Lent in the age of the Impossible Burger: Do rules against eating meat on Fridays apply to fake meat?
CHICAGO - Meat is forbidden on Fridays during Lent, driving many Catholics and other observant Christians to partake in fish frys, seafood specials and McDonald's Filet-O-Fish during the season.
The explosion of plant-based proteins now offers more options, and a potential conundrum for the faithful: is it OK to indulge in juicy, beef-like burgers that ooze like the real thing but without the verboten animal flesh?
Technically, yes. Faux meat products from the likes of Impossible Foods, made
