As someone who eats meat, I decided to try one of those plant-based ground beefs, just to see what they were like. When cooking, it didn’t brown, just stayed red. Bloated me for three days.
Don’t throw everything in the same basket though ! The likes of Beyond or Impossible are made with pea protein, which can be tough to digest (especially if you’re like me with a pretty severe IBS). I think that they’re also good but only in some contexts (like burgers for instance)
You can find other plant based protein made from wheat gluten (seitan), or soy (tofu, tempeh, TVP, etc.). Of course you can also try beans, chickpeas, lentils if you can digest them properly.
That’s the great thing about plant based protein, you have plenty of choice, which you can decline pretty much infinitely. Learning to cook tofu properly is really rewarding.
Impossible is made with soy, not pea protein. I believe Beyond is the only one using pea protein (though I dont k ow if less well known brands are using it now as well).
Impossibles gimmick is that it’s supposed to taste more like meat than most alternatives.
Yeah, I’m gonna need the name of the brand, because I have a few vegetarian friends and when I do cookouts, they bring their beyond burgers and other plant-based substitutes, and every single one was cooked almost exactly like a burger.
I had a little trial and error with a few patties, since they’re not totally a 1:1 analog, but have had nothing but compliments for the last few picnics.
I definitely ruined the first two as I figured out ways to cook on my griddle top…
I make sure to clean the surface of the griddle of old residue and turn the heat to max for a bit to minimize exposure to any leftover animal fats from previous uses, and toss down the patties for the vegan, then once those are done I put a little butter on the griddle for the vegetarian patties.
The butter helps keep the patties from sticking to my griddle, but is obviously not vegan. The vegan patties I just have to keep paying attention to so nothing chars to the griddle top.
Note: I have not cooked these on a flame grill but it’s supposed to be similar to cooking a regular burger still.
Yeah, fake meat doesn’t seem to work out well.
But perhaps fish might work. I tried buying vegan baguette with fish sauce/spread, and it tastes convincing enough for me to be subconsciously scared of sharp bones. Which means that even everything else aside, it’s better as a product. Same price, same taste, no bones.
As someone who eats meat, I decided to try one of those plant-based ground beefs, just to see what they were like. When cooking, it didn’t brown, just stayed red. Bloated me for three days.
Never again.
Don’t throw everything in the same basket though ! The likes of Beyond or Impossible are made with pea protein, which can be tough to digest (especially if you’re like me with a pretty severe IBS). I think that they’re also good but only in some contexts (like burgers for instance)
You can find other plant based protein made from wheat gluten (seitan), or soy (tofu, tempeh, TVP, etc.). Of course you can also try beans, chickpeas, lentils if you can digest them properly.
That’s the great thing about plant based protein, you have plenty of choice, which you can decline pretty much infinitely. Learning to cook tofu properly is really rewarding.
Impossible is made with soy, not pea protein. I believe Beyond is the only one using pea protein (though I dont k ow if less well known brands are using it now as well).
Impossibles gimmick is that it’s supposed to taste more like meat than most alternatives.
name the product.
if you are a typical american, just eating fiber bloats you because there’s none in your diet
I’m Australian. And the product was Beyond Meat’s Beyond Mince.
Also, if you are used to a zero fiber diet. Fiber gonna change you.
It’s good for the colon
Yeah, I’m gonna need the name of the brand, because I have a few vegetarian friends and when I do cookouts, they bring their beyond burgers and other plant-based substitutes, and every single one was cooked almost exactly like a burger.
I had a little trial and error with a few patties, since they’re not totally a 1:1 analog, but have had nothing but compliments for the last few picnics.
I definitely ruined the first two as I figured out ways to cook on my griddle top…
I make sure to clean the surface of the griddle of old residue and turn the heat to max for a bit to minimize exposure to any leftover animal fats from previous uses, and toss down the patties for the vegan, then once those are done I put a little butter on the griddle for the vegetarian patties.
The butter helps keep the patties from sticking to my griddle, but is obviously not vegan. The vegan patties I just have to keep paying attention to so nothing chars to the griddle top.
Note: I have not cooked these on a flame grill but it’s supposed to be similar to cooking a regular burger still.
Beyond Meat Beyond Mince
god this stuff is so fucking funny, it’s so over the top that it’s obviously not true
The version I tried was very similar. I doubt most people would even notice the difference.
Yeah, fake meat doesn’t seem to work out well.
But perhaps fish might work. I tried buying vegan baguette with fish sauce/spread, and it tastes convincing enough for me to be subconsciously scared of sharp bones. Which means that even everything else aside, it’s better as a product. Same price, same taste, no bones.
I wish they’d sell that spread separately.
fake meat works absolutely fine, it’s been a solved problem for literally 60 years: Textured Vegetable Protein.