Meat Lover Goes Vegan: Vegan Reacts (Kwoowk "I Went Vegan as a Meat Lover: this is what happened")
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- Опубліковано 11 тра 2024
- In this video I'm reacting to the popular cooking channel @letsKWOOWK recent video titled "I Went Vegan as a Meat Lover: this is what happened.." We'll talk about his philosophies on plant based cooking, discuss the meals he makes, and more. I hope you enjoy it!
Kwoowk's video: • I Went Vegan as a Meat...
Yotam Ottolenghi’s charred shallots cooked in freekeh recipe (note: the recipe is the last one on this page; unfortunately there are meat recipes on the page as well, but I wanted to give credit to the original recipe):
www.theguardian.com/food/2019...
Intro 00:00
Kwoowk’s challenge 1:00
Lunch and discussing mock meats 02:57
Vegan snacking 06:28
Interviewing Hermann 07:01
Processed food hypocrisy 07:35
Grocery shopping 09:10
Kimchi fried rice with tempeh 09:59
Does vegan cooking take longer? 10:36
Vegan diets and farting 12:31
Lebanese food 13:45
Perfection and unattainability 14:00
Eating out as a vegan 14:27
Protein powder pancakes 14:58
Making a traditional Romanian dish 15:44
Making Mapo tofu 16:57
Charred shallots in freekeh (Yotam Ottolenghi recipe) 17:35
Honoring/changing perceptions 18:13
Chickpea curry 19:08
“Respecting” our food 19:17
Mushroom stew 20:11
Omnivore diets being limited 20:20
Will he stay vegan? 21:12
Comment section 22:37
Final thoughts 23:00
Footage used in this video is from Kwoowk's "I Went Vegan as a Meat Lover: this is what happened.." I do not own this footage and gave visual credit to the creator with every use. My use of this footage falls under Fair Use. - Розваги
Hey Marielle!! Thanks so much for this video it made me very happy to see someone with your insight break it down. I have to say I agree with pretty much everything you said and I do wish to have worded some things better. I did do this to get out of my comfort zone because I do rely on way too many convenient processed things like the protein snacks you mentioned, and it really has changed my approach towards cooking and hopefully inspired others too. Anyways, just subscribed to your channel!
Kevin, it’s so awesome that you found and watched this!! Your video also inspired me to get out of my comfort zone as I tend to stay in my rut of familiarity. I’m truly impressed with your cooking skillz and grateful that you tried them out on plants! 😊🌱
I'd subscribe to @letsKWOOWK if he was vegan but no reason to watch a death and torture show. Nice of him to stop torturing animals for an entire week 🙄
Hi Kevin,
I'm glad you were willing to step out of your comfort zone! I've been watching Totally Forkable since she started her channel, and you are in for some quality vegan content. I think you have a real opportunity here to inspire many of your audience to step out of their comfort zones, too. I hope you keep incorporating more plant-based foods into your repertoire, because I think there is a real lack of content from non-vegans about how to do plant-based cooking in an efficient, affordable, and fun way. Please continue your journey! I really like your energy and on-screen personality. I can see why you have so many followers!
I have an idea, ask your grandparents or parents what they used to eat growing up. Because almost every society that is "meat heavy" now wasn't eating meat daily 50/100 years ago. More like once a week if not less. But the meat was a celebratory dish that took time, like for a Sunday roast etc. or ordered in a restaurant for a celebration. So old fancy recipes and restaurants don't actually depict the food from that society and in your instance from Romania :)
I saw your rubbed beans reel. Looks good!
Do you know more Romanian plant-based dishes like that?
Some non-vegans:
Processed animal products: Yum! 😋
Processed plant products: Omg, gross and unhealthy! 😲
Whatever fits their bias
Yeah like people simping for hot dogs but calling veggie burgers "creepy"? GTFOH.
@@TotallyForkable Make it make sense! 😅
the argument that we rely too heavily on processed foods kinda baffles me tbh. what do ppl think a hot dog or cheese is if not processed? i know we're taught to uncritically stick to what we know, but it really does blow my mind how these same ppl that wont eat impossible meat will eat pepperonis, deli meats and "ground beef" with no issue? how can it not register to them.. that stuff is also processed? and extremely so, more-so than plant based alternatives could ever be...it takes a lot to turn a being into a product
Exactly!!! 💯👏🏻👏🏻 Like I said, in most people's minds "familiar" processed is okay; "unfamiliar" processed = unequivocally bad.
11:43 Cooking plant proteins is SO MUCH EASIER than animal ones!! Haha. I mean HUGE deal that you don't have a bunch of different cooking temperatures to remember just to make sure your animal flesh isn't still too raw to eat or it might kill you. 🙄 God I love no longer having blood and bodily fluids all over my kitchen, utensils, and hands.
Exactly! Not having to make careful calculations around your food so that it doesn't cause violent illness/death is such an underrated benefit of veganism.
I watched Kevin's video and found it charming. The trained cook usually enjoys the challenge of plant-based cooking, and he seemed to. There was so much hostility to his experiment in his comments, though, holy cow! I mixed it up in that farts convo, LOL. I enjoyed this analysis of his video; the rant about our car-dependent lifestyle was perfection! Thanks for posting!
So interesting that you had already seen the video, Tamara! I found it charming as well, especially his open and uncritical attitude (well, except about vegan meats 😂). I was honestly curious to see what the critiques were so I was kind of disappointed (although also happy) that I couldn't find any. Hilarious that you got in there with the fart comments; I'll have to look for yours! 🤣 Glad you liked the car rant; I knew my fellow Amuricans could relate!
I fully agree with you about people who think plant-based foods are limiting. They're probably used to using vegetables a garnishes at best, if at all, and the same few vegetables at that.
Yep! The same few vegetables always cooked the same way. I grew up in a "boiled carrots as a side" household 🥲
@@TotallyForkable Oof, I'm so sorry. I grew up a foodie in a non-cooking household. I had to learn how to cook as a kid and thank goodness I did.
Terms that need to stop being used: Fake meat, mock meat.
Terms to use instead: Vegan meat, Plant-based meat.
There are times when plant based meat is made to replicate the look of flesh, but usually not, they're just cylinders, pucks, and nuggets, deli slices, etc. Doesn't mean it's a "fake" anything or that it's a "mock" of something else, nono, its the superior version and it's it's own thing since it's 100% made from plants. When people say "fake meat" They are making it seem as if the food is fake and it's quite the opposite! The flesh people eat is an optical illusion, fake, it's actually a hacked off body part, sometimes several body parts from different animals blended up! They remove the eyes and ears and people pretend sausages grow on trees. Nothing gets more fake than that. We don't have to LIE about where our food comes from! THEY DO!
I often just use "plant meat" or if I'm talking to other vegans "meat".
You're absolutely right!! I think those terms are better but I do admit I say "mock meat" often bc I'm a sucker for alliteration and it rolls off the tongue 😂 And 💯 on meat being an optical illusion. It's a very long "process" to go from an animal to a finished meat product, but because it has fewer ingredients it's somehow better? 🤔
Thank god something worth listening to ❤❤❤❤
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Making that freaky recipe ASAP! 👩🏻🍳
7:02 - the vundabar guy! I love him
Ooo, is that what he's known for? I hadn't heard of him (but don't follow too many food influencers).
@@TotallyForkable It's what he always says at the end -it's very cute!
Great video. Some excellent points. Especially love the concept of removing should & shouldn’t from our vocabulary. 💚🌱
Right?! When this person said it to me I was like 🙄 but over time I was like 🫨
the incremental approach is a win, it's the change in mindset that leads to change in ones outlook! i started veganism being selfish, my health and then it all clicked! the animals and then later the environment! so for me this is a win!
This happens all the time! I try to stress this to the vegans with the "100% vegan for the animals overnight or nothing" attitude. Everyone needs to approach it in a way that makes sense to them.
Experimenting with food and cooking new things takes more time. This isn't a plant-based thing. Plus most veggies either don't have to be cooked or fully cooked, unlike chicken, pork and other meats which have to be fully cooked to kill all the harmful (💩) bacteria on/in them.
Yup exactly. Cooking takes time period. If you don't want it to take so long, buy some pre-prepped or pre-made foods. You can't have it all ways. People really show their "fixed" mindsets when they make comments like this.
Another benefit of plant-based yoghurt: no pus. 🤢
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I hope he sees this, you provide really good insight
He did. He even commented and subscribed.😊
Surprisingly he did and he seemed to appreciate it!
Thanks for this! Like you, I also saw this video in my suggestion box, but passed on it, thinking cynically that it was just another run-of-the-mill carnivore looking to ridicule veganism. Refreshing to now know that there seems to have been an earnest attempt on Kwook's part to undergo a sincere learning experience. Appreciate your very informative and insightful reaction, Marielle!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! And yes, "earnest" and "sincere" are definitely the words I'd use to describe his video! Indeed it was a refreshing surprise 😊
thank you for your hard work on these videos.
🫶🏻 You're so welcome!
I’m glad to have discovered your channel. I just subbed this week. Agreed, I am vegan for the animals. His plant based trial was interesting.
Thank you; glad you found me!
"I'm not a bitter America suffering from the stagnancy and isolation inextricably linked to living in a car-dependent culture." Can relate. 😂 Off topic, but have you heard of California Forever? Basically a few billionaires bought some land in Northern California and want to build a walkable city. I hope it gets built and it goes well.
That sounds interesting and also slightly dystopian 🤣 I saw a video recently of a woman visiting a similar type of development. It was cool but also something about it felt a bit clinical and depressing--mostly the fact that we have to create these pockets because we've stripped livability from most of our cities and towns. I sort of wish billionaires would focus more on making public transit/spaces more accessible instead of focusing on Utopian bubbles that I imagine only the elite will be able to experience, but maybe I'm oversimplifying the issue! This is a topic I'm super interested in but still very much learning about!
Thanks for replying. It's the media calling it "utopia", not CA Forever themselves. That term make it sounds like fantasy, but walkable cities are real. I can imagine the project going well or poorly. Hoping for the best. 🤞
Field Roast sausages taste far better than any non-vegan sausage you can find, they are not comparable other than the shape, which has nothing to do with anything other than it's a good shape to eat, and you can make a hot dog with it, which does not have to involve killing animals. It has nothing to do with replicating a dead animal. People honestly think there is a hot dog shaped animal or something?? Do they even know what non-vegan hot dogs are made of? I'd much rather just eat a hot dog made 100% from plants instead of murdered pig anuses. Also, "meat" (flesh) is not unprocessed, it's filled with preservatives so the flesh doesn't decay, it's dyed so it's not rotten and dead looking, and it has to be cooked to a certain temperature to not kill you. Dairy is pasteurized and processed so it doesn't kill us.
Non-vegans love processed "food" filled with corpses and secretions.
I am really tired of the demonization of plant based meat! It's literally just one potential of what plants can do! We can make meat from plants, we can make burgers from plants, hot dogs, nuggets, etc. And there's nothing wrong with that because it's not a murdered baby animal. And again, field roast sausages don't taste like pig anus sausages, they taste far better and they're made from plants, it's not replicating something rather giving an alternative to the cruel one. I don't even like the word "mock-meat" It's not a mock. The meat animal abuse industry does not own a monopoly on cylinders, pucks, and nuggets. These are just shapes that we can shape anything into. We can make plants more meaty, less meaty, and it's still plants.
We can make black bean burgers, we can make beyond burgers, neither are more or less moral choices or ethical choices. And still, both are far more healthier than eating flesh, and actually ethical unlike the animal abuse version.
Yes you make so many interesting points! When you break it down logically it's a no-brainer, but most people have a knee-jerk reaction to unfamiliarity. Their brain is telling them "stick to safety" (aka pig anuses 🙃). It will take time to break that stigma.
Really enjoy your insights on various vegan topics, thank you for the content 👍
I'm so glad to hear! Thanks for being here 🙏🏻
I make vegan banana pancakes that are the BOMB!
Recipe? 😋
@@TotallyForkableI got this recipe from the Thug Kitchen Cook Book.
Whole Wheat Banana Pancakes
2 1/2 Cups whole wheat flour
2 Tablespoons brown or white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups non-dairy milk
1 small banana mashed.
Whisk together the dry ingredients.
In another bowl, mash the banana, add the milk and mix together.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix.
Don't over mix.
I also add some cinnamon and vanilla extract for my own touch.
Thank you!! I don't think I've ever made pancakes from scratch but I may have to try!
Amazing to see a former meat lover embrace the vegan lifestyle! This journey just proves that compassion always wins. Come see more vegan content if youre interested.
I went vegetrian in 1992 and didn't do any fake meat for seven years. It was no big deal for me. There were Boca Burgers, Morningstar Farms and Gardenburger.
It's not fake meat. It's plant-based meat. It's it's own thing.
@@bryceandrewmusicofficial Sorry if I hurt your feelings.
@@bryceandrewmusicofficial It's clearly imitating certain animal products. How is it it's own thing? It's imitation meat/fake meat.
@@bryceandrewmusicofficial let others communicate freely and how they chose, you don’t get to dictate to others the words _you’d_ prefer them to use. Show some respect.
Yes! Before there were so many options it probably didn't feel like you were missing out.
I hate mushrooms too (call them dirt berries lol), but I agree, that was a pretty dish. 😊
Dirt berries! 🤢 Thank you for the solidarity. I get more hate/grief for being a vegan who doesn't like mushrooms than I do for being a vegan in general 😂
@@TotallyForkable I know! And they make so many vegan dishes out of mushrooms, like we're supposed to be a mushroom fan club lol 😤
Right?! 😷
Regarding the processed foods commentary, I read that a bit differently. I saw it more that (as most of us should) he generally doesn't want TOO many processed foods in his diet - he likely knows that there are some already via the noted fridge & pantry items, but I think most people see that as moderated by the non-processed main course items they eat. So to replace non-processed meats with processed vegan meats shifts that balance away from moderation.
Yes I see what you're saying. He actually responded that he had his own judgments about his consumption of the processed foods shown and hoped his experimentation with vegan eating could be a break from processed food altogether. I definitely think there is a balance to be found and the way he did it (focusing on whole foods for his meals but also finding suitable protein powder and bar replacements) seemed to work pretty well for him!
I totally find veggies exciting but yeah I guess when you are not used to eating this way, your taste buds haven't adjusted yet and you might need an extra kick to those veggies ;) I enjoy a plain steamed broccoli with just a tiny drizzle of soy sauce. It doesn't take for me hours cooking in the kitchen to make a delicious meal. But, hey, I have been vegan for 9 years, so things change with time :) Great video! :)
I totally agree on tastebuds adjusting. There are veggies that I love/crave on their own or prepared in a very simple way. My dad will literally make a face like a baby trying something sour when he eats most veggies and fruits 😭 Tastebud exposure is so important!
@@TotallyForkablefunny about your dad 😊
lent is observed in romania by abstaining from meat and dairy, so not sure about why veganism would seem alien to the culture he was born into
Honey, Eggs and Seafood are all Lenten foods
Lenten ≠ Plants only
@@maenad1231 that's true. but is cutting out five types of animal products alien if you're willing to cut out three types of animal products?
@@DelusionalMoron For some people, yes, it absolutely can be. I remember when I first went vegan, I was surprised to learn that fish was considered meat and that honey came from animals. I still have a lot of friends who think fish is a vegetarian option.
Familiarity & habit plays a big role it what people consider "alien" to them. Every new thing we try is alien in some sense.
@@maenad1231 I'm an Orthodox Slavic person, and in our tradition, honey is the only animal food that _may_ be permitted during Lent and other fasting periods. It's different for Catholics, in that more animal foods are permitted.
Interesting point! It didn't seem like it was that alien to him as he clearly knew his way around plant ingredients. I think he was more pointing out that traditional/commonly eaten Romanian food is extremely meat-focused.
Chocolate Covered Katie has an excellent pancake recipe that uses protein powder. It filled me up so much better thank regular vegan pancakes.
Good to know! I think it was the fact that it seemed like he used no flour and all protein powder that seemed gross to me. But then again I've never really tried a protein powder I've liked!
I fart more as a vegan, and the farts never smell 😊
Thank you for contributing to this important research! 🫡
it has been so many years since i dropped all animal products, and picked more whole foods.
so when i see how hard it is for someone to buy a god damn potato for example...........
or then proceed to add powders or buy bars made from said powders.
what the hell is going on?
People are blinded/limited by their dependence on animal foods!
Hmmm, I eat WFPB. It takes about the same amount of of time. Perhaps a little less.
Yes I think it's mostly just a lack of exposure/understanding that causes people to complain about the time.
I eat lentil pasta many times a week because it's just so easy and I have a tasty sauce I can whip up in seconds. Making the diet healthy and easy is all about sauces and spices and herbs- learn them and you will be happy! This guy is great but way too obsessed with protein. Oh, and the more fat you eat, the more flatulent you will be. Yeah, I don't care for mushrooms either.
Totally agree with all your points! Mixing quick/easy bases with high-flavor sauces/seasonings is such a good hack!
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He started out failing. He needs to visit 5 sanctuaries, watch earthlings, Christspiracy and a few other videos. Ugh!!!!!!
Ha--I'm assuming this is sarcasm!
i loved your video. i thought his video was weak. he had limited points of view that weren't new- no one needed to hear this white dude's opinions on veganism. Next!
Glad you liked my video! I definitely think there is room for videos like his. There are a _lot_ of people out there who share Kevin's general attitudes on food and meat-centric upbringing, so for them to see someone they relate to experimenting with and championing vegan food could be pretty eye opening. The comments certainly suggest so!
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farts depend on your blood type change my mind
LOL evidence?