Beyond Burger

[Dixie]

Do you buy Beyond Meat, or it's equivalent? If so, why?
Does it taste more amazing than meat? Is it because you're a vegetarian or vegan?

I know it's not because it's cheaper. Today I thought I'd buy some to try. At least, I did until I realized it's $5.31/lb and hamburger is $4.62/lb!

What's y'all's thoughts?

[Dixie]

Mods, please move to PPOT. I honestly don't know what I did to send it to PARF.

[70SATMan]

Not that I think the choice of meat vs non meat might not be political,,,,

No. I’m a canine wearing meat eater. I struggle with tofu even though I was nearly raised in bean fields. The missus did get me to try one of her new tofu dishes just the night before last and I found it tasty. I might be growing on a personal level somehow, lol.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

Mods, please move to PPOT. I honestly don't know what I did to send it to PARF.

There is only one Mod here until the return of Z...I cannot wait.

However, your wish is my command.

[varmint]

when the tech is ready i would eat it. cheaper, more nutritious, identical taste, etc. don't see that happening any time soon.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I've never had it and probably never will. For me the big question is would you eat lab grown meat? The Matrix with a twist.

[john70t]

It's an interesting idea for recycled space travel sustenance or living out the fun days of post nuclear times 500 ft below ground.
That and bug protein if you can get rid of their inherent parasites. Can't destroy that without destroying all nutritional value. Or risk infesting the consumer with brain-eating microorganisms.
But here on earth, nah.
Plus it uses so much energy to create that it becomes non-ecological by most definition. That is the part they don't tell you.

[911 Rod]

My wife convinced me to try one as she really liked them.
It was terrible! I'm like this sucks how can you eat it!?
She replies you should taste the other ones. They suck compared to these.

[stevej37]

[scottmandue]

I'm *cough* at a certain age where cholesterol is a problem so I tried it in a taco... How about no!
I'm all about eating a plant based diet but also want to eat natural, plenty of yummy fruit and vegetables out there. I do like Boca burgers, they are not like meat but a good substitute.

[craigster59]

We have Carl's Jr here in SoCal (Hardee's in other areas). You can get the "Beyond Burger option" on a lot of their burgers. I've had it and don't care for it but my Wife prefers it.

Try some of the burger restaurants in your area that offer Beyond Meat before you go too crazy. It was big when it first came out but popularity seems to be waning.

[ltusler]

[porsche930dude]

We use ground turkey instead of beef most of the time. Its a little plainer but in most dishes inperceptable. Even burgers. Put enough extras on it and there is pretty much no difference.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

I know it's not because it's cheaper. Today I thought I'd buy some to try. At least, I did until I realized it's $5.31/lb and hamburger is $4.62/lb!

What's y'all's thoughts?

69¢ a pound difference, and that stopped you? How many pounds were you going to buy? I hope the delivery truck has a lift gate and they bring a pallet jack.

I've had veggie burgers before, and they were reasonably tasty.

I wouldn't (today) buy any fake meat. If I want meat, I'll eat meat. But there's nothing wrong with fake meat in a pinch. I think I've had a "boca burger" and I think I've had a "garden burger". I think the garden burger (rice, beans, onions and lots of spices, I think) was better than the boca burger. I think it's because we used to go to a place that didn't have beef. I'd get a chili cheese burger, and despite neither the chili or the burger containing beef, it was pretty tasty (real cheese, IIRC).

I suppose it's better than pink slime.

Then there's the lab grown synthetic meat.

[john70t]

Why do vegetarians want to eat meat, but not eat meat?
Why do they want to sell or force the idea on the rest of us?

There are plenty of tasty veggy dishes. Most of my meat dishes are stretched out w/ extra bags. Nothing wrong with that. Probably much healthier.
It's the lying part.
And the proper legal food labeling.

[KFC911]

Aw hell naw ....

I want my pudding!

"A healthy hot dawg is all beef .... " - Confucius?

[CurtEgerer]

Forget about the end product Beyond Burger for a minute. If I told you I was going to mix the following ingredients together, would you consume the mixture?: water, pea protein isolate, expeller-pressed canola oil, refined coconut oil, cellulose from bamboo, methylcellulose, potato starch, natural flavor, maltodextrin, yeast extract, salt, sunflower oil, vegetable glycerin, dried yeast, gum arabic, citrus extract, ascorbic acid, beet juice extract, acetic acid, succinic acid, modified food starch, and annatto.

This is just another manufactured 'food' in our crazy experimental Western diet that has caused chronic disease to become epidemic over the past 50-60 years. If you want to get healthy - eat whole foods only (i.e., meat, seafood, produce. Period.) Nothing in a bag, box, can or anything that requires a label to explain to you what's in it! Humans of the last 100 years or so are the only species on the planet to get chronic disease (80-90% of us have, at the very least, metabolic syndrome). We are also the only species on the planet to be confused about what we're supposed to eat. It's not coincidental.

People are more concerned, by far, with the fuel they put in their car than the fuel they put in their body

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by john70t

Why do vegetarians want to eat meat, but not eat meat?
Why do they want to sell or force the idea on the rest of us?

There are plenty of tasty veggy dishes. Most of my meat dishes are stretched out w/ extra bags. Nothing wrong with that. Probably much healthier.
It's the lying part.
And the proper legal food labeling.

Exactly! I wonder this too.

[Tobra]

No, that stuff is nasty and worse for you than actual cow

[aschen]

impossible whopper is pretty decent actually, er as good as a regular whopper I should say. Tried just out of curiosity....