# Norm from cheers would be amused at this **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-from-cheers-would-be-amused-at-this/966717 "2022-06-24T00:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-from-cheers-would-be-amused-at-this/966717/1 "2022-06-24T00:39:07Z")
Remember there was a running joke where norm and cliff would go to this restaurant and eat a cross-between imitation almost real food? and the bef would be explained as somewhat real meat but not quite? well today I found ## Marie Callender’s Gardein Be’f Pot Pie 15 oz its described as thus: ## Details Gardein\u00AE Plant-Based Be’f with Vegetables Prepared in a Golden Flaky Crust with GravyMade with Gardein\u00AE meat-free plant-based proteinsThere’s something different (and delicious) inside this pot pie and it comes from plants. We switched things up with tender pieces of Gardein\u00AE meat-free plant-based be’f instead of regular beef. You won’t believe the taste and texture. Whether you’re going meatless or just eating less meat it’s a simple and satisfying swap so you can get more plant-based protein from the comfort foods you crave. ## Ingredients Filling: Water, Gardein Beefless Bites (water, Vital Wheat Gluten, Soy Protein Isolate, Onions, Canola Oil, Yeast Extract, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Methylcellulose, Malt Extract [malted Barley, Water], Distilled Vinegar, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Ancient Grain Flour [khorasan Wheat, Amaranth, Millet, Quinoa], Sugar, Natural Flavors, Potato Starch, Salt, Spices, Pea Protein), Potatoes (potatoes, Calcium Chloride), Carrots, Modified Corn Starch, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Celery, Yeast Extract, Onions, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavors, Methylcellulose, Caramel Color. Crust: Enriched Wheat Flour (wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Interesterified Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Modified Whey, Caramel Color. ## Warnings Contains: milk, soy, wheat. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-from-cheers-would-be-amused-at-this/966717/2 "2022-06-24T14:30:48Z")
**Norm Peterson:** [about his and Cliff’s meal at The Hungry Heifer] Yeah, Cliffy had himself the tunnel T-bone. For less than four bucks, you get 24 ounces of USDA choice US bef. **Cliff Clavin:** Bef? You mean beef. **Norm Peterson:** Beef? Don’t be ridiculous Cliffy, that stuff is bef. You see, it’s a Hungry Heifer trademark for a processed, synthetic, what… , meat-like substance. **Cliff Clavin:** Ohh, Norm. **Norm Peterson:** What do expect for four bucks? Do you hear me complain about the loobster? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-from-cheers-would-be-amused-at-this/966717/3 "2022-06-24T22:03:30Z")
My god, it’s real. I mean, it exists. “Gardein Beefless Bites” In Kentucky, we call those “chiggers”. And what the hell is “interesterified soybean oil”? The opposite of apathesterified soybean oil? I can imagine Audrey II being offered one of those Be’f things and saying (in stentorian tones), _Get that shit out of here._ No whey, not even a modified whey. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norm-from-cheers-would-be-amused-at-this/966717/4 "2022-06-28T08:40:59Z")
well there’s always chik’in if you dont eat the be’f