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I bought a package of Beyond Meat. It was right next to the ground beef, and looked like ground beef. I assumed I could substitute it for ground beef in my spag
by olyjohn 6y ago
I bought a package of Beyond Meat. It was right next to the ground beef, and looked like ground beef. I assumed I could substitute it for ground beef in my spaghetti. Big fat nope! I opened the package, and it smelled exactly like dog food. The smell when cooking it was horrible. It completely ruined my batch of spaghetti. I don't know how people are cooking this stuff and enjoying it. Maybe there's some other way to cook it or season it? As someone who isn't much of a chef, I don't know what to do with it. Go to your favorite search engine, search for "Beyond Meat Smells..." and check out the autofill. I know I'm not the only one.
- jandrese 6y agoYeah, the artificial smoke flavor makes it useless for anything that isn't supposed to taste like it was on an open flame grill. I tried using the Beyond ground burger substitute for tacos once and all I could taste was that stupid smoke flavor. The Impossible ground burger substitute is far more versatile, but harder to find. None of my local grocery stores carry it.
- phonypc 6y agoThere is no smoke flavouring in Beyond Burgers.
- fshbbdssbbgdd 6y agoMaybe people are getting spoiled product? I regularly use Beyond and Impossible and usually don’t notice any off smell. Once I got a pack of Impossible from the refrigerated section that did smell wrong.
- chasd00 6y agoput it on a charcoal grill and cook a hamburger. It's definitely not beef but the taste is ok for what it is. I think of it like a veggie compromise, not a perfect burger but not terrible either.
- thekyle 6y agoActually that's an interesting idea I wonder if Impossible or Beyond meat have considered selling their stuff as dog food. I'm sure vegan dog owners would love that.
- easton 6y agoThat'd probably do a lot of damage to their brand, as silly as it sounds, since people wouldn't want to be eating something used as a meat substitute in dog food (which has historically been not very safe/good for humans).
- ssijak 6y agoThen go to the same engine and see autocompletes for "ground beef smells". Given enough sample, there would be some people complaining about random weird things, and those are the people typing such searches in search engines.
- hedora 6y agoI’ve found I have to brown it, or it has a weird aftertaste that lasts for hours. After browning, that’s replaced with a nice nutty cashew flavor. This is especially true of the patties.