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As someone who eats too much meat I think the appeal for me would be to replace part of my consumption. Making tacos or a quick spaghetti? Why not use impossib

by cjonas 7y ago

As someone who eats too much meat I think the appeal for me would be to replace part of my consumption. Making tacos or a quick spaghetti? Why not use impossible meat. For me it's not going to replace local grass fed ground chuck or a wagu steak I'd occasionally treat myself with, but it might make it so I only eat meat 1-2 times a week. And imagine the impact if these just displaced 50% of beef patties at fast food joints. I'd love to see a world where the bottom shelf of meat isle is completely plant based.

aguyfromnb 7y ago
>Making tacos or a quick spaghetti? Why not use impossible meat. Why not use beans, or mushrooms? Or quinoa? Or cauliflower? Or lentils? All cheaper and healthier. And if they don't make sense in your dish...why eat that dish? Food combinations are endless; find something you like made up of the food you want to eat. I'm not lecturing. I also love meat, but I have trouble wrapping my head around "vegetables and other stuff smashed together to simulate meat". Seems easier to just eat the vegetables.
- geddy 7y ago
  Agreed. I like me an Impossible Burger now and again, but I eat lentils and beans every day and make my own burger patties out of them (using quinoa, like you mentioned). Some gluten free panko breadcrumbs to help it all stick together. The best "ground meat" texture I make is made out of overcooked lentils combined with ground walnuts. The texture is terrific! All healthy fats, no animals or palm oil fat.
- bart_spoon 7y ago
  Because they taste worse. It isn't rocket science. People aren't putting meat in their dishes because its healthier than putting vegetables. They are putting them in there because they are delicious in a way that vegetables, heretofore, have not been able to replace.
  - aguyfromnb 7y ago
    >Because they taste worse. They do? All of them?
    - bart_spoon 7y ago
      Generally, yeah. I would take meat over a vegetable most of the time. I'm not in the minority either.
- Esthrowaway123 7y ago
  This is the food equivalent of "well why don't you just use rust or scheme to solve that problem?" Because people like meat. It tastes good, it's comforting. People like meat, that simple. > And if they don't make sense in your dish...why eat that dish? For a lot of people, cooking and eating is something they have to do but don't particularly care for. Maybe homie just wanted to have spaghetti with meat in it like his mom made all of his life. And now you're telling him that he should just eat something else entirely because he doesn't use quinoa in his spaghetti. I'd rather have a bit of ground beef in my spaghetti than anything you listed. I could do mushrooms but I just... Like meat more. So, yeah I'm stoked on impossible meat.

by cjonas 7y ago

aguyfromnb 7y ago

>Making tacos or a quick spaghetti? Why not use impossible meat. Why not use beans, or mushrooms? Or quinoa? Or cauliflower? Or lentils? All cheaper and healthier. And if they don't make sense in your dish...why eat that dish? Food combinations are endless; find something you like made up of the food you want to eat. I'm not lecturing. I also love meat, but I have trouble wrapping my head around "vegetables and other stuff smashed together to simulate meat". Seems easier to just eat the vegetables.

geddy 7y ago
Agreed. I like me an Impossible Burger now and again, but I eat lentils and beans every day and make my own burger patties out of them (using quinoa, like you mentioned). Some gluten free panko breadcrumbs to help it all stick together. The best "ground meat" texture I make is made out of overcooked lentils combined with ground walnuts. The texture is terrific! All healthy fats, no animals or palm oil fat.
bart_spoon 7y ago
Because they taste worse. It isn't rocket science. People aren't putting meat in their dishes because its healthier than putting vegetables. They are putting them in there because they are delicious in a way that vegetables, heretofore, have not been able to replace.
- aguyfromnb 7y ago
  >Because they taste worse. They do? All of them?
  - bart_spoon 7y ago
    Generally, yeah. I would take meat over a vegetable most of the time. I'm not in the minority either.
Esthrowaway123 7y ago
This is the food equivalent of "well why don't you just use rust or scheme to solve that problem?" Because people like meat. It tastes good, it's comforting. People like meat, that simple. > And if they don't make sense in your dish...why eat that dish? For a lot of people, cooking and eating is something they have to do but don't particularly care for. Maybe homie just wanted to have spaghetti with meat in it like his mom made all of his life. And now you're telling him that he should just eat something else entirely because he doesn't use quinoa in his spaghetti. I'd rather have a bit of ground beef in my spaghetti than anything you listed. I could do mushrooms but I just... Like meat more. So, yeah I'm stoked on impossible meat.