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This fact became viscerally true to me when I tried chanterelle for the first time a few days ago. Texture and flavor was so close to chicken that my partner an
by kaycebasques 5y ago
This fact became viscerally true to me when I tried chanterelle for the first time a few days ago. Texture and flavor was so close to chicken that my partner and I (both vegans) had the weird uncomfortable sensation of accidentally eating meat!
- azinman2 5y agoWhen was the last time you had chicken? Personally I’d never confuse the two, although I do love chanterelles. That said, I had some porcini inside of a ravioli where I thought I was eating part of a meatball that went with it (eg meat-like, compared to a meatball, versus actual unadulterated meat).
- kaycebasques 5y agoAdmittedly it's been a few years but I have eaten quite a lot of chicken in my lifetime so I don't think it's a matter of me forgetting the experience of the real thing
- sokoloff 5y agoReminds me of the Matrix Tasty Wheat scene: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEnJfZ9joY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEnJfZ9joY (63s long)
- derbOac 5y agoTry chicken of the woods. It's even more so in my opinion.
- chrisfrantz 5y agoSo much so. I wish it was easier to cultivate at home, it tastes just like chicken.
- hahamrfunnyguy 5y agoWow, I don't think chanterelles taste anything like chicken. I've only had them a couple of times, but to be they have a really strong and complex flavor that is hard to describe. The texture is firm but not chewy, like many other kinds of mushrooms.
- vidarh 5y agoI guess it might depend on how you prepare it. To me, chanterelles are one of the mushrooms that should always be prepared without anything that might cover the taste exactly because it's so distinct it's be a massive waste. But if you cook it like some people cook chicken I can well imagine it'd wnd up tasting like chicken...
- kaycebasques 5y agoFor the record we only cooked it in salted (vegan) butter because of the exact idea that we didn't want to obscure its taste with other spices etc.
- vidarh 5y agoThen I really don't understand how you'd find it similar to chicken. But given I eat chicken regularly I guess we pick up on different things. Black pepper is the only other thing I'd usually use with chanterelles. Possibly cream. To not waste so much of it, sometimes I'll boil them a bit first, and let enough water boil off to pour the rest into a light cream sauce to add chantarelle taste to the sauce as well.
- throwawayboise 5y agoI tried some "beyond beef" the other day and thought it was nothing at all like beef. But maybe if you're vegan it's the closest alternate.