is ****ing terrible. So I went to BK because Taco Bell is drive thru only and I'm not certain that Im sober so Im walking. After they refused to serve me with my shirt pulled up over my nose, and returning from the hotel with my bandana, I'm looking at the menu and trying to figure out the difference between the 'Whopper' and the 'Impossible Burger'... Full disclosure, I used to know what the 'Impossible Burger' is. I saw the SouthPark episode, and I know the lady in Bellingham, WA that owns/runs the restaraunt that folks came from states away to have her rendition of the 'Impossible Burger.' But I forgot. Like I said, Im not certain that I was sober. So Im trying to decide what the difference between the Whopper and the Impossible Burger is. I considered asking, but the cashier already seemed miffed about my questioning her assertion that my shirt pulled up over my nose was somehow less effective at preventing virus spread than my bandana which is totally open at the bottom because its 105 degrees today in Yuba city, but is yet somehow totally a 'face covering' while my shirt is not. So instead of further increasing my chances of a big wad of coronavirus phlegm in my milkshake, I just decided to find out first hand by trying it. It is ****ing garbage. It tastes precisely as terrible as every other 'meat substitute' anything that I've ever tried. And its just as dry. Wasn't this supposed to be a big deal? Some sort of 'revolution' in vegetarian meat? I just don't get it. I still have it sitting on the wrapper on my desk. I ate the buns, lettuce and tomato because Im fing hungry. But that thing will go in the garbage along with the onions I asked them to leave off.
The closest thing to "meat" that I've found is falafel. The plain fact is, almost all meat substitutes have protein in a different form that doesn't digest so well. The issue is more than just the texture and flavor.
The morningstar farms fake chicken patties do taste like real chicken patties which makes me wonder if the real chicken patties really have real chicken in them. Other than that, meat substitutes never taste close to the real thing.
That reminds me of a Vicar of Dibley skit from many years ago wherein the Vicar and her Verger were talking about 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' and at the end of a lengthy trail of reason the daft Verger said something along the lines of, "And in fact I think that 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' just might be real butter." I liked that television series.
I am one of those so called supertasters. It doesn't take much to throw my pallet off. To me people who say "tastes like the real thing" probably have weak senses of taste because to me they usually don't even taste remotely the same.
The thought of fake meat makes me gag. I'm not sure consuming a swath of coconut oil is a good thing anyway. I need the real stuff.
They're made out of bull possum boogers. All of their hamboogers are made out of boogers. It's why it's called Booger King.
Puts me in mind of "turkey bacon". By what godforsaken, esoteric chemical process does it take to make turkey look and sort of taste like bacon? And just how is that "healthier" than the real thing? Anybody can have my share, I'm sticking to real pork and beef, my heart will just have to take it's chances.
“The taste was flatter than a real beef burger and a bit harsh. Of more concern was the slightly metallic aftertaste.” The above is one persons review of impossible burgers. I tried it myself I couldn’t get past half a burger it was disgusting
Or, they are paid actors looking for real work and taking what shows up. We go to McDonald's and Burger King as, not a treat, but as a way to get something quick when life is way too busy for anything but. big Mac and Whopper are nothing more than cotton candy for dinner. Once in awhile, and not very often. Comfort food, when Kraft M&C is too time consuming. Happens way less under COVID. LOL
Too bad we can't lock them up and only feed them "Impossible" meat for 6 months. If it's as good as they were telling everyone on TV.
I never get anything takeout with lettuce/tomato on it because it all tastes horrible to me even though people think lettuce is lettuce and tomatoes are tomatoes. I only like BK because I think their ketchup tastes much better. I like McD's mustard better, and I like Hardee's cheese and horseradish sauces better. The "meat" is more an afterthought for me in terms of preference as condiments are flavor forward in my pallet. I am just an atypical consumer I guess.
