Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

Post by shaggyfrog » Mon, Apr 01, 2019, 9:43 PM UTC

vanattab wrote: post #377

Wistar wrote: post #373

I've had both the original and, just this weekend, the new, version 2 Impossible burger. The new one is substantially better than the original and I think the original is quite good. Whereas the original is a bit dry, no matter where I have had it (HopDoddy in LA, Fat Burger and Earl's in Bellevue, WA), the new version has a better texture and flavor. I think it'd be hard to tell it apart from a decent beef burger al…

Do Jews not eat beef? I thought it was mainly pork?

Post by Wistar » Mon, Apr 01, 2019, 9:45 PM UTC

vanattab wrote: post #377

Wistar wrote: post #373

I've had both the original and, just this weekend, the new, version 2 Impossible burger. The new one is substantially better than the original and I think the original is quite good. Whereas the original is a bit dry, no matter where I have had it (HopDoddy in LA, Fat Burger and Earl's in Bellevue, WA), the new version has a better texture and flavor. I think it'd be hard to tell it apart from a decent beef burger al…

Do Jews not eat beef? I thought it was mainly pork?

Post by henrikschroder » Mon, Apr 01, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC

danans wrote: post #349

int_19h wrote: post #337

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Yep. I'm not at all a vegetarian, but I will definitely try it, and if it's as good as they say, I see no reason to not prefer it. There's a small subset of the population for whom meat consumption is some kind of cultural statement, but most really only just care about taste, I think. If the same taste can be had in a healthier package and without killing anything, it's a win-win.

> There's a small subset of the population for whom meat consumption is some kind of cultural statement There are actors in the cultural discourse that are already trying to make large scale meat consumption a cultural authenticity issue, especially if you read some of the nativist criticism of the Green New Deal [1] I don't think that line of manipulation will go away, as it always will have some cultural currency w…

Post by bunderbunder » Mon, Apr 01, 2019, 9:48 PM UTC

landonxjames wrote: post #105

moosey wrote: post #60

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Carl's also has the beyond burger, which I personally think is superior. My wife disagrees, and prefers your standard veggie burgers (we are vegans of 15 years).

My girlfriend (vegan of 12ish years) actually has trouble eating any of the more realistic fake meats. She says she has just lost the taste for it and that it grosses her out now.

Post by malvosenior » Mon, Apr 01, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

int_19h wrote: post #337

danans wrote: post #187

The most interesting thing about this particular announcement is that it may normalize plant-derived meat-substitutes among the typical fast-food-burger eating population, and not just the mostly-vegetarian folks (like myself) who will spend $10 on an Impossible Burger at a fancy sports bar. Within a decade this might just be normalized, and nobody will make much of it.

Yep. I'm not at all a vegetarian, but I will definitely try it, and if it's as good as they say, I see no reason to not prefer it. There's a small subset of the population for whom meat consumption is some kind of cultural statement, but most really only just care about taste, I think. If the same taste can be had in a healthier package and without killing anything, it's a win-win.