A&w in Canada has the beyond sausage patty breakfast sandwich a bit spicier than a regular sausage patty but to me that’s a good thing.
The A&W beond meat burger had a good burger like texture,and flavour was not as good as regular but not noticeably unpleasant.
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But White Castle hasn’t put real meat in their burgers in like 60 years!
Went to BK and tried two whoppers, one regular and one Impossible. The Impossible was somewhat less greasy, less flavorful and also had something of a nutty or canola taste to it, but otherwise, quite passable for the real thing.
Has anyone had the Aldi version version? They’re brand is Earth-Grown Vegan and it’s just “meatless ground plant protein” in that charmingly matter-of-fact manner of Aldi. I ask because it’s half price at Aldi and I’m willing to take tthe bullet for the rest of you.
The South Park episode “Let then eat Goo” had a pretty good take on the whole plant-based “Meaternatives” or “Advanced Meat Substitute” (taste almost, but not quite, entirely unlike meat)
Cartman’s speech at the end of the episode;
“I thought you guys were all trying to force me to eat healthy, but I’ve learned that a lot of this stuff is made in a factory and processed with tons of salt just like all my favorite foods! SpaghettiOs, Rice-A-Roni Here I was thinking what you wanted was stuff from a farmers market.
I just didn’t want my food to change.
School cafeteria meat is just processed crap that comes in a box, and this is just processed crap that comes in a box.
I don’t have a problem with it.
All I wanted was to be able to eat the same garbage I always have, and this is definitely garbage.
And hey, if it happens to be more ethical and sustainable, well, I guess I’m fine with that, too”
If only Tegridy Farms burgers existed in real life.
“They taste like shit, but you won’t care.”
I’d rather eat Scott Tenorman’s parents.
I bought some but ended up using it in chili, so not really a good measure on how it would be as a burger.
Me, too. I hope these catch on. They’re better for the climate, too.
I’ve already significantly cut my meat intake, especially red meat. It was helped along by the fact that the last two times we had red meat it was (a) marinated rib steaks from an upscale butcher, done on an outdoor grill, and (b) Angus prime rib roast – both quite expensive and from very reputable sources and should have been delicious, and for whatever reason I thought neither turned out particularly well, at least for my taste. I think I’m getting more and more averse to red meat in particular. There was enough leftover tender and well-marbled prime rib for three or four meals, and it just got chucked in the garbage.
I had my second Impossible Burger. I think I’m qualified to give an informed opinion at this point. After my first IB, I was spectacularly unimpressed. It was by no means bad but for one, it did not taste like a Whopper and two, it sorta tasted like a burger flavored mush patty. I thought i may have just had a poorly prepared or not superbly prepared burger.
Fast forward to my second Impossible Burger. Annnnnnd…yeah, this thing is cute! All burgered up like a hamburger! It looked just like a delicious burger! Smelled like one. The sauce on it tasted like sauce you’d find on a burger.
But the burger. The burger, man. It was just this burger shaped hunk of edible mass that took on the flavor of whatever it was cooked with. Bland. Easy to eat, had a distinct burger flavor but not a beef flavor (if that makes any sense). I could easily eat them regularly no problem. They’re easy on my stomach and taste good. But if i crave a whopper, im buying a Whopper.
Not a potato burger.
Btw, i like how they carefully call it a “plant-based” burger, hoping for people to think of “vegetables” when they hear “plants”. Tubers and legumes are the plants in the IB. Soybeans and potatoes. Plants and i guess technically veggies but cmon. People arent thinking “potatoes” when they think of edible plants lol.
I tried frying it as a burger…
No. Just no. Took one bite and tossed it in the trash. It smelled and tasted like dog food. If I had put it into chili or something that had a strong flavor, I can see it. But on it’s own it was miserable.
Count me out of this experiment.
I’ve actually never thought of it that way. To me, potatoes and soy are, of course, plant-based. What the hell else are they going to make the burger from? I guess wheat is another possibility. But that’s what I think of when I think of “plant-based” meat substitutes. Am I supposed to think of carrots and broccoli or something? I’m not sure they’re banking on people thinking of green vegetables, but I suppose I could be wrong.
Anyhow, I finally had an Impossible Whopper and, honestly, without something to compare it to, I wouldn’t have known it’s a meatless burger. Then again, the last Whopper I’ve had was probably about five or six years ago, as I’m not a fan of BK’s burgers. If I ate the things regularly, I may have noticed more of an obvious difference. But, to me, it’s uncanny how close it is to a real burger.
Hmm… I actually am literally at the BK right now to try another one, and this one is definitely less meat like than the first. This one is like a dried out Whopper. These Impossible Burgers are quite finicky, I’ve decided. Sometimes great, sometimes in uncanny valley, sometimes a pale imitation.
Hey, I definitely could be wrong too. It just stands out to me, given the actual ingredients. They don’t refer to Pringles as “plant-based” snack chips. I just think there is a reason it’s being pushed as “plant-based” rather than “meatless”. And that reason is to make it seem healthier than it really is.
Inspired by this thread, I’ve been ordering my favorite burger with a veggie patty. And since “my” burger* is drowning in a brown mustard/garlic sauce and grilled onions with tomato and lettuce, I can barely tell the difference! Helps that the veggie burger is a black bean/soy/tasty one.
*If you want one, order the Brewmaster at the Laurel Tavern, Madison, WI
I think I’ve had that one (traditional, not veggie, though). Laurel does some good burgers.
Soylent Green was set in 2022, which is pretty close to now.
Better than Yanni?
