# Cracker Barrel adds Impossible Sausage to their menu, conservatives lose their minds **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101 "2022-08-04T17:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/121 "2022-08-06T12:09:34Z")
> [@EDOK9Trainer](#): > > So I guess it is not just conservatives who are pissed. Is she pissed because Impossible Sausage is another attempt to groom our children into the Black Lives Matter, trans agenda, critical race theory, antifa, socialist, Walmart re-education camp? If not then this thread isn’t about her. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/122 "2022-08-06T12:23:08Z")
> [@EDOK9Trainer](#): > > But my sister, a life long 65-year old liberal, wrote or maybe called Cracker Barrel to bitch about this and said she is done there if they follow through. Why, then, is _she_ angry? She realizes that the regular sausage is staying on the menu, right? ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/123 "2022-08-06T12:43:13Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s not really about Impossible meat. Cracker Barrell’s brand is strongly associated with rural conservative communities. They view it as one of “their” brands, a rare corporation that caters specifically to them. Adding specifically vegetarian items means they’re trying to cater to people outside their specific demographic. And if they’re successful, of course, that means that “those people” are going to start showing up in Cracker Barrel restaurants, so a decent Christian can’t go out to a meal any more without having to see them. I don’t think they’ve thought it through even as far as “I might see those people here.” It’s a little bit of: - My restaurant is serving one single (optional) item to please people who aren’t like me, and that loss of absolute cultural dominance feels exactly like being an oppressed minority. - I’m scared that I see this happening everywhere and I have no power to stop it. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/124 "2022-08-06T13:05:10Z")
I’ll not sup with those who invite Satan to their table. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/125 "2022-08-06T13:08:06Z")
So basically it’s like this: [![](https://i.imgur.com/px2T6hN.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/px2T6hN.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/126 "2022-08-06T13:47:34Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > My restaurant is serving one single (optional) item to please people **who aren’t like me** , and that loss of absolute cultural dominance feels exactly like being an oppressed minority. Bolding mine. Empathy. It always comes down to empathy. Conservatives lack it completely. ---
**Author:** ![EDOK9Trainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/127 "2022-08-06T13:57:36Z")
Because she’s been eating at Cracker Barrels nearly as long as she’s been on this earth and does not want to see the old traditions change. And she’s weird. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/128 "2022-08-06T14:12:15Z")
Is she complaining about these changes; _The menu, which was designed to simplify the ordering experience for guests, will also introduce new dinner recipes, including Maple Bacon Grilled Chicken, Country Fried Pork Chops, Pot Roast Supper and Barrel-Cut Sugar Ham._ _We loved to have fried chicken livers at Cracker Barrel. Bad news, they no longer have them._ _Cracker Barrel will also be revamping another classic side, its Hashbrown Casserole, by adding (you guessed it) hickory smoked bacon, scrambled eggs, and Colby cheese to the signature dish_ _“No longer have Haddock dinner on the menu but still shows on-line.” Review of Cracker Barrel. No longer have Haddock dinner on the menu but still shows on-line._ _Cracker Barrel’s new menu additions and limited-time offerings include: Hand-Breaded Fried Chicken Tenders: New this summer, guests can enjoy crispy hand-breaded and fried chicken tenders, served with dill pickle ranch sauce._ _While we can’t bring these discontinued restaurant desserts back, we can join you in lamenting their disappearance. There will always be a Cracker Barrel Baked Apple Dumplin’-sized hole in our hearts._ _Review of Cracker Barrel. New Item On Menu - Salmon Patties Are A Hit!_ _8 Discontinued Cracker Barrel Dishes We Wish They’d Bring Back to the Menu_ _Fried Chicken Livers. …_ _Strawberries n’ Cream French Toast. …_ _Chicken Salad Sandwich. …_ _Baked Apple Dumpling. …_ _Chicken Caesar Salad. …_ _Red Eye Gravy. …_ _Sweet Potato Pancakes. …_ _Sugar Plum Mimosa._ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/129 "2022-08-06T14:32:47Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It always comes down to empathy. Conservatives lack it completely. Is anybody else struck by the irony here? ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/130 "2022-08-06T14:37:39Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@DCnDC](#): > > > > Yes Virginia, people really are this fucking stupid. > > I want to believe some of them are just trolling. Vicious trumps (heh) stupid in the GOP. Dan ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/131 "2022-08-06T14:40:26Z")
> [@EDOK9Trainer](#): > > Because she’s been eating at Cracker Barrels nearly as long as she’s been on this earth and does not want to see the old traditions change. I find it unfathomable that this is the first time Cracker Barrel has ever added a menu option in her 65 years on this earth. And I’m sure there are plenty of things on the menu that she would prefer not to eat. But because they’re adding a meatless sausage option for vegetarians, she’s having a cow? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/132 "2022-08-06T15:06:56Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > ecause they’re adding a meatless sausage option for vegetarians, she’s having a cow? And thinks the vegetarians should too, apparently. Or just not eat there. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/133 "2022-08-06T15:08:26Z")
What irony? ---
**Author:** ![EDOK9Trainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@EDOK9Trainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EDOK9Trainer)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/134 "2022-08-06T15:31:55Z")
LOL. You seem to be a little upset over this. She’s my sister but not always wrapped too tight. Don’t ask me to psycho analyze her mind. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/135 "2022-08-06T15:33:56Z")
Right, my bad. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/136 "2022-08-06T15:39:42Z")
Say what you will about Cracker Barrel, but if you’re on a long drive and get an irresistible hankering for a Chunky chocolate bar, a CB store is the place to stop. Now if they start selling kale and quinoa chews, I’m outta there. 😠 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/137 "2022-08-06T15:39:46Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > What irony? When you find out, tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/138 "2022-08-06T17:45:17Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > It always comes down to empathy. Conservatives lack it completely. > > Is anybody else struck by the irony here? > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > What irony? So nobody else? Oh well. 😐 I admit, my irony meter may not be perfectly calibrated. But that particular blanket statement presuming to understand how a broad group of people think and tersely dismissing all of them, rather than trying to see their point of view or understand where they’re coming from or, well, _empathize_ with them in any way, pinged it pretty hard. Liberals claim to be, and very often genuinely are, the empathetic ones, the ones who champion inclusiveness and fairness and diversity. Which makes it especially ironic when they resort to othering and liberalsplaining and dismissing conservatives as being monolithically, simplistically awful. (And I say this without disputing that _some_ conservatives, especially nowadays, really are that awful.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/139 "2022-08-06T17:47:46Z")
How do you empathize with people who have no empathy? Seems kinda problematic to me. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101/140 "2022-08-06T17:50:45Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I admit, my irony meter may not be perfectly calibrated. But that particular blanket statement presuming to understand how a broad group of people think and tersely dismissing all of them, rather than trying to see their point of view or understand where they’re coming from or, well, _empathize_ with them in any way, pinged it pretty hard. No, it isn’t. A chain restaurant adds something to their menu (something they’ve done for years as I’ve shown) and people lose their shit. What exactly is there to empathize with? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cracker-barrel-adds-impossible-sausage-to-their-menu-conservatives-lose-their-minds/969101.md?page=8)