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I just noticed yesterday that my local grocery store was selling Beyond Chicken, and decided to try some. It does have some vaguely chicken-like properties, bu

by p1mrx 11y ago

I just noticed yesterday that my local grocery store was selling Beyond Chicken, and decided to try some. It does have some vaguely chicken-like properties, but it's still too dry and rubbery to fool anyone paying the slightest attention.

hyperbovine 11y ago
> it's still too dry and rubbery to fool anyone "Dry and rubbery" is all the chicken I ever experienced until moving to the Bay Area and getting way more into food. At the top segment of the market sure, it's going to be many decades before people plow into a SynthSteak™ with the same verve that they would a dry-aged porterhouse. But I think you underestimate what many people are willing to put up with as their daily protein source.
- grimman 11y ago
  > But I think you underestimate what many people are willing to put up with as their daily protein source. As far as I'm concerned, it's not even about putting up with anything. Real meat is cheaper and tastes better. That's two reasons to keep eating meat, and depending on your beliefs it's either one or zero reasons against.
eimai134 11y ago
I'm really interested in trying it. I'm familiar with fake meat products like Smart Dogs and the fake chicken nuggets - put ketchup on those and you can't tell the difference. There also a soy-based taco "meat," I believe from Fantastic Worlds foods, that is incredible. I use my husband as a test since he eats meat and he prefers many of these products to the real thing.
- ant6n 11y ago
  I'd argue the health impact from the ketchup (basically refined sugar syrup) is bigger than that of real meat.
  - eimai134 11y ago
    I'd argue that the health impact of eating meat, especially when it's shot through with antibiotics and hormones and contains the pain of the suffering animal, is bigger than eating organic tomatoes with a tiny bit of sugar.
    - ant6n 11y ago
      that ain't ketchup

by p1mrx 11y ago

hyperbovine 11y ago

> it's still too dry and rubbery to fool anyone "Dry and rubbery" is all the chicken I ever experienced until moving to the Bay Area and getting way more into food. At the top segment of the market sure, it's going to be many decades before people plow into a SynthSteak™ with the same verve that they would a dry-aged porterhouse. But I think you underestimate what many people are willing to put up with as their daily protein source.

grimman 11y ago
> But I think you underestimate what many people are willing to put up with as their daily protein source. As far as I'm concerned, it's not even about putting up with anything. Real meat is cheaper and tastes better. That's two reasons to keep eating meat, and depending on your beliefs it's either one or zero reasons against.

eimai134 11y ago

I'm really interested in trying it. I'm familiar with fake meat products like Smart Dogs and the fake chicken nuggets - put ketchup on those and you can't tell the difference. There also a soy-based taco "meat," I believe from Fantastic Worlds foods, that is incredible. I use my husband as a test since he eats meat and he prefers many of these products to the real thing.

ant6n 11y ago
I'd argue the health impact from the ketchup (basically refined sugar syrup) is bigger than that of real meat.
- eimai134 11y ago
  I'd argue that the health impact of eating meat, especially when it's shot through with antibiotics and hormones and contains the pain of the suffering animal, is bigger than eating organic tomatoes with a tiny bit of sugar.
  - ant6n 11y ago
    that ain't ketchup