Is there a site that goes into detail on every substitute? Like, my failure last time was none of the subs were any good, but its been a decade almost. stuff evolves. I love the taste and and feel of so many animal products. A roomie is going vegan, and I kinda want to join. But I'm scared of missing out. I FOMO hard. I want to. I really do, but I am gourmand hedonist who loves food and loves cooking for other people so much. I am a much better cook because of what I learned when I tried last, but god damn I NEED cheese and eggs in life you feel? I need something that compares to avoid that FOMO.
But when I was vegan I was in the best shape of my life, so I want to go back because who doesn't want to look good and be confident?
TLDR: A knowledge repository with the closest to 1:1 for animal product vegan versions that get damn close. I don't want to miss out if that makes sense.
I've never heard of such a database but I'm sure you can ask in /c/vegan and people will give you options for whatever you're craving. A lot of this varies based on where in the country you are.
To be frank I'm starting to forget what animal products taste like, but as far as I recall no substitutes are at parity with meat/eggs/cheese/etc. Some things sort of approach them in specific applications, like an impossible or beyond burger is pretty close to a flesh burger, and you can get fake egg that works in e.g. fried rice. A product that is "as good" is impossible - it will always be different in some way, and since the original is the culinary ideal any differences make it "worse". But as you already know it's harder to cook without a whole cultural tradition helping you.
They make decent cheese and yogurt substitutes that have bacteria cultures in them so they have the right tang. And those restaurant fake shrimp are good but idk where the fuck to get them, I think they're like Impossible Burgers in the days when they were only selling to food service.