What did you cook or eat today (January 2024)?

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SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
‘Beyond Meat’ burger for lunch.
With the only pre-made salad I’ve ever bought and really enjoyed- Marks and Spencer ‘Supergreen salad’.
And some shop bought steamed plain beetroot that there was something not right with because it tasted sharp, I ate it anyway 😂

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I liked the way the ‘Beyond Burger’ Cooked in the pan. Including the beetroot colouring coming out.
They were enjoyed, Mr SSOAP didn’t realise they were vegan burgers until I told him but then he does like his spicy mayo and have more burger toppings than actual burger.
I’d definitely have them again.
They are quite soft even when thoroughly cooked.
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Satay sauce for tomorrow’s rice paper rolls (summer rolls) and some spare for the freezer. Will get to try out my new borosilicate bottles in the freezer 👏
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My one experience eating plant-based meat alternatives was"okay." It was an Impossible Burger," cooked at a high end burger joint. It tasted pretty good, but it did not taste like a real beef burger -- that was clear from the first bite.

Then I did some research on that burger. The standard nutritional analysis revealed that it was actually less heathy, overall, than a real beef burger made with 85/15 beef. The calories and fat were about equal, and sodium and sugars were higher than a real beef burger. Basically, I found out that my Impossible Burger provided no benefit to my health at all -- and I paid more money for it.

The only benefit went to the cow that wasn't slaughtered for my meal. That's just not a high priority for me. As long as animals are raised and dispatched as humanely as possible, I'm okay with it. Before any vegans or animal rights activists post up how stupid I am... don't. It is not terribly hard to find out which companies sell humanly raised and slaughtered meats (and which ones don't), but it does take some effort. I've done that, so stop typing.

Now, I am all for using things like legumes as a good plant based source of protein, because I like beans. But, I don't try to make beans into burgers. There are plenty of great bean recipes, so I don't see need to make them into fake burgers. I let my beans be beans.

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Morning Glory said:
I've had that recently and it is rather good. I'm not back to being able to cook or even assemble salads properly yet hence a lot of ready made stuff.
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I think it’s quite a winner considering it’s ready made. I’ve not tried their other salads just because they are mostly wheaty and the remainder didn’t appeal. Have you tried any of the non-wheaty ones?
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I think it’s quite a winner considering it’s ready made. I’ve not tried their other salads just because they are mostly wheaty and the remainder didn’t appeal. Have you tried any of the non-wheaty ones?
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I have had this one which I liked:

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caseydog said:
My one experience eating plant-based meat alternatives was"okay." It was an Impossible Burger," cooked at a high end burger joint. It tasted pretty good, but it did not taste like a real beef burger -- that was clear from the first bite.

Then I did some research on that burger. The standard nutritional analysis revealed that it was actually less heathy, overall, than a real beef burger made with 85/15 beef. The calories and fat were about equal, and sodium and sugars were higher than a real beef burger. Basically, I found out that my Impossible Burger provided no benefit to my health at all -- and I paid more money for it.

The only benefit went to the cow that wasn't slaughtered for my meal. That's just not a high priority for me. As long as animals are raised and dispatched as humanely as possible, I'm okay with it. Before any vegans or animal rights activists post up how stupid I am... don't. It is not terribly hard to find out which companies sell humanly raised and slaughtered meats (and which ones don't), but it does take some effort. I've done that, so stop typing.

Now, I am all for using things like legumes as a good plant based source of protein, because I like beans. But, I don't try to make beans into burgers. There are plenty of great bean recipes, so I don't see need to make them into fake burgers. I let my beans be beans.

CD
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We sell Beyond Meat Burger Patties..For now..When the last ones are gone we won't bring them in again..they didn't sell well..I brought a few home to eat and felt the same way..they tasted ok, but nothing special..actually they cost more than our own, ground in house, hand made burger patties...they also made my kitchen smell for a couple of days...the smell lingered. When we came home the next day after work the smell was still there...I'm cheap so I ate a few of them so we didn't have to throw them out..my wife won't touch them...lol...
 
Used a slab of prime rib from the freezer leftover from Christmas, steamed some carrots, sauteed some onions, garlic, criminis, added some Better Than Bouillon beef gravy with a dash of worchestershire, topped with some mashed potatoes, baked until everything was bubbly and potatoes browned a bit. No picture.

The BTB gravy was fine but I honestly didn't see much difference in it and the Heinz brand.
 
Rocklobster said:
We sell Beyond Meat Burger Patties..For now..When the last ones are gone we won't bring them in again..they didn't sell well..I brought a few home to eat and felt the same way..they tasted ok, but nothing special..actually they cost more than our own, ground in house, hand made burger patties...they also made my kitchen smell for a couple of days...the smell lingered. When we came home the next day after work the smell was still there...I'm cheap so I ate a few of them so we didn't have to throw them out..my wife won't touch them...lol...
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I think it a lot of it depends on what your expecting when you eat them, a lot of people expect it to taste like meat and that’s never gonna happen with peas unless there are so many chemicals you wouldn’t want to touch it with a barge pole.
Just like vegan ‘dairy’ or gluten free bread anything that doesn’t taste exactly like the real thing takes some adjusting to.
If its completely different like a mushroom in a burger people can handle it, if it’s close but no cigar it seems to set off alarm bells and strong opinions.

People who have made the adjustment like them. Beyond Burger on the supermarket website I use currently has 598 reviews giving it 4 1/2 stars.

They were also relatively cheap at £1.50 a burger.

I didn’t like the smell when I cooked them either so I used garlic oil.
It hasn’t lingered but we do go in and out of the house a lot as do the dogs so probably got blown through!
 
Rocklobster said:
We sell Beyond Meat Burger Patties..For now..When the last ones are gone we won't bring them in again..they didn't sell well..I brought a few home to eat and felt the same way..they tasted ok, but nothing special..actually they cost more than our own, ground in house, hand made burger patties...they also made my kitchen smell for a couple of days...the smell lingered. When we came home the next day after work the smell was still there...I'm cheap so I ate a few of them so we didn't have to throw them out..my wife won't touch them...lol...
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I think I know that smell. I recall my Impossible Burger having a weird smell.

CD
 
caseydog said:
I think I know that smell. I recall my Impossible Burger having a weird smell.

CD
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I had my only Impossible Burger at Burger King, and it was completely indiscernible from a regular BK burger.

I’m not sure what that says about BK, but there you have it. :laugh:
 
SandwichShortOfAPicnic said:
I think it a lot of it depends on what your expecting when you eat them, a lot of people expect it to taste like meat and that’s never gonna happen with peas unless there are so many chemicals you wouldn’t want to touch it with a barge pole.
Just like vegan ‘dairy’ or gluten free bread anything that doesn’t taste exactly like the real thing takes some adjusting to.
If its completely different like a mushroom in a burger people can handle it, if it’s close but no cigar it seems to set off alarm bells and strong opinions.

People who have made the adjustment like them. Beyond Burger on the supermarket website I use currently has 598 reviews giving it 4 1/2 stars.

They were also relatively cheap at £1.50 a burger.

I didn’t like the smell when I cooked them either so I used garlic oil.
It hasn’t lingered but we do go in and out of the house a lot as do the dogs so probably got blown through!
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I never made that adjustment. I ate that one Impossible Burger, and that was enough for one lifetime. Like I said, it wasn't as good as a beef burger, wasn't any better for my health (actually worse due to the sodium level), and cost more money than real beef.

CD
 
TastyReuben said:
I had my only Impossible Burger at Burger King, and it was completely indiscernible from a regular BK burger.

I’m not sure what that says about BK, but there you have it. :laugh:
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Maybe overcooked beef and overcooked fake beef have the same taste and texture. :scratchhead: :laugh:

CD
 
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