I’m not sure if my colleague Dan Solomon inspired me or shamed me recently when he wrote a story about vegan convenience foods. He went vegan for a week without eating vegetables, at least not in their whole forms. I figured if he could do it for a whole week, I could at least try it for a meal. Back when Solomon was researching the article, he and I talked about Barvecue, which makes a soy–and–sweet potato protein product meant to mimic pulled pork. I’d seen it before in the freezer section at the grocery store, but I ignored it because it was made in North Carolina—and because it’s a soy–and–sweet potato protein product. But on my last trip to Central Market, I saw a…The post Vegan Brisket and Pulled Pork Can Be (Somewhat) Redeemed by Putting Them in Sandwiches appeared first on Texas Monthly.