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I agree that the best vegan and vegetarian food does its own thing, but for me, a pescatarian, the idea of not having the delicious taste and texture of salmon

I agree that the best vegan and vegetarian food does its own thing, but for me, a pescatarian, the idea of not having the delicious taste and texture of salmon slowly baked in a cast iron pan for four hours whilst being basted with oil every half an hour … my tongue just disallows it. It's not yet a sacrifice I'm willing to make until I encounter a viable alternative, and so efforts like these are a step further not just for people like me but for the general population. Fortunately, fish is fairly easy to imitate with soy, but nothing quite beats that melt-in-your-mouth quality of slowly baked salmon. That's about the only meat I eat anymore, though I still experiment with substitutions. Usually some kind of tofu and a thick-but-viscous sauce of some kind, but even then it's flavoured with dashi.

RobotCaleb 8y ago
Tell me more about this delicious salmon you cook.
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  Basically we just roast it slowly in an oven in a cast iron pan on a low heat for a long-ish period of time. The skin gets crispy, but the inside seems like it's melting as you push your fork through it. I don’t know the exact details but I’m sure we got the recipe online, so it’s likely Googleable.
nixonpjoshua1 8y ago
Your viable alternative is on the way https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tastes-like-the-real-thing-but-its-actually-fungi-and-algae https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tast... https://primeroots.com/ https://primeroots.com/ Disclaimer: I am a cofounder of this company, we have recently rebranded to Prime Roots from Terramino
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  Though the texture of your burger doesn't look quite like what I have in mind, I'm curious to try it. Do you provide to New Zealand? A lot of these products are only available in the States, I find. Aspiring vegetarians and vegans down under have to wait.
  - nixonpjoshua1 8y ago
    We've made a burger first as it's simpler than making a fillet, that will come later. Sadly I do think we will be in the USA before New Zealand. We are planning to release first to those who sign up for our mailing list though, so if you want to try it and other things we are working on then that would be the best way to do so. We don't put out many emails, just using it as a way to make sure the early production goes out to those who care the most.

RobotCaleb 8y ago

Tell me more about this delicious salmon you cook.

zapzupnz 8y ago
Basically we just roast it slowly in an oven in a cast iron pan on a low heat for a long-ish period of time. The skin gets crispy, but the inside seems like it's melting as you push your fork through it. I don’t know the exact details but I’m sure we got the recipe online, so it’s likely Googleable.

nixonpjoshua1 8y ago

Your viable alternative is on the way https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tastes-like-the-real-thing-but-its-actually-fungi-and-algae https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tast... https://primeroots.com/ https://primeroots.com/ Disclaimer: I am a cofounder of this company, we have recently rebranded to Prime Roots from Terramino

zapzupnz 8y ago
Though the texture of your burger doesn't look quite like what I have in mind, I'm curious to try it. Do you provide to New Zealand? A lot of these products are only available in the States, I find. Aspiring vegetarians and vegans down under have to wait.
- nixonpjoshua1 8y ago
  We've made a burger first as it's simpler than making a fillet, that will come later. Sadly I do think we will be in the USA before New Zealand. We are planning to release first to those who sign up for our mailing list though, so if you want to try it and other things we are working on then that would be the best way to do so. We don't put out many emails, just using it as a way to make sure the early production goes out to those who care the most.