Vej-Meat – A Vegetable Meat (Mar, 1922)
I wonder what this tasted like…
Vej-Meat
A VEGETABLE MEATAt Last! a delicious and a perfect substitute for meat that fills the bill in every respect. Made from sun-kissed nuts, cereals and vegetable products, it looks and tastes just like meat. 50% more nutritious than meat nourishing, wholesome and appetizing. Endorsed by Doctors and Dietitians as a perfect food. Send 60c for a one pound can or $5.40 for a dozen delivered. If not thoroughly satisfactory your money will be refunded. Four flavors—Plain, Chili, Chicken and Bologna. 1 lb. can sufficient for 8 portions.
VEJ-MEAT CO., Box PC, 227 N. Manassas St., Memphis, Tenn.
> I wonder what this tasted like…
Meat, of course. Why would an ad from 1922 lie?
Of course, how silly of me. I wonder if it cures Catarrh like everything else in the 20′s did. I love the word catarrh it looks like it needs another vowel. Either that or it w was invented by a pirate.
On the one hand it says ‘delicious’ but then it says “1lb can sufficient for 8 portions”…
“Gee hon’ that was really great but those two ounces are REALLY filling, I couldn’t eat another mouthful, really…”
60 cents a pound? That’s over ten times the price of ground beef in 1922.
Heck, today ground beef is only 79 cents a pound (Canadian, at that) where I shop.
If the current meat replacement stuff used by vegetarians is any indication, it did not taste good at all.
Stannous: Maybe you had to add water?
Chicken and bologna, I can understand. Maybe even chili. But, really, what flavor is ‘plain’? That’s too scary to contemplate.
LOL! Does this remind anybody else of “I Love Lucy’s” “Vegameatavitamin?”
“It’s my favorite flavor! Plain!”
–Ned Flanders