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McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu

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Re: McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu

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Post by dandare »

PretzelPirate wrote: post #242
NewOrderNow wrote: post #238

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It is more the concept of wanting something you claim to not want by making a fake version of it. Just eat vegan products? It seems like a cognitive dissonance when I see the words vegan and burger together.

But vegans want burgers, they just don’t want to kill an animal for that burger. This is no different than someone making a turkey burger because they don’t like beef. For some reason, only vegans get called out for making substitutions.

What I want the most is a readily available vegan food on every corner. For instance, it is surprisingly difficult to buy anything vegan on a highway stop/petrol station where I am from. Vegan burger from MCD will mean a lot.

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Post by dzhiurgis »

tigershark wrote: post #480
dzhiurgis wrote: post #406

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I've been to many places in Italy and always prefer NY style pizza. Just because you invented it doesn't mean you've perfected it.

I seriously doubt that you tried a real Neapolitan pizza then. Even in Italy it’s not that easy to find unless you are in Campania.

Which just kinda proves my point that average Italian pizza is nothing compared to NY style.

Back to question I don't think I've ever tried certified Neapolitan pizza, but pretty sure I've had unofficial version many times. It's good, but given choice I'd take NY style. I was about to make one just to realise my dough didn't rise enough (guessing lack of water) few weeks back.

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Post by dzhiurgis »

dsomers wrote: post #471
dzhiurgis wrote: post #406

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I've been to many places in Italy and always prefer NY style pizza. Just because you invented it doesn't mean you've perfected it.

Classic American attitude of wanting quantity over quality. No, I don’t want to stuff my gut with a pound of low quality cheese that tastes like rubber. You do you America!

I didn't taste pizza till I was like 15 and that was frozen.

I didn't taste NY style till I was 30 or something.

Lol I remember crying big time because mom tricked me into getting first communion by saying she'll take me to a pizzeria.

p.s. don't get insulted too much, ton of places messed their food - best burgers aren't mcdonalds, best buffalo wings aren't in Buffalo NY, best sushi isn't in Tsukiji market, best cuban sandwiches aren't in Florida. All due because locals tend to fetishise it or mess it up to serve tourists.

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Post by Tepix »

danepowell wrote: post #350

Can someone help me to understand all of the pessimism surrounding plant-based meat? Of all of the morally-dubious technologies in the world today, this seems like a force of unequivocal good, and yet the criticism is endless: "it's not healthier", "the name sucks", "it'll give you cancer". All of these just seem to be missing the point that it's _no worse than meat_ in most respects, and _way better_ in others (i.e.…

I'm frustrated by the high prices of the vegetarian/vegan alternatives.

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Post by nomad543 »

dkersten wrote: post #208
markdown wrote: post #141

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What is the appeal of a vegan pizza? Is it even pizza without cheese?

Most Italian pizza has rather little cheese. I remember watching something once where the chef of a fancy pizzeria said that the most important thing in pizza is the bread: it should taste great without any topping. Then the sauce and finally everything else. I've had a great vegan pizza once and between bread, sauce and toppings, it tasted like great Italian-style pizza. Sure, a sprinkle of cheese would have made it…

> Most Italian pizza has rather little cheese.

Not true, authentic neapoletan pizza is marinara(no cheese) or margheritta (lots of cheese).

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Post by msandford »

taffer wrote: post #260
spacephysics wrote: post #172

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Not so fast with the health talk. Vegetable oils are most likely carcinogenic, amid other health issues (GI, heart) [0]. Red meat is not [1] Further, these fake meats, Impossible Burger namely, have been linked to kidney failure in mice studies [2] (one commissioned by the Impossible Foods manufacturer). In particular: " * A rat feeding study commissioned by the manufacturer Impossible Foods found that rats fed SLH […

> Vegetable oils are most likely carcinogenic, amid other health issues Strange. Why do I only ever see this claim from esoteric websites and blogs and never from serious organizations? E.g. "No need to avoid healthy omega-6 fats"[1] [1] https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/no-need-to...

In fairness to the esoteric websites, the official guidelines for the US have been high-carb and low-fat for what 40 years? And the health outcomes in the US during that 40 years haven't been great. I've heard the phrase "epidemic of obesity" a lot.

That doesn't make the esoteric websites right, but I think perhaps the idea that the consensus diet advice is good and right "because consensus" is suspect also.

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Post by devxpy »

notRobot wrote: post #104

I traveled to India last year for a business trip. Indian McD has apparently had vegetarian burger options for decades, including the McVeggie (vegetable patty), McSpicy Paneer (cottage cheese patty) and McAloo Tikki (potato-based patty). The Indian population is about 40% vegetarian, so this makes sense. Personally, I think the vegetarian burgers tasted incredible, and I wish we had them here.

I thought this post was about plant based chicken substitutes which seem far from reach here in India
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