Is There a Meat Alternative?

Rea: We live in a very different world. The amount of meat that we eat now, most of us, far exceeds what our grandparents used to eat. Back in the day, before industrialized farming processes, meat was expensive. And even during the war, with rationing, a family of four would have maybe four eggs in a month,. er, maybe a tiny bit of meat, and the rest of it would have to be so of starchy vegetables or fruit. You can get plenty of protein on a plant base diet.