Veggie Burgers/Catch All Vegetarianism/Veganism thread.

[King Kamala]

So they've been making great strides with veggie burgers the last year or two so I wanted to start a thread. I definitely aspire to be veg or at least, cut out eating beef since it's so bad for the environment (and the cows).

Had a Beyond burger for the first time on Monday and great googly moogly, it was something else. I'd never had a veggie burger that had such a similar mouth feel and texture of beef burger. Granted it was texture of a frozen cafeteria patty burger but still damn damn close approximation of actual beef. It wasn't best tasting veggie burger (Although certainly, it was a real good one) but it was best at approximating the real thing.

I legit like the taste though of a lot of veggie burgers. A bean patty really makes it seem like halfway between a burger and a burrito. Trader Joe's has a lot of good veggie burger options.

I still haven't had the Impossible Whopper since everyone I know hates Burger King but I'm very interested in giving it a try and hear great things.

I'm also very excited at the prospects of LAB GROWN BEEF in the next few years.

Anyone else enjoy vegetarian/vegan burgers?

 

[Epic Springs]

I'm a big veggie burger eater. I love Beyond Burgers but they're so dang expensive. I do want to try the Impossible Whopper.

I also refer to TJ's for my veggie burger supply. The Dr. Prager ones are on point.

 

[tekcop]

I like veggie burgers that aren't trying to be meat. We eat a lot of black bean burgers and sometimes beet burgers.

 

[Laz]

Beyond Burgers are, unfortunately, the first casualty of my girlfriend's food avoidance during the pregnancy. Season them with some black pepper and a dab of A1 before pan-frying and HOLY SHIIIIIIT they're good.

Impossible burgers are...meh. The texture is basic fake beef and the flavor is fine if you season it right.

 

[Gert]

I also enjoy the black bean burgers. I will usually get the Boca burgers and Spicy Chicken Patties if I have an at home hankering because I like how low calorie they are. Maybe not the best "closest to beef patty" taste, but I usually have a shit ton of other toppings on it so its not too noticeable.

 

[SFH]

Your Pie pizza chain had Impossible brand burger meat for their pizza of the month last year and it was AMAZING. It was a freaking bacon cheeseburger pizza with no dairy (or beef) at all. It would have been straight vegan had I not added bacon. I haven't had the Whopper yet, but Impossible already established a good precedent with me.

I used to get black bean burgers at Sams Club. Honestly, couldn't tell they weren't beef either. I forget the brand but it was a bland black box in the freezer section.

I'm not vegan, but being dairy free, there's a lot of crossover recipes so it doesn't bother me to pick up a vegan option here and there.

 

[Precious Roy]

Morningstar Farms FTW. Lots of good varieties and their Chorizo veggie crumbles are tits

I haven't tried Beyond or Incrediburgers or any of these new ones

 

[King Kamala]

I had a Beyond Burger again on Monday. Significantly less good the 2nd time (although still pretty good) but I blame it mostly on toppings. First time I had traditional burger toppings (LTO, Thousand Island Dressing, pickles). This time I had a burger with blue cheese crumbles and truffle oil and yeah. I think those kind of toppings require actual beef burger for optimum taste.

 

[King Kamala]

Who here fucks with portabella mushroom burgers? Had a really good tasting one last night at a new vegan fast food place called Copper Branch.

It's kind of unfair to call it a burger. It's just a big ass mushroom on a burger bun. Flavor wise, they're usually fantastic. This one had some great, really realistic tasting vegan American cheese and good toasted bun. Texture wise, these things are untenable! I always run out of bun with like a third of the burger left and am left holding a slimy ass mushroom with whatever sauce and topping.

Surely technology can (and perhaps has) come up with a way to dice up those mushrooms and bind them together. It's such a frustrating sandwich to eat that I always forget until the 2 or 3 times a year I get it.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

how much do the fast food vegan/veggie burgers usually cost for you guys? around here it feels expensive.

 

[Hawk 34]

Usually a couple dollars more than the meat version.

 

[AA484]

Who here fucks with portabella mushroom burgers? Had a really good tasting one last night at a new vegan fast food place called Copper Branch.

It's kind of unfair to call it a burger. It's just a big ass mushroom on a burger bun. Flavor wise, they're usually fantastic. This one had some great, really realistic tasting vegan American cheese and good toasted bun. Texture wise, these things are untenable! I always run out of bun with like a third of the burger left and am left holding a slimy ass mushroom with whatever sauce and topping.

Surely technology can (and perhaps has) come up with a way to dice up those mushrooms and bind them together. It's such a frustrating sandwich to eat that I always forget until the 2 or 3 times a year I get it.

I hate mushrooms so this whole post repulsed me.

 

[SFH]

Who here fucks with portabella mushroom burgers? Had a really good tasting one last night at a new vegan fast food place called Copper Branch.

It's kind of unfair to call it a burger. It's just a big ass mushroom on a burger bun. Flavor wise, they're usually fantastic. This one had some great, really realistic tasting vegan American cheese and good toasted bun. Texture wise, these things are untenable! I always run out of bun with like a third of the burger left and am left holding a slimy ass mushroom with whatever sauce and topping.

Surely technology can (and perhaps has) come up with a way to dice up those mushrooms and bind them together. It's such a frustrating sandwich to eat that I always forget until the 2 or 3 times a year I get it.

Man, every time I eat mushrooms as the central focus of the dish, it jacks with my system. A little mushroom in Italian, salad, or on steak, I'm good. I eat one of these new fangled mushroom as a giant edible bowl or substitute burger, you're not seeing me for a few hours.

 

[King Kamala]

how much do the fast food vegan/veggie burgers usually cost for you guys? around here it feels expensive.

I think they're a little bit more ($1 to $2) at a fast food place but I notice no price difference at sit down casual restaurant between them and regular burgers. Unless it's a Beyond or Impossible Burger then sometimes there is an upcharge.

 

[King Kamala]

Impossible Whopper is now part of BK's 2 for $6 deal now.

 

[SFH]

Local Fox affiliate evening news actually did a segment on the "Impossible" products. It was muted, so I didn't hear the dialogue, but lots of footage of the production was shown in the montage.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1389268542286180361

This is v. interesting. Some major recipes website that's name I'm forgetting atm also announced they completely eliminated beef recipes last year for environmental reasons.

I'm hoping the restaurant industry is investing strongly in lab grown meats cause I feel like meat industry as it is rn is collapsing.

 

[King Kamala]

Popeyes Treats Fans to New Plant-Based Sandwich That May Be Best Yet

Popeyes has become the latest fast food chain to tailor its menu to become more vegetarian and [...]

popculture.com

Damn. I want this in my mouth.

 

[tekcop]

I've tried both the Beyond and Impossible burgers in the past couple of weeks. I actually liked the Impossible burger a lot. Wild.

 

[Laz]

Popeyes Treats Fans to New Plant-Based Sandwich That May Be Best Yet

Popeyes has become the latest fast food chain to tailor its menu to become more vegetarian and [...]

popculture.com

Damn. I want this in my mouth.

Huh. There's a Popeye's not far up the road...

 

[King Kamala]

After Cracker Barrel adds vegan sausage, some say chain is too "woke"

“We don't eat in an old country store for woke burgers,” one social media user says

www.salon.com

Pro tip for these good ol' boys...you don't have to order the woke sausage.

Then again people like this don't like people having a choice to begin with.

 

[King Kamala]

Beyond Meat executive bites man's nose during road rage incident

An executive at Beyond Meat has been charged with felony battery after a fight outside a college football game in which he was accused of biting a man’s nose.

www.seattletimes.com

I guess some people don't include human when they say they don't eat animal proteins.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

That’s the kind of zinger that will get you famous bro, work that into your material

 

[Hawk 34]

Beyond Meat executive bites man's nose during road rage incident

An executive at Beyond Meat has been charged with felony battery after a fight outside a college football game in which he was accused of biting a man’s nose.

www.seattletimes.com

I guess some people don't include human when they say they don't eat animal proteins.

Where did it say he swallowed the nose?

 

[King Kamala]

Where does it say he spit it out!?

 

[tekcop]

I like veggie burgers that aren't trying to be meat. We eat a lot of black bean burgers and sometimes beet burgers.

This is p. outdated. I like a lot of veggie burgers now.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Had these tonight... tasted pretty good but holy spicy, Batman! I only had 4-5 and was already running for a glass of milk

 

[Epic Springs]

I've had those and they're not spicy at all wth.

 

[Hawk 34]

Consider the source here and that’ll tell you all you need to know.

 

[King Kamala]

Had the Beyond homestyle tenders the other night.

The best damn faux chicken tenders had. I was skeptical cause they kind of look like stereotypical fake tendies but the texture is really, really good for a fake tender. And the best part is its half the price of the Impossible Nuggets.