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I've had two of these Impossible Whoppers. One with a very "foodie" coworker with a highly developed palate. She's vegan, she liked it. I thought it was pretty good.
elleng
(131,075 posts)with 1/2 of the bread (think I'm diabetic, so watching carbs.)
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)co mingling with animal juices.
underpants
(182,868 posts)Someone at a meeting - the first time I had one - who found out about them being cooked on the same grill and said NO.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)suggestion so I'm really looking forward to trying it myself!
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)back in 1983, we only had a broiler. Oh, we did have a microwave oven, but regular Whoppers got put into it to melt the cheese sometimes. Surely, some meat splatter occurred.
If someone's a purist, avoid BK, Mickey D's, etc. Of course, you can hope to take satisfaction in seeing so many people fooled by fake meat that it might be easier someday to outlaw the real stuff.
msongs
(67,434 posts)zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)If this fake meat burger tastes "just like" their regular burger, that probably says more about their regular burger than anything else.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)that if you put enough goop on eggplant, it starts to taste OK. It is really a commentary on how little actual meat there is in a real Whopper, and how much other stuff there is.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)I thought the texture was perfect. I thought the taste was like a hamburger, but not a very tasty hamburger. What was missing was the juicyness. If I was given one without knowing what it was there's no way I would have guessed veggie.
underpants
(182,868 posts)But most fast fast food burgers don't have that. Wendy's used to have it. We moved from Ohio to Virginia (mid 70's) and were surprised that there we no Wendy's Pringle's or Stake n Shakes.
BK's thing, to me, has always bee air. Lots of lettuce and big slices of onion. They look bigger. And some serious fat. There is a BK near here that looks like a coal burning plant on midday.
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)Nothing about it would make me order it again. Was not bad, just meh. Will not pay extra for meh.
MurrayDelph
(5,300 posts)When I'm down there we get together for lunch at Cheesecake Factory, so he can order one.
I am a super-taster with food intolerances, so most vegetables taste horrible to me, and impostor food is my idea of Hell (I have to keep a close eye on ingredients).
The first time we got together at CF after they added it to their menu and insisted I try a piece.🍰
It was a better impostor than most veggie burgers, but dated nothing like a good burger.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)in-depth article on these impossible burgers:
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/impossible-burger-everything-you-need-to-know/
underpants
(182,868 posts)Looks interesting.
W_HAMILTON
(7,871 posts)LAS14
(13,783 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)Plenty of ketchup, mayo, mustard. And the bun is not exactly lo-cal either.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)Not a lot of difference.
pansypoo53219
(20,989 posts)underpants
(182,868 posts)I don't add salt to anything except lettuce but I did suck down that soda...but refills are free.
gulliver
(13,186 posts)I have to admit I'm waiting for lab grown beef with lab grown fat. Sure, I'll try the veggie burgers (and I think they should be allowed to call them "burgers" ), but I'm skeptical.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 23, 2019, 12:16 AM - Edit history (1)
I had the one at Carl's Junior. It's the impossible burger, but rather the beyond meat patties that are used. I found that acceptable...
Although, as you've put up in the comparison images, it's not really healthier outside of less cholesterol. If I am aiming for health, then it's probably best for me to avoid either of those. So that really leaves the reason of sustainability to go that with those burgers. Which I am down for, but I also don't eat a whole lot of burgers anyway.
LAS14
(13,783 posts)superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)It reminded me of the soy burgers in junior high
GaYellowDawg
(4,449 posts)I'm embarrassed to admit that i liked the soy burgers.
doc03
(35,363 posts)is the point?
LAS14
(13,783 posts)doc03
(35,363 posts)animal. I do eat BOCA burgers sometimes, they are not bad but I like real meat when I pay $5 for a burger at a restaurant.
Ms. Toad
(34,086 posts)Nicolette Hahn Niman is an environmental lawyer and long-time vegetarian who married a rancher.
A review of her book from Mother Jones
There are significant portions of the earth that cannot produce food directly for human consumption, but which can be used for cattle grazing. Such farms are not pollutants, the way concentrated factory farms are. Virtually all of the calculations for sustainability (e.g. Frances Moore Lappé) ignore both of these realities.
My father's ranch matches the description above - It is separated into a number of smaller pastures which cattle graze to the ground (unlike when they are given the entire pasture and pick and choose). Once a smaller pasture is fully grazed, the cattle are moved to another portion of the pasture, etc. This practice is similar to the burns native people in Australia and other places use to give plants and grasses a fresh start, which encourages robust rejuvination. The cattle are fed as well as they are when they graze the entire pasture, and are happy grazing on hilly, sometimes craggy pasture, with a creek running through it and ample shade trees - all of which make it competely unuseful to grow vegetable matter for consumption by humans. The pasture is more vibrant due to the managed grazing, and (as noted above) this also contributes to a desireable habitat for not ony pollenating insects and birds, but any number of other critters whose happy homes are all too often sacrificed as farmers raze more and more tree claims and shelterbelts in the race to make ends meet growning vegetation for humans.
Our shelterbelt used to be one of 4 between our house and the highway. Every other shelterbelt between our house and the highway has been razed to create more cropland.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)to cut back. I'm really surprised I would have to explain this.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)one of his lies. My mistake.
blogslut
(38,009 posts)It was adequate. Between the bun, the sauce, the pickles and the lettuce (no tomato for me) it gave meat-like heft to the experience.
Pre-made veggie burgers are okay but they're too easy to overcook. I'd rather make my own from scratch.