all i know is this,, 25 years ago i would have been really reluctant to feed any of my hard-earned quarters into a machine called PreformedSoyProteinPattyTime

I'm not a vegetarian, although I try to purchase local and organic foods whenever possible. I think big-food producers are some of the most evil corporations in the world. I also believe it's unhealthy to eat meat all the time. Still, I also try to avoid processed vegetarian/vegan foods too

Yup. Processed food is the devil, whether it has fluffy animals in it or not.