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

[littlebabyjesus]

myoglobin

Oxygenated myoglobin is red, but when its structure is changed by heat or by other molecules, it changes color. That's why redness in cooked meat signifies juiciness: As meat cooks, the heat causes the other meat proteins to coagulate and squeeze out their moisture.

Myoglobin stays unchanged and red as the meat juices flow, then turns from red to gray-brown as the release of moisture ends and the meat becomes dry.

So if your steak doesn't have red juices, it's overcooked, basically.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I can't help but feel that the beauty of the process is lost when you make fake meat with fake myoglobin.

 

[krtek a houby]

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.

I'm having aubergine burgers tonight. And burger purists can bridle and wince all they like.

 

[Lo Siento.]

I'm having aubergine burgers tonight. And burger purists can bridle and wince all they like.

*Shrugs* What makes it a burger rather than a sandwich?

 

[krtek a houby]

*Shrugs* What makes it a burger rather than a sandwich?

I'm chucking them in the George Foreman grill, having them in buns and with a dollop of Chef ketchup. Burgers.

 

[IC3D]

I get put off with vegan food that tries to emulate meat. That said my first veggie burger in proto hipster veggie resto Cranks back in the day was amaze!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

If it's priced at £4 too, that's fine by me.

I don't like burgers and £4 seems quite pricey to me, but probably worth it for the worlds greatest burger.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Where does everyone stand on insect protein. Ideal for burgers I'd have thought.

 

[krtek a houby]

I don't like burgers and £4 seems quite pricey to me, but probably worth it for the worlds greatest burger.

How about Mos Burgers? Yea or nay?

 

[IC3D]

Where does everyone stand on insect protein. Ideal for burgers I'd have thought.

I just cycle along with my mouth open if I feel a bit tired, however its not vegan though but fits in with my fighting chance attitude to meat eating.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Where does everyone stand on insect protein. Ideal for burgers I'd have thought.

Excellent idea. I see no reason why you couldn't make a splendid burger out of insects.

 

[DotCommunist]

Where does everyone stand on insect protein. Ideal for burgers I'd have thought.

its been done. I'll find the link.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Excellent idea. I see no reason why you couldn't make a splendid burger out of insects.

Technically would it be meat free?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Technically would it be meat free?

I would say no. But I don't personally care about that.

 

[DotCommunist]

These Burgers Are Made of Flies and They Are Amazingly Nutritious | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

People living on the shores of Lake Victoria simply can’t ignore the nutritious protein flying all around them, so they catch the flies and cook them as charcoal-black fly burgers.

 

[krtek a houby]

Excellent idea. I see no reason why you couldn't make a splendid burger out of insects.

Mmm. Beefy!

 

[DotCommunist]

Technically would it be meat free?

'what would a jain do?' test. It fails that

 

[littlebabyjesus]

These Burgers Are Made of Flies and They Are Amazingly Nutritious | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

Reporter reckoned they were tasteless, but then so is a bad hamburger.

I reckon a grasshopper burger would be the way to go. Grasshoppers are lovely - a bit nutty, so I reckon the burger would taste a little like a nut roast, which would be fine by me.

 

[DotCommunist]

Reporter reckoned they were tasteless

I'd eat em if the global meat network had failed and I had no burger or fly burger as choice. Hotsauce and salad, be fine.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I'd eat em if the global meat network had failed and I had no burger or fly burger as choice. Hotsauce and salad, be fine.

Sure. I suspect also that a) the reporter may not be all that reliable, and b) if they're right, it's just because the chef didn't season them properly.

 

[Lo Siento.]

I'm chucking them in the George Foreman grill, having them in buns and with a dollop of Chef ketchup. Burgers.

Hmmm... so if I do that with bacon why is that a bacon bap and not a bacon burger?

 

[krtek a houby]

Hmmm... so if I do that with bacon why is that a bacon bap and not a bacon burger?

Choice.

 

[Lo Siento.]

Choice.

Well, yes, but not just mine.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Hmmm... so if I do that with bacon why is that a bacon bap and not a bacon burger?

We all know what a burger looks and feels like, though.

If you grilled a steak and put that in a bap, it also wouldn't be a burger even though it's beef.

Same goes for sausages.

But I am with shippou-S on the haggis. The animal and parts used are specified.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

How about Mos Burgers? Yea or nay?

Actually Mos Burger is great. I'm not a burger fan so I probably don't rate it as highly as others. This year while on tour in Japan there was a point when we were desperately trying to find a Mos Burger, (like Harold and Kumar go to White Castle) but it was too far.

I can't understand why anyone would eat at a McDs when Mos Burger exists.

 

[Lo Siento.]

We all know what a burger looks and feels like, though.

If you grilled a steak and put that in a bap, it also wouldn't be a burger even though it's beef.

Same goes for sausages.

But I am with shippou-S on the haggis. The animal and parts used are specified.

Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing?

I mean what properties does the "aubergine burger" have in common with a regular burger that the bacon sandwich does not?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing?

I mean what properties does the "aubergine burger" have in common with a regular burger that the bacon sandwich does not?

shape and texture.

 

[JimW]

Now fellow vegan loon Dale Vince owns the club, you can get vegan pies (and no meat) on match day at FGR. This produces lots of amusing chants from the visiting fans, including accusations of the ref being a vegan when they feel hard done by.
The pies are OK, sort of fake chicken and mushroom.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

burger
ˈbəːɡə/
noun
noun: burger; plural noun: burgers

1. a flat round cake of minced beef that is fried or grilled and typically served in a bread roll; a hamburger.
   • a similarly shaped food item made of a specified ingredient.
     "a nut burger"

 

[Lo Siento.]

shape and texture.

If your aubergines have the texture of a hamburger, I would seek another supplier.

(And I can, of course, cut bacon, sausages and steak into the shape of a hamburger if I wish)