Beyond Meat Burgers

[Harry Paget Flashman]

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That is incredible .

QED ?

Why because you believe its true ?

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[Optimistic Nick]

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The human being is an omnivorous animal, developed as "hunter-gatherers"
A veggie once srgued that our closest relation, the chimpanzee, is vegetarian, This is bollocks.
I refer you to Attenborough's Life on Earth series (or maybe The trials of Life, long time since watching)
Where a troupe of chimps chased and ambushed colobus monkeys, tearing them apart and eating them on the spot.
Going back to the "developed" bit, another veggie told me that early homonids' btains wouldn't have had enough protein to develop into that of homo sapiens if they had remained vegetarian.

Who are you talking to? The op was just saying that something he ate tasted good. Nobody is talking about whether a vegan diet is natural. He didn't even suggest he was on a vegan diet. He just said he liked his burger.

It is entirely possible to enjoy food from all sections of the supermarket.

[Optimistic Nick]

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I'm happy to accept that vegetarian sausages / burgers are nice. find it a lot more difficult to grapple with the concept that Richmond make any kind of decent sausage, let alone a vegetarian one.

Mind you, some of their "meat" sausages contain only 42% actual meat (the bare minimum you have to to still call it a pork sausage), so perhaps they've got a bit of a head start on other sausage manufacturers in fonding other stuff to cram in there.

I agree- never liked Richmond sausages. And to be honest their vegan ones taste just like their pork ones so while it is an impressive copy, I probably won't go back for them. I've got some vegan cumberlands to try next.

I am getting really keen on some of these replacements. I've had the vegan kebab meat a few times now although as it is loaded with crappy soy protein and cheap oils, I doubt its any healthier than the standard doner kebab!

[NYCBlue]

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I had a real burger at JG Melon on the Upper East Side this morning. Sublime. Anyone who visits NYC should go there.

[Optimistic Nick]

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I had a real burger at JG Melon on the Upper East Side this morning. Sublime. Anyone who visits NYC should go there.

What meal was this?! With the exception of the very occasional steak and eggs (and maybe some bresaola) I've never had beef for breakfast.

[NYCBlue]

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I'm all for finding something to be passionate about but jeez, if people want to eat something that looks like a burger, tastes like a burger, has the name "burger" but doesn't contain meat, who cares?

This.

[NYCBlue]

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What meal was this?! With the exception of the very occasional steak and eggs (and maybe some bresaola) I've never had beef for breakfast.

It was an early lunch. About 11:45am.

[NYCBlue]

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What meal was this?! With the exception of the very occasional steak and eggs (and maybe some bresaola) I've never had beef for breakfast.

I like a chilli cheese omelette for breakfast. And corned beef hash. But I could eat anything. I often eat leftover dinner for breakfast.

[the other bob wilson]

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Why do people get so wound up about what others choose to eat? All seems very snowflakish to me.

I'll never be a vegetarian, but I'm at a stage now where I prefer the vegetarian/vegan option for things like sausages and mince for when I'm making chilli, lasagne and cottage pies to the "real thing". I've not had a burger in years, but I'm looking forward to trying those Beyond Meat ones - presumably you can get them in places like Tescos?

[RonnieBird]

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I’d love to attack do gooders regarding veganism etc but it’s actually good for your health so I can’t really.
Soy is VERY bad for you though.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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In my opinion, burgers traditionally do and should, contain meat. However, one of the reasons meat free versions are also called burgers is because it makes them easier to sell. I would have thought that any self respecting vegan or vegetarian wouldn't go anywhere near something called a burger or something that was created to look like a meat burger but they do. I don't understand why someone of this persuasion would want to make their food look like it contains meat (or even eggs in the vegan breakfasts) but they do. I think I know why beyond call it a burger - its a clever marketing ploy to sell more because some people would think it was a real beef burger, if they just went by the name and wouldn't buy it otherwise. I have great respect and absolutely no problem with people that are vegan or vegetarian (my daughter and son in law are both) but just don’t get this ‘crusade’ to make the different types of food look and taste the same. Unless of course it is because some (not all) vegan and vegetarian dishes look and taste so unappetising. At least that's what my luddite meat eating palate tells me.

Surely being vegan or vegetarian is about making a choice not to eat actual meat products, not about avoiding things that taste of meat. By the same token, why don't we just have potato flavoured crisps?

[Jimmy the Jock]

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Why do people get so wound up about what others choose to eat? All seems very snowflakish to me.

I'll never be a vegetarian, but I'm at a stage now where I prefer the vegetarian/vegan option for things like sausages and mince for when I'm making chilli, lasagne and cottage pies to the "real thing". I've not had a burger in years, but I'm looking forward to trying those Beyond Meat ones - presumably you can get them in places like Tescos?

St Mellons garden centre today and Bel Vue Newport this evening.

Have one made for you by the Magikmushroom Vegan van .

I will even do you a bit of discount Paul.

[Jimmy the Jock]

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I'm all for finding something to be passionate about but jeez, if people want to eat something that looks like a burger, tastes like a burger, has the name "burger" but doesn't contain meat, who cares?

I visited a Mercedes group on facebook .

On there they slag off BMW owners . I am at a loss , how can you have an affinity to a car?

[lardy]

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I visited a Mercedes group on facebook .

On there they slag off BMW owners . I am at a loss , how can you have an affinity to a car?

Everyone slags off BMW owners, don't they? Apart from BMW owners.

[delmbox]

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I visited a Mercedes group on facebook .

On there they slag off BMW owners . I am at a loss , how can you have an affinity to a car?

The f****g nerve of this after some of the stuff you said about my Peugot 206