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Break out the Pepto Bismol!

Meh...

Still haven't had a chance to try the meatless Whopper...why, you might ask.

I tried the 'Meatless Whopper' at Burger King. It was ok. A burger. I forget what condiments I put on it. I'd like to get some uncooked at the store and prepare it at home.

Dan Weinhold

sleepmac wrote:I tried the 'Meatless Whopper' at Burger King. It was ok. A burger. I forget what condiments I put on it. I'd like to get some uncooked at the store and prepare it at home.

Dan Weinhold

Interesting. 1st hand info.

To begin with, the original whopper isn't that great a burger to begin with so the bar is already pretty low. It seems that Burger King tends to over cook both original and the vegetable one as well.

Textured soy or other plant proteins can be very tasty when prepared properly. There is a vegan german beer garden in Highland Park, Los Angeles (sounds crazy, right). Their vegan Wienerschnitzel is fantastic. They put a lot of work into it. I would strongly (very strongly) advise against the "Bratwurst". It needs a lot of work. It looks like dog poop. I have no idea what dog poop tastes like but the smell/texture/taste of the "brat" was really bad. They also serve really nice craft beer and they have their own house made non alcoholic beverages (root beer is excellent).

Soy doesn't actually taste like much of anything, it picks up the flavor from whatever surrounds it. Learning to prepare it so the texture is acceptable and getting it to "crisp" requires work and practice (and time).

The idea of meatless is so it doesn't clog up your arteries, but it is processed food. They also say to avoid processed food so is it good for you or not? I'm interested because I got a stent 2 years ago and am to not eat red meat. and I like hamburgers.

Almost anything you buy in a supermarket is processed to some extent. If it's in a box, can, or frozen it's "processed". You could break it down in "good processed" vrs bad processed. The later usually involves copies additions of extraneous material including preservatives, excess sugar and salt, nitrates, .....

The burgers come in a bunch of varieties. I suspect the ones that look and behave more like ground beef are less healthy than the ones that look like some kids high school science project (aka you can plainly see the corn kernels, beans, and who knows what else) and required special handling to cook. The less healthy (but tasty) ones are still more healthy than ground beef. Check with your physician and see if the "impossible burger" can be worked in.

You don't have to buy these expensive "impossible burgers". You can make your own at home just using hamburger helper without the meat.

Cousin Eddie and Hamburger Helper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkExpbnjsX8

chuck wrote: Check with your physician and see if the "impossible burger" can be worked in.

My wife looked at the ingredients for the Beyond Meat burger and thought that there was very little anything related to healthy in it. Beyond Meat burger also seems very pricey.

Beyond Meat vs. Impossible Foods: Burger nutrition showdown
https://news.yahoo.com/beyond-meat-vs-i ... 20344.html

That's only about 45 grams; about 2 oz. Where's the rest? What's the rest?

Rufus asked:

Where's the rest? What's the rest?

I'm pretty sure I really, really, really don't want to know. BTW, I think the fat is mostly coconut oil. One of these products had instructions related to "cooking" it and they had admonitions about handling in a way to try to keep the coconut oil "solid" (like cooking it cold?)

chuck wrote:To begin with, the original whopper isn't that great a burger to begin with ...snip...

It is the best burger of any of the main chains; although that may not be saying too much.

I don't know about that. I used to like The Whopper back in the late 70's/early 80's but they made changes and it hasn't been the same since.

Culver's has a nice burger but Culver's are hard to find and the McDouble is what I order if I wind up at MickyDee's. Quarter Pounder is crap and the BicMac is crap with a bunch of Lettuce and Thousand Island dressing.