Think of what would happen if everyone was vegetarian.
And there are already many, so I think your points of view are wrong. Anyway I don't know how these people (vegs) are replacing the proteines and so on. There have to be pills ore something that include them, I hope.

OK I'm not informed well yet

Casper
I'd go for the quorn fillet (fillet btw isn't exclusively veggie, it's what you call pieces of meat products without any bones, sorry don't know how often the word is used in english) whether I was a vegetarian or not. The quorn fillet actually doesn't taste 100% like a chicken fillet, but I like the taste of it better than chicken. If I wasn't a vegetarian, I probably would've gone for a regular hamburger instead of a quorn burger. I've only tried one kind of veggie burger so far, it's pretty dry... same for meat balls, unless you've got some sauce or lots of dressing for the burger, I'd prefer the meat. Other than that I've got no complaints... since I'm lacto-ovo vegetarian I've got access to any and all peripherals in my meals. (=
The chicken is already dead you say, I guess you could say I just want to be part of boycotting the industry. I'd have no problems eating meat at all, I've just chosen to do whatever little I can to avoid harming animals... and the more people who stop eating meat, the less will be produced. Say you and a group would decide to boycott the coffee industry (or anything that you feel is wrong) because the farmers are grossly underpaid and can hardly afford food. It's not like you'd go to the shops and buy coffee from any of the companies that buy their coffee cheap thinking "oh well, what's done is done, might as well save me those 50 cents and buy this one since it's here."
Like I said in a previous post, I envy those who actually feel real compassion from the animals, I just think I could do just as well without meat. Don't feel it if I don't see/know the animal. Can't feel for what I've never seen or met. And I'll also admit that I do take an EPA rich Omega 3 supplement (Eye-q) every day, fatty acids extracted from certain fish (at a certain time of the year as well x_x). I take it because I've always had trouble focusing, and since I started taking this half a year ago I've experienced alot of improvement in my ability to concentrate. There are Omega 3 supplements suitable for vegetarians, but this particular one is rich on EPA, and has shown good results in trials with people with neurological disorders (ADD and ADHD in particular. I've got asperger syndrome, though I was originally examined for A.D.D), because the bodies of people with such disorders have difficulties absorbing EPA. It does trouble me a bit that I keep taking this, but the reason I went vegetarian is because I didn't need to eat meat. I don't NEED this supplement either, which is why it troubles me, but I do want to take it for my own good... at least the fish oil is going to a good cause, and that there are no alternatives is what I think to accept my choice. x_x

Bit thorough answer, but there you go. :/

Kasper
A good answer to all the questions. Thanks for that! Interesting about the fish oils, makes me think about the whole meat thing in general. We as humans have been brought up on eating meat because, as cave-men, we NEEDED it for survival. Now there are plenty of alternatives and we dont need true meat as much.

I've been tempted into vegeterianism before, but personaly, I wouldnt like to limit the amount of food I could taste in my life. Ofcourse I havent eaten every type of food availible, so I wouldnt know if I was missing out on the best meal of my life until I tried it.

(Would be ironic if quorn fillet was just that meal )

Maléfix
Yay ^_^ Makes sense that your mom wants you to eat fish if she's a nutritionist, it's a bit tough to get those fatty acids otherwise. I've got that covered though since I take my supplement.
Ill? In what way? :\

Casper
Probably not, most kind of meats could be the best the best meal of your life, depends on what you do with it really. If it's eaten by itself, I love it with a little bit of black pepper and some flakes of sea salt on top of it. ^-^

Not being a vegitarian myself I can say Quorn is fairly good. I liked it. it almost has the right texture and was fairly impressed by the taste. It all depends how they flavour it though, some stuff may not be as good as the stuff I have had.

If i had a choice between the chicken and the chicken flavoured Quorn I would pick the chicken, but I would probably polish off the Quorn too.... I'm a greedy piggeh!

Quorn was initially not accepted by Vegitarian Society due to the use of battery hen eggs, but now does not use battery hens. Interesting article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn

And boy do some of the flavours of thier newer range sausages and burgers sound good!

http://www.quorn.co.uk/CMSPage.aspx?ssbid=65&prid=2

Hey the brits invented it so we get to keep the best stuff

I suppose its supply and demand, they need to introduce slowly into new countries in order not to loose money. Quorn has been around a long time in uk and is well established so can afford to bring out lots and lots of new products. May be worth contacting them directly asking why certain products not availiable. Although I have to say I have not seen most of those in local supermarkets either. My local supermarket (Sainsburys) has a Quorn section which has only some of the stuff, while a rival, Tesco has different stuff, so the full range is still not availiable unless you visit many different stores, something which on a weekly show not many will do.

Can see what happened in USA happening in other places. Some people trying to get quorn banned in USA saying it can cause allergies in some people... true... but then all foods can. I think its more rival american brands trying to get rid of the competion because they know its far better... and I would imagine also the fact that its not an American invention.

Sadly I think Marlow Foods hold the rights to make food using this fungus in many copuntries, so unless a similar fungus is found similar stuff may be unavailiable in certain contries. Also some contries have strict food testing procedures before stuff can be imported or manufactured in these countries, so may be some time before tests are passed before it can be sold.