It is impressive that despite not eating meat for 20 years you feel you are in a good position to talk about the realism of the meat product you have invested in.
I literally had flashbacks of the 12 year old me. It was a taste I hadn't experienced in some time. But your point is a fair one. For what it's worth, the WSJ was also at the tasting and their reporter (a meat eater) also said that it tasted exactly like meat.
