Pretty much every main is pretending to be meat. I continue to find this a very weird approach to things. Is there a therapist out there who can clue me in? Is it maternal neglect or something?
Which meals are pretending to be meat?
Firstly, burgers and sausages are shapes, not animals - unless you are eating a whole sausage dog. They are just convenient cylindrical shapes for food. So 'veggie burgers' and 'veggie sausages' (or veggie sausage rolls etc.) are not 'pretending to be meat'. Even 'steak' is more of a synonym for 'slab' really.
Secondly, meat flavours are often used so that people know what something is likely to taste like. So 'veggie chicken' is something that tastes a bit like chicken (though often not that much like chicken). 'Veggie steak' would be something that tastes more cow.
Is there anything wrong with stuff tasting like meat? Well, ask yourself this -
why do you eat meat?
Is it because you crave dominance over the animals? You like them dead so you can exert your superiority over them, and gain pleasure from consuming their flesh and converting their existence to calories?
Or (and I'm guessing it's this one) is it just because they taste good? They have interesting and pleasant flavours?
And if just because they taste good, then why wouldn't people want meaty-flavoured veggie foods, so they can have the enjoyment of a good meaty flavour without killing an animal?