By Caitanya Bhagavat Das
| Published 11/22/2006 Rating: Article Viewed 866 Times
Not too long ago I was shopping at an Asian supermarket when I noticed an interesting fact printed that I had never heard before. A blurb on the label of a can of mock pork, made from seitan, wheat gluten “fake meat”, claimed that such vegetarian treats were developed in China by Buddhists centuries ago in observance of the vow of vegetarianism.
Not too long ago I was shopping at an Asian supermarket when I noticed an interesting fact printed that I had never heard before. A blurb on the label of a can of mock pork, made from seitan, wheat gluten “fake meat”, claimed that such vegetarian treats were developed in China by Buddhists centuries ago in observance of the vow of vegetarianism.
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