When I first became vegetarian four or five years ago, the plant-based meat stuff helped me transition off of real meat more easily than I think I could've done without it. I grew up on the traditional meat-and-potatoes diet that a lot of rural midwestern people did in my area. My father raised and butchered cows through most of my childhood/teenage life, so having ground beef or steak every night was the norm. We always had a freezer full of meat ready to be cooked for a meal.

Because of that I sadly didn't have much taste for most vegetables. Even after I decided to stop eating meat, I would've refused to eat something like a salad because I never developed a taste for most leafy greens.

These days most of my meals do not include plant-based meat, but if I'm out at a restaurant or if I want fast food I'll grab an impossible burger or something like it. I just love that the option is available for me.