The best burger in the world has been announced - and it's meat free

[killer b]

Aren't you supposed to be an expert on this sort of stuff? Explaining the basics of how clickbait works to you is a little odd.

 

[killer b]

dp

 

[mr steev]

Meat eaters trying to be healthy would be better off with grilled skinless chicken breast then, a bit less fat and a lot more protein than Quorn.

That's not the message that Quorn's marketing people are trying to sell though, and judging by their ever increasing shelf and freezer space in supermarkets it's obviously working.

I'm no fan of quorn btw

 

[Lo Siento.]

Maybe. But I guess its pressworthiness depends on the prejudice of the readers, some of whom clearly can't accept that the notion that a meat free burger can be a very tasty thing indeed. Personally, I don't have a problem with that concept. The more great veggie burgers the better, really.

Well, it's also pressworthy because people like yourself are aware of that prejudice (hence why you shared it).

I've no issue with the idea that veggie burgers can be good. I think you've got to be pretty close-minded to imagine that no possible arrangement of vegetables, pulses or grains pressed into a patty can ever be tasty. Equally, I think the statement "yeah, but it can never be as a good as a hamburger!" is also pretty close-minded, given that good food is always subjective.

All that said, it's a slightly odd exercise, isn't it? I mean a good veggie burger isn't trying to imitate a hamburger, so the comparison is a bit strange for me.

 

[joustmaster]

That looks like its going to give you really bad food poisoning.




Must have been disappointing not to have been involved.

I like a high quality medium rare burger. Juicy and tasty, with a nice crusty edge.
Not too different to eating a blue steak, really.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I like a high quality medium rare burger. Juicy and tasty, with a nice crusty edge.
Not too different to eating a blue steak, really.

Yep. Nice and pink in the middle. Delicious.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

how can you tell?

Because no matter how good you make a veggie burger, it won't taste like meat. And I when I have a burger I want meat.

 

[killer b]

Because no matter how good you make a veggie burger, it won't taste like meat. And I when I have a burger I want meat.

Inbetween that post and this, I remembered this is a totally meaningless discussion.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Because no matter how good you make a veggie burger, it won't taste like meat. And I when I have a burger I want meat.

You realise this is totally incoherent, right?
As in "when I have a burger I want meat" acknowledges that you don't always want meat, that whether you want something with those flavours and textures depends on your mood. It's a tautology basically.

 

[kabbes]

Not really, as if it's shit then it's going to make the mag look shit too. Why would they risk their reputation on a shitty product?

I hope you bear that in mind some hack at GQ or any other magazine decides that an Apple product is best in class.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

That's not the message that Quorn's marketing people are trying to sell though, and judging by their ever increasing shelf and freezer space in supermarkets it's obviously working.

I'm no fan of quorn btw

My cat used to fucking love quorn.

imo the best veggie substitutes are the ones that don't try to ape meat directly.

 

[editor]

I hope you bear that in mind some hack at GQ or any other magazine decides that an Apple product is best in class.

Some of the Apple products are best in class so why would I mind? Why are you bringing this up in a thread about burgers?

 

[kabbes]

Some of the Apple products are best in class so why would I mind?

Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I hope you bear that in mind some hack at GQ or any other magazine decides that an Apple product is best in class.

Of course he won't mind, in fact I'm sure he'd be pleased with the advise from GQ, save him having to send his inferior product back via the courier network.

 

[editor]

Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

Stop acting like a dick.

 

[editor]

Of course he won't mind, in fact I'm sure he'd be pleased with the advise from GQ, save him having to send his inferior product back via the courier network.

I don't buy products solely based on GQ's recommendations.

 

[Pingu]

the best burger is kind of like the best kebab. its whichever one you can get hold of at 2:30 am when you have the munchies

 

[littlebabyjesus]

the best burger is kind of like the best kebab. its whichever one you can get hold of at 2:30 am when you have the munchies

A greasy doner drenched in chilli sauce, then.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I mean a good veggie burger isn't trying to imitate a hamburger, so the comparison is a bit strange for me.

Some of them try to imitate hamburgers. In the US right now there are a number of plant-based companies like 'beyond meat' that are apparently getting closer to replicating the taste of hamburgers. Google recently tried to buy the company for $300,000,000 and a former CEO of McDoland's has just joined it. People like Bill Gates are investing in similar initiatives. Another start up 'impossible foods' has made a cheese burger entirely out of plants:

Home - Impossible Foods







Apparently they use beetroot to make it 'bleed' just like a hamburger. I have no interest in 'fake meat' myself but I recon it'll be a big business in the future.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

I'm not going to be precious about it, when I can add gunk from squeezy tubes into my home fabricator and get something that seems to all intents amd purposes like a pigeon stuffed with foie gras in a matter of seconds, I'll be happy. But that day isn't with us yet, and I would neither look to GQ nor to a vegetarian misanthrope to tell me when it has arrived.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Some of them try to imitate hamburgers. In the US right now there are a number of plant-based companies like 'beyond meat' that are apparently getting closer to replicating the taste of hamburgers. Google recently tried to buy the company for $300,000,000 and a former CEO of McDoland's has just joined it. People like Bill Gates are investing in similar initiatives. Another start up 'impossible foods' has made a cheese burger entirely out of plants:

Home - Impossible Foods




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Apparently they use beetroot to make it 'bleed' just like a hamburger. I have no interest in 'fake meat' myself but I recon it'll be a big business in the future.

Be interested to know how they separate out the bits from the plants they use. Their claims are very vague without the details.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Apparently they use beetroot to make it 'bleed' just like a hamburger.

Well that sounds fairly nauseating.


(especially the thought of 'meat' hamburgers bleeding as you eat them)

 

[Bonesy]

The Mesntruburger.

 

[DotCommunist]

anyone tried Jack Monroe's Spicy Beanburger?

I read the recipe and theres too much in the way of beans imo

 

[Orang Utan]

They're a bit dull but worthy. Needs jazzing up with other stuff

 

[editor]

Aren't you supposed to be an expert on this sort of stuff? Explaining the basics of how clickbait works to you is a little odd.

I don't need you or anyone else to explain the 'basics of clickbait,' thanks. Perhaps it's you who doesn't know as much as you think.

 

[killer b]

Tell me what I'm missing here, please.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Well that sounds fairly nauseating.


(especially the thought of 'meat' hamburgers bleeding as you eat them)

Yeah, the thought of it grosses me out too, but in so far as these sort of products help to replace meat in people's diet then I'm all for them.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

mmmm

bleeding hamburgers

nom

It's not blood, btw.

 

[DotCommunist]

blood plasma