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Anyone following a plant-based diet, from the recently-initiated to the lifelong herbivore, is regaled by their omnivorous counterparts with a familiar barrage of questions.
- “How do you get your protein?”
- “How can you survive on nothing but salad”
- “Don’t you miss cheese?”
And then there is the somewhat ambiguous three-word retort: “what about bacon?”
Since moving beyond meat, there have been certain fragrances and flavors that have piqued my senses, transported me back to those tastes, even specific occasions, of a time when I was still eating animal products.
Some people have asked, as the bacon sizzles away in a pan, if I don’t enjoy the smell. Since ditching it from my diet, I generally find it pretty overpowering, but must confess that — on rare occasions — I do find the smell quite pleasant, but that isn’t to suggest that I would want to eat any.
Yes, it sometimes smells wonderful but not delicious, not appetizing — it is simply a good smell.
Roses smell divine, but that doesn’t compel us to eat them. Some are fond of the aroma of fresh paint, but they’d never consider drinking it by the gallon.
