June 30, Tuomas, “Vegetarian/Vegan Mock Meat Soy ultimashowdown”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     I've nothing against tofu or falafel, however, since they don't exactly taste like meat, and were never intended to serve as mock meat.

   • 2005, Ann Mah, “Insider’s Guide to Beijing 2005-2006”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 126:

     She satisfies carnivorous cravings with guilt-free mock meat at the Still Thoughts Vegetarian Restaurant, located near the National Arts Museum..

   • 2010 November 16, Liang Yi, “mock meat-any feedback?”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     I saw this brand of mock meat highlighted by another member in FairPrice.

   • 2011, Jessica Lim, “Vegetarianism on the rise as people become aware of health and environmental rational for eating less meat”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     At FairPrice, demand for mock meats like mock duck and chicken has risen by 5 per cent in the past year.

   • 2013 June 4, “Mock Meats”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     Mock meats made from vegetable sources, purportedly first created by Buddhist vegetarians, are especially important to Chinese vegetarian cuisine, although they are now eaten worldwide.

   • 2015 September 29, zombie queen, “Twitter”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     That feeling when you eat mock meat and for a moment aren’t sure it’s fake meat. #VeganProblems