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I'd like to add that I see a lot of people saying, "If you're vegetarian/vegan why are you going Burger King?" - Well, I don't go often, but on the off chance t

I'd like to add that I see a lot of people saying, "If you're vegetarian/vegan why are you going Burger King?" - Well, I don't go often, but on the off chance that I'm with some friends and they go to a fast-food restaurant, it's much easier and less awkward if there's something I can eat too.

lucb1e 8y ago
I go because it's quick, easy, and quite cheap (€2 for a veggie burger in Germany). For 4 bucks I'm full. Kebab is slightly more expensive and has meat, pizza is more expensive (also if you pick it up), and chinese/thai/vietnamese takeaway is more expensive. The snackbar (frituur) might come close, but those don't seem to exist outside of NL/BE. I'm not actually vegetarian, but trying to eat less meat, mcdonald's makes that extremely easy. When we go, it's quite a no-brainer to take that option.
- anticensor 8y ago
  Here in Turkey, McDonalds, mid-size pizza and kebab costs the same (~₺25).
pkaye 8y ago
I think impossible foods is primarily targeting meat eaters who want to cut back on consumption. They go to lots of effort to replicate taste of meat.
scott_s 8y ago
Same. When traveling with a group of friends, fast food is sometimes the easiest thing to do. I've gotten lucky recently as some of the breakfast basics are still available at night.
marzell 8y ago
It's similar to saying, "if you care about your health, why are you going to Burger King". We all make compromises (not saying vegans eat meat though) so I think this is a fair analogy... as an omnivore, I like that if I do decide to compromise and get food from a fast food restaurant, I at least have this as another option that seems healthier for me and the environment than other options on their menu. FWIW I've tried the Beyond Burger at Carl's Jr. and liked it for the same reasons. I enjoyed it and would consider getting it again if I went there in the future.
screye 8y ago
That being said, I'm surprised that they haven't tried selling burgers with veg patties, that they already sell in India. Ofc they do not taste like meat, and aren't supposed to taste like meat. But, damn, do they taste good on their own.
- bpeebles 8y ago
  A lot of Burger King locations, in America at least, sell a veggie burger using a Morning Star Farms patty: https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger
- gowld 8y ago
  https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger The Impossible Burger is in weird niche that screams "fad" to me, or at least early-prototype, like self-driving cars -- it's an expensive fake meat, dollar-for-dollar optimized for looking and feeling like low-quality ground beef burger, instead of high-quality something-else-burger. At best it's an expensive but meatless mediocre meat-imitation burger. Why opt for that instead of a less-expensive but good burger?
  - marzell 8y ago
    It's at least another option, and seems to be far healthier than actual beef. In the tech world especially, there are people that have more money than time, and might choose this as a healthier alternative. Once you dress up an Impossible/Beyond patty with all the fixins, it is a lot closer to a real beef burger than a more traditional veggie burger.
Eric_WVGG 8y ago
The idea that many or even most vegetarians are vegetarian for health purposes is faulty from the start.
rednerrus 8y ago
"Because I want to have a drive through vegetarian hamburger and I want it to have it anywhere in the country...
- bsder 8y ago
  Burger King and McDonald's "burgers" barely resemble the real thing anymore, so an "Impossible Burger" might be a step up. Seriously, go eat a McDonald's burger in Italy. The difference between that one and one in the US will shock you.
  - munk-a 8y ago
    This comment was a bit silly - but I'd say that my experience with beyond meat in A&Ws up here in Canada... the fact that the regular beef that's being substituted out is already treated and pressed to being barely recognizable makes the beyond meat substitution a fair replacement. If I were in a fancy restaurant getting a nice thick & juicy burger the differences might be more noticeable.
  - Retra 8y ago
    Why would anybody eat a chicken nugget when they can get a slice of that grade A free-range whole wheat grass fed organic chicken breast which provides only objectively superior flavor for every human palette? Better not put bbq sauce on it though, because that is meant for only the classiest of ribs. Every aspect of food: price, quality, appeal, ethics, and flavors, lie together on a single linear scale. So sayeth the religion of the sacred snob diet.
    - sneakernets 8y ago
      I know you're trolling, but there once was a time when fast food wasn't objectively terrible. Something happened in the name of cost-cutting. Taco Bell is one of the biggest ones I remember, as they would have an employee prepare the lettuce manually, grate the cheese, etc. Even the olives were sliced by a kitchen tool. McDonald's is another one, my cousin once earned a "fry guy" pin where he cut and fried the most potatoes in a day. Yes, _cut_. None of that frozen garbage.
hyperbovine 8y ago
Burger King has had a traditional ("possible") veggie burger for a long time as well. Best, cheapest option in the airport, unless they have Subway.
- queercode 8y ago
  Yep, if I remember correctly, their current veggie patty is a morning star patty. Depending on how often these items are asked for, though, and particularly in smaller cities, it's not uncommon for them to be deep frozen and pretty freezer-burnt by the time they reach you (same as Subway).
CalRobert 8y ago
What's weird about this is the idea that we're carnivores or herbivores. I eat meat. I also eat veggie burgers. They're delicious.
arkitaip 8y ago
Isn't it easier to just say, "Mind your own fucking business?"
TuringNYC 8y ago
Because I mostly eat vegetarian and Impossible Burger is served at only ~7 places close to me (in the VA-DC-MD metro area). With Burger King, i'd get access almost anywhere. That is awesome.

lucb1e 8y ago

I go because it's quick, easy, and quite cheap (€2 for a veggie burger in Germany). For 4 bucks I'm full. Kebab is slightly more expensive and has meat, pizza is more expensive (also if you pick it up), and chinese/thai/vietnamese takeaway is more expensive. The snackbar (frituur) might come close, but those don't seem to exist outside of NL/BE. I'm not actually vegetarian, but trying to eat less meat, mcdonald's makes that extremely easy. When we go, it's quite a no-brainer to take that option.

anticensor 8y ago
Here in Turkey, McDonalds, mid-size pizza and kebab costs the same (~₺25).

pkaye 8y ago

I think impossible foods is primarily targeting meat eaters who want to cut back on consumption. They go to lots of effort to replicate taste of meat.

scott_s 8y ago

Same. When traveling with a group of friends, fast food is sometimes the easiest thing to do. I've gotten lucky recently as some of the breakfast basics are still available at night.

marzell 8y ago

It's similar to saying, "if you care about your health, why are you going to Burger King". We all make compromises (not saying vegans eat meat though) so I think this is a fair analogy... as an omnivore, I like that if I do decide to compromise and get food from a fast food restaurant, I at least have this as another option that seems healthier for me and the environment than other options on their menu. FWIW I've tried the Beyond Burger at Carl's Jr. and liked it for the same reasons. I enjoyed it and would consider getting it again if I went there in the future.

screye 8y ago

That being said, I'm surprised that they haven't tried selling burgers with veg patties, that they already sell in India. Ofc they do not taste like meat, and aren't supposed to taste like meat. But, damn, do they taste good on their own.

bpeebles 8y ago
A lot of Burger King locations, in America at least, sell a veggie burger using a Morning Star Farms patty: https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger
gowld 8y ago
https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger https://www.bk.com/menu-item/veggie-burger The Impossible Burger is in weird niche that screams "fad" to me, or at least early-prototype, like self-driving cars -- it's an expensive fake meat, dollar-for-dollar optimized for looking and feeling like low-quality ground beef burger, instead of high-quality something-else-burger. At best it's an expensive but meatless mediocre meat-imitation burger. Why opt for that instead of a less-expensive but good burger?
- marzell 8y ago
  It's at least another option, and seems to be far healthier than actual beef. In the tech world especially, there are people that have more money than time, and might choose this as a healthier alternative. Once you dress up an Impossible/Beyond patty with all the fixins, it is a lot closer to a real beef burger than a more traditional veggie burger.

Eric_WVGG 8y ago

The idea that many or even most vegetarians are vegetarian for health purposes is faulty from the start.

rednerrus 8y ago

"Because I want to have a drive through vegetarian hamburger and I want it to have it anywhere in the country...

bsder 8y ago
Burger King and McDonald's "burgers" barely resemble the real thing anymore, so an "Impossible Burger" might be a step up. Seriously, go eat a McDonald's burger in Italy. The difference between that one and one in the US will shock you.
- munk-a 8y ago
  This comment was a bit silly - but I'd say that my experience with beyond meat in A&Ws up here in Canada... the fact that the regular beef that's being substituted out is already treated and pressed to being barely recognizable makes the beyond meat substitution a fair replacement. If I were in a fancy restaurant getting a nice thick & juicy burger the differences might be more noticeable.
- Retra 8y ago
  Why would anybody eat a chicken nugget when they can get a slice of that grade A free-range whole wheat grass fed organic chicken breast which provides only objectively superior flavor for every human palette? Better not put bbq sauce on it though, because that is meant for only the classiest of ribs. Every aspect of food: price, quality, appeal, ethics, and flavors, lie together on a single linear scale. So sayeth the religion of the sacred snob diet.
  - sneakernets 8y ago
    I know you're trolling, but there once was a time when fast food wasn't objectively terrible. Something happened in the name of cost-cutting. Taco Bell is one of the biggest ones I remember, as they would have an employee prepare the lettuce manually, grate the cheese, etc. Even the olives were sliced by a kitchen tool. McDonald's is another one, my cousin once earned a "fry guy" pin where he cut and fried the most potatoes in a day. Yes, _cut_. None of that frozen garbage.

hyperbovine 8y ago

Burger King has had a traditional ("possible") veggie burger for a long time as well. Best, cheapest option in the airport, unless they have Subway.

queercode 8y ago
Yep, if I remember correctly, their current veggie patty is a morning star patty. Depending on how often these items are asked for, though, and particularly in smaller cities, it's not uncommon for them to be deep frozen and pretty freezer-burnt by the time they reach you (same as Subway).

CalRobert 8y ago

What's weird about this is the idea that we're carnivores or herbivores. I eat meat. I also eat veggie burgers. They're delicious.

arkitaip 8y ago

Isn't it easier to just say, "Mind your own fucking business?"

TuringNYC 8y ago

Because I mostly eat vegetarian and Impossible Burger is served at only ~7 places close to me (in the VA-DC-MD metro area). With Burger King, i'd get access almost anywhere. That is awesome.