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I tried the Beyond Meat patty, version 1 I think. Wondering if anyone else got an absolutely strange type of taste / sensation in their throat when they tried
by Fr0styMatt88 7y ago
I tried the Beyond Meat patty, version 1 I think. Wondering if anyone else got an absolutely strange type of taste / sensation in their throat when they tried it? It wasn’t at all pleasant and really hard to describe. Kind of like - I don’t know - canola oil mixed with peanut - sort-of? While breathing in a thick gas. Very odd.
I was really hyped up to like it, but found it only somewhat like meat. I was impressed with the texture inside. The outer crust reminded me of warm cardboard. To be fair, I might have burned it so I do want to try it again. Really keen to try an Impossible Burger (anyone know if there’s somewhere in Australia that serves them?).
My whole place smelled sickly sweet after cooking it as well. I’ve seen some people describing it as smelling like cat food, which I’d agree with.
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- chadcmulligan 7y agoGrill'd serves a beyond burger if there's one nearby. Personally I don't think they're particularly healthy - I'll stick to chick pea patties or the occasional beef patty. They are highly processed.
- sumedh 7y agoI tried one of the beyond burger, I got a legume like taste, didnt like it.
- bmlzootown 7y agoI've tried one at two different Burger Kings, both tasted a bit burnt. I wouldn't mind a legume taste, but I can't do overdone. Has anyone else noticed this?
- tyingq 7y agoThe white fatty flecks that make it look more like ground beef is coconut oil and cocoa butter. I think coconut oil is somewhat like cilantro, in that certain people get a soap like taste from it, based on some kind of genetic trait. Though it does have less aldehydes than some other types of oils, which goes against my theory. It does, however, have a fair amount of decanal, one of the aldehydes in cilantro. Would "soap like" describe the unpleasant flavor at all?
- misja 7y agoI agree, it tasted kind of synthetic, almost like plastic. I don't have that experience with other meat free burgers.
- dwild 7y agoHave you tried that at A&W? I don't know what they do differently, but when I cook them at home the texture isn't as good, nor is the taste (but that's probably simply the condiments).