>>And of course, I'd think vegetarians would have trouble with ham too.. unless of course it's the veggie type (I don't recall if there is such a thing, but since there are things like veggie burger, veggie cheese, veggie frankfurter and veggie fish fillet, I'd be surprised if there wasn't such a thing as veggie ham).
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>Why is it always meat that gets imitated?

because usually meat is more expensive, and the effort to change the veggie into the meat-alike can be passed on with interest...