Chicken, pork, beef. Duck is common in Asian cuisines. Turkey is common in Western cuisines. Lamb is super common in many cuisines and my personal favorite meat. Bison burgers are popular in many places (dad loves them and so does my work cafeteria). There are dozens of varieties of seafood - but to be generous let’s say it’s just three groups: shells, scales, crustaceans. That’s already 10 types of ‘meat’ that people eat semi-regularly, not including the different aspects/preparation of those selections. Hardly a lack of options!
Lamb is prohibitive expensive. That’s coming from a country that’s has more sheep than humans. Not a chance I can afford to buy lamb even though it’s Soo good. Chicken and beef mostly and maybe something when it’s on deal.
But to be fair, I don’t think the average person is eating that varied a diet. I am not going to make the claim people on a plant-based diet can’t get protein, they can, but they probably aren’t getting 10+ different sources of it either.
It could actually help, inadvertently. When I became vegan I could no longer fall back on my old comfort meals without modifying them. Limitations breed creativity.
I hope not. Far better for the world (and animal welfare ironically) is to eat locally (which is impossible for vegans in most regions). It’s simply better for me to eat local proteins (still more than 3 - chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, halibut, cod, and I’m allergic to others but other people eat them) with produce I buy from the farm down the street than for me to grab an Avacado (“from Mexicooooo”)
…but to your point, most people have favorites or patterns/habits. Before I became allergic to clams, milk, and scallops, I would eat Clam Chowder or family-fished scallops virtually every day.
You eat that varied on a daily, or even weekly, basis?
Chicken, pork, beef. Duck is common in Asian cuisines. Turkey is common in Western cuisines. Lamb is super common in many cuisines and my personal favorite meat. Bison burgers are popular in many places (dad loves them and so does my work cafeteria). There are dozens of varieties of seafood - but to be generous let’s say it’s just three groups: shells, scales, crustaceans. That’s already 10 types of ‘meat’ that people eat semi-regularly, not including the different aspects/preparation of those selections. Hardly a lack of options!
Lamb is prohibitive expensive. That’s coming from a country that’s has more sheep than humans. Not a chance I can afford to buy lamb even though it’s Soo good. Chicken and beef mostly and maybe something when it’s on deal.
I know all these options are out there, but I find it hard to believe the average person is eating 10+ different animals in a week.
If we include seafood, I definitely do.
But to be fair, I don’t think the average person is eating that varied a diet. I am not going to make the claim people on a plant-based diet can’t get protein, they can, but they probably aren’t getting 10+ different sources of it either.
Sure. But if someone isn’t eating a varied diet, becoming vegan or vegetarian isn’t going to fix that.
It could actually help, inadvertently. When I became vegan I could no longer fall back on my old comfort meals without modifying them. Limitations breed creativity.
I hope not. Far better for the world (and animal welfare ironically) is to eat locally (which is impossible for vegans in most regions). It’s simply better for me to eat local proteins (still more than 3 - chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, halibut, cod, and I’m allergic to others but other people eat them) with produce I buy from the farm down the street than for me to grab an Avacado (“from Mexicooooo”)
…but to your point, most people have favorites or patterns/habits. Before I became allergic to clams, milk, and scallops, I would eat Clam Chowder or family-fished scallops virtually every day.