>>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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>Just curious... what vegetable dishes are imitated in meat, and named after them? Is there any attempt to replace, say, olives with gizzards, celery with lamb chops, or beans with ground meat? Why is it always meat that gets imitated?

Cause it takes 100grams of food to grow 15grams of meat.