Beef Brownies at the Church Potluck

Someone made brownies with ground meat in them for a church potluck. My vegetarian friend

discovered this when she bit into one. She was more confused and horrified about

their existence than she was upset about eating meat. I thought she had to be wrong.

Then I tried them. It was beef. I was disgusted and really, really,

really confused." "Years later, I found out that apparently, this was a thing.

Someone came up with this (putting beef in brownies) as a substitute for walnuts for

people with nut allergies. While this explains it a little, I'm still confused

about why someone would assume that people who can't eat walnuts would prefer to eat ground