Just heard that BK was going to introduce this into their menu. I'll definitely try it. My wife will be excited if it's good, as she's vegetarian.
Impossible Burger
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Just heard that BK was going to introduce this into their menu. I'll definitely try it. My wife will be excited if it's good, as she's vegetarian.
I would think if they can sell their product at a comparable price to meat, eventually they'd be huge.
I think most people eat meat just out of convenience: it's relatively cheap and tastes good. If you can replicate both, and throw in the guilt pitch that nothing died for your dinner, I think over time people choosing the meat option would dwindle
I would take that option. If there is a meat alternative that I can use to cook with or grab at the drive thru then I'll take it.
Del Taco has fake meat tacos that get good reviews. Impossible burger. I'm in.
I think it's really interesting that the current food movement is from less processed and manufactured foods to more natural, wholesome foods. But in meat it seems to be going the other way from natural, wholesome beef to a processed, manufactured substance.
As a farmer I am a little biased.
As a farmer I am a little biased.
Why were you ordering a veggie burger at DQ?
Also, it better not be the old DQ on north Broadway that's open seasonally. That place is unimpeachable.
At mayo and felt like a burger but not the cafeteria food so it gets a little limited when you have to stay in walking distance. It is the one underneath the courtyard stuff there.
I thought a veggie burger is what it means in Iowa. I hamburger with vegetables on it. I now know.
I don't really care for mushrooms at all but OMalley and McGees in Ames (RIP) had portobello fajitas that were amazing.
My wife's oncologist wants her to avoid food with hormones (meat, dairy) and eat particular things that will help make her body inhospitable to cancer while the chemo does its work.
I made that mistake with a mushroom burger one time. I thought I was getting something similar to a mushroom and swiss but ended up getting a giant portabella mushroom on a bun. The waitress literally LOLd when I told her they must have forgot my hamburger patty.
I ordered that at rainforest cafe. Was in a hurry to help the kids and then just did a quick glance on the menu. Helping the kids seemed to be my job. Even today with the youngest 12 I seem to be the rushed one so I do a glance and order. I didnt' think it was just a mushroom, but the rest of my family knew and never said anything until I started eating it.
The impossible burger and the beyond meat burger are the closest veggie burgers to real burgers. Others really aren’t trying to mimic real meat but these brands are trying to do that because they are targeting meat eaters as well as vegetarians. I like them both.
My wife ordered an impossible burger a while back, and I had a bite of it. I was surprised at how well it tasted.
That being said, I will stick to my carnivorous ways if given the option.
That being said, I will stick to my carnivorous ways if given the option.
I am sorry to hear that about your wife, hope for nothing but the best for you guys!
Next couple of years they will probably come out and tell us that the "Impossible Burger" causes cancer. Will probably be worse than soda and e-cigs. 
The way I look at it, if I want a burger, I will eat a burger. Not something someone is trying to make taste like a burger when I can just have a real burger. Call me crazy...
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For me it was purely curiosity. It was the same reason I try any food that I haven't before. I don't care much about the vegetarian/carnivore debate. If something is good, and it's not too terrible for me, I'm willing to give it a shot, and if it's good enough, add it to the regular rotation.
That makes sense - do you see yourself making a change in your diet and eating habits to alternative "meat" going forward or is this just a one-time "try it to see what it's like" type of deal?
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I can say, with near certainty, that I have no plans to cut meat out. I am not looking at this new product as an alternative to anything. In my opinion, it stands on its own. It doesn't have to be replace meat to have a place on the menu at my house.
I don't know if "processed" is a fair word. My understanding is they are using the same cells and biology to just "grow" muscle tissue (ie meat) in a petri dish. So it is literally meat, just not from a whole animal. I'm not sure how they provide energy to it to keep it growing, I suppose google can tell us.
Not sure if that is what the Impossible Burger is, but I had read this as something that was being done and close to fruition. On one hand, it's great that it is the "same" thing. On the other hand, it's kinda creepy af too. Not sure how I feel about it.
I could see this taking up some market share from "traditional" sources. Possibly a cheaper source of protein. But maybe the traditional would then command a price premium.
They are also growing organs, like kidneys and livers and such, for transplants. I think they are doing some of this already.
Brave new world kids...
