# Had my first Impossible Burger **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264 "2019-08-06T18:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/21 "2019-08-07T09:22:49Z")
Man I’m really torn. I avoid red meat for purposes of polyp-avoidance and discipline. If it’s not that much healthier than beef then there’s not much discipline in eating a non-meat cheeseburger that tastes just like a meat cheeseburger. But goddamn do I miss cheeseburgers. Now they need to make an impossible-bacon worth a shit. Turkey bacon is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/22 "2019-08-07T11:20:51Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > There is also the matter of the GMO soy, and exposure to glyphosates from Roundup… > [GMO Impossible Burger Positive for Carcinogenic Glyphosate - Moms Across America](https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate) Is there more glyphosate than in any other vegetable products? Are the levels high enough to be of concern? If meat is unhealthy and vegetables are full of poison, should we all just starve? And what exactly is the problem with GMO soy? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/23 "2019-08-07T11:47:56Z")
My daughter and her fiancé are vegetarians and gave both fake meats five stars. I’m an ominivore. If they cost less than real beef I’d be happy to try them, but at current prices they offer nothing I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/24 "2019-08-07T15:07:41Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Who, exactly, are “Moms Across America,” and why should I listen to them? Moms Across America is a National Coalition of Unstoppable Moms. You’d better listen… or else!! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/25 "2019-08-07T23:19:19Z")
> [@DaveRaver](#): > > Moms Across America is a National Coalition of Unstoppable Moms. You’d better listen… or else!! Wait till Father’s Across America gets home! ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/26 "2019-08-08T02:10:57Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > Who, exactly, are “Moms Across America,” and why should I listen to them? They were started by Zen Honeycutt. She has an [entry](https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2016/11/1746-zen-honeycutt.html) at the Encyclopedia of American Loons. Some prime bits: - She completely cured her son’s autism symptoms in six weeks by switching him to a GMO free and organic diet. - She pronounced that cure on Dr Oz’s show. - She pushes “molecular hydrogen” as another cure for autism. > [@](#): > > Molecular hydrogen is a tiny form of hydrogen that enters your cells and turns the bad free radicals (not the good ones) into water - A tweet she sent to Barak Obama - “@BarackObama Teen pregnancies are at an all time low because our people are being sterilized by glyphosate in our food and water‼!” I can think of one good reason to listen to her. I have a really dark sense of humor, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/27 "2019-08-08T02:34:54Z")
Dunkin Donut’s has been testing their egg McMuffin equivalent with Beyond meet at some locations. I thought it was as good as the real-meat version and had a good mouth-feel. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/28 "2019-08-08T12:06:23Z")
I expect to see cultured meat at some point, at least as ground meat. Steaks and such might be more difficult. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/29 "2019-08-08T14:23:18Z")
I hear tell grass-fed Impossible burgers are the best ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/30 "2019-08-08T15:08:32Z")
This is making me want to try one. I’m not a vegetarian by a long shot, but I am looking forward to the day when there are indistinguishable animal substitutes (steak will probably not be in my lifetime but who knows). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/31 "2019-08-08T15:56:18Z")
I’d try one, but not at the current high price. (Yes, I consider $5.00 or more for a burger expensive–I’m a McD’s Dollar Menu type.) Maybe I can wait for the Improbable Burger or Unlikely Burger. (BTW, if you are a vegetarian, the BK version is still [the Unbuyable Burger](https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/burger-king-made-a-controversial-admission-thats-going-to-upset-a-lot-of-customers.html). ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/32 "2019-08-10T00:24:18Z")
Daughter and I just had our first Impossible Whoppers… damn. Good stuff. I hope the price comes down a bit, but they were great! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/33 "2019-08-11T21:30:02Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Daughter and I just had our first Impossible Whoppers… damn. Good stuff. I hope the price comes down a bit, but they were great! Hopefully the Burger King deal will allow them to scale up enough that they can lower the wholesale price to reach parity with beef. And given the reasons this company was founded, I can’t imagine that isn’t their plan. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/34 "2019-08-12T16:20:59Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Hopefully the Burger King deal will allow them to scale up enough that they can lower the wholesale price to reach parity with beef. And given the reasons this company was founded, I can’t imagine that isn’t their plan. Right now they can’t replicate unminced meat, right, meaning that mass acceptance will drive down the cost of ground meat, too. Assuming that Impossible Foods can keep up with the race downward, there will a point where real and impossible kind of balance each other out. Unless they can eliminate unground meat from the competition, the meat industry will have to do something with all of those leftover bits and pieces from the best cuts. Lowering prices seems obvious. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/35 "2019-08-12T16:43:18Z")
I enjoy meat and my health has improved greatly with increased meat consumption. I tried the Impossible Whopper because I was curious. First BK was “out of all Whoppers due to broken broiler.” Stopped on the road and found the meal for $8.09. Not bad. I may have liked it more without the BK char cooking method but not sure. Whoppers are very thin and the way they are prepared makes it difficult to really taste the “meat,” IMHO. So it’s not that impressive to me to get away with the “you can’t tell the difference” thing. However, I removed some from a sandwich and broke off a chunk to eat on its own. Examining the inside and the texture it did resemble beef to me. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/36 "2019-08-12T17:57:40Z")
Had my first Impossible burger today at a local restaurant (Carson’s, for anyone who knows their way around Ann Arbor). Not bad, better than any other veggie burger I’ve tried - though I doubt anyone could ever confuse it with real meat. The patty seemed more like a meatball, i.e. it tasted like meat mixed with bread crumbs and spices, especially salt. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/37 "2019-08-12T22:44:09Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Had my first Impossible burger today at a local restaurant (Carson’s, for anyone who knows their way around Ann Arbor). Actually, yeah, and I’m surprised they have it there. It’s a pretty good steakhouse without having to go into town, and has a parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/38 "2019-08-13T05:09:07Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The target market isn’t vegetarians, it’s meat eaters who would like to reduce their environmental footprint. The vegetarians are already acclimated to eating a roasted piece of sliced beet on a bun - this is for people who really enjoy the flavor and mouth feel of ground beef. We’re fine if it isn’t any worse for us than ground beef. Sure, but that means it’s only hitting one of two targets in meat eaters: the ones concerned about the environmental impact. But there are also plenty of meat eaters who want to eat more healthily, and would love a healthier burger that tasted like real meat. Still, the main point, I presume, was just to let **iiandyiii** i know that one of the goals he stated, of eating healthier, would not be fulfilled by eating an Impossible Burger. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/39 "2019-08-13T10:29:47Z")
Too bad they have so much sodium. But I guess that’s one reason why they taste so good. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264/40 "2019-08-13T14:47:33Z")
My moral niche: Meat-eater who makes some effort to locally and humanely\* source where the meat comes from but doesn’t fall into existential crisis if I go out to a new restaurant. I’ve had a couple of Impossible burgers. I really like having the option for grab-and-go food choices where I’m not looking for a high quality meal, it could become my go-to choice for fast food over other basic burgers. That said, it is rather bland and undistinctive and functions as a platter for the rest of the goo that gets piled on it. A great burger will carry its flavor and texture past the rest of the toppings and enhance the whole experience. This isn’t great, it’s merely a blank canvas, but that’s better than every other veggie burger I’ve tried. \*Yeah yeah, too many opinions to debate, I’ve grown up on farms…I think livestock animals are for eating, just don’t torture them in intensive high-density pens for their whole life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-my-first-impossible-burger/838264.md?page=3)