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With all due respect we can agree on your factual observations, yet while you're pessimistic about replacing a top quality perfectly grilled London Broil steak,

by VLM 10y ago

With all due respect we can agree on your factual observations, yet while you're pessimistic about replacing a top quality perfectly grilled London Broil steak, I'm feeling optimistic about replacing a mcdonalds hamburger, which also is immediately recognizable as almost inedible. How about that stick of beef jerky I carry when I go out hiking ... replacing something that artificial with something plant based doesn't sound overly challenging and maybe it would have better shelf life? Or the mystery meat in canned store bought soups?

djrogers 10y ago
> How about that stick of beef jerky I carry when I go out hiking ... replacing something that artificial Artificial? Where the heck are you buying your jerky? Jerky is one of the least artificial mass produced foods you can find - a big hunk of solid beef, dried, and flavored with some salt and salt-relatives. If at anything else it's not jerky.
Turing_Machine 10y ago
"a mcdonalds hamburger, which also is immediately recognizable as almost inedible." People don't buy 6 million units per day when something is "almost inedible".
- imtringued 10y ago
  I think that highlights how subjective the word "inedible" is.
- VLM 10y ago
  Insert standard argument about zillions of flies can't all be wrong WRT poo. Also the argument doesn't depend on a specific "meat" or seller or sales figures. How about mystery meat products at the food store like "olive loaf bologna" not even sure what kind of animal that comes from...
  - Turing_Machine 10y ago
    That "standard argument" doesn't apply here. The OP claimed that McDonalds burgers were "inedible". Observably, millions of people do eat them, therefore the OP is wrong. That says nothing about the quality of the burgers, or whether eating them is a good idea, or anything else. It merely demonstrates that people do, in fact, find them edible. "How about mystery meat products at the food store like "olive loaf bologna"" What about it? People obviously buy it and presumably eat it, or it wouldn't be in the store.

by VLM 10y ago

djrogers 10y ago

> How about that stick of beef jerky I carry when I go out hiking ... replacing something that artificial Artificial? Where the heck are you buying your jerky? Jerky is one of the least artificial mass produced foods you can find - a big hunk of solid beef, dried, and flavored with some salt and salt-relatives. If at anything else it's not jerky.

Turing_Machine 10y ago

"a mcdonalds hamburger, which also is immediately recognizable as almost inedible." People don't buy 6 million units per day when something is "almost inedible".

imtringued 10y ago
I think that highlights how subjective the word "inedible" is.
VLM 10y ago
Insert standard argument about zillions of flies can't all be wrong WRT poo. Also the argument doesn't depend on a specific "meat" or seller or sales figures. How about mystery meat products at the food store like "olive loaf bologna" not even sure what kind of animal that comes from...
- Turing_Machine 10y ago
  That "standard argument" doesn't apply here. The OP claimed that McDonalds burgers were "inedible". Observably, millions of people do eat them, therefore the OP is wrong. That says nothing about the quality of the burgers, or whether eating them is a good idea, or anything else. It merely demonstrates that people do, in fact, find them edible. "How about mystery meat products at the food store like "olive loaf bologna"" What about it? People obviously buy it and presumably eat it, or it wouldn't be in the store.