• Someone Invented a Veggie Burger That Bleeds Its Own Blood. Biochemist has invented a meatless burge
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[IMG]http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-EX180_fakeme_E_20141007215404.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]“Go ahead, touch it,” says Patrick Brown, the Stanford professor whose company, Impossible Foods, is on a quest to create the perfect meatless hamburger.In a small conference room in Redwood City, Calif., a giddy Mr. Brown is prodding me to poke what looks like a raw, bloody beef patty, proud to show off his company’s creation to the press for the first time. The burger, which is the subject of this week’s [URL="http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-of-these-new-veggie-burgers-plant-blood-1412725267"]Next in Tech story[/URL] about the fake-meat movement, is made entirely of plant matter. In the Impossible Foods lab, amino acids, fats, and nutrients are all carefully culled from plants, hand-picked for their contributions to texture, color and most importantly, flavor. Even the blood of cows, the key to unlocking meat’s flavor, is recreated through the addition of heme, an important molecule in hemoglobin and found in certain plants. The result is a burger — what Mr. Brown dubs “version 4.0″ — that has come a long way in the year since the first patty, which tasted like “rancid polenta,” he says. Mr. Brown knows that for his company’s plant-based burger to really convince meat connoisseurs, it has to look, feel, taste and sizzle on the grill like a real burger. Wearing a thin, plastic glove, I press on the top of the “meat” disc. Like a regular ground beef patty, it looks like a jumble of tissue with some lighter fat-like pieces mixed in. (This burger was designed to be 80% lean and 20% fat.) Although it’s a far darker shade of reddish-brown than the typical grocery store patty, it is moist and seems to be similar in density as I press down on it. When it is lifted off the plate, a residue of what looks like “blood” is left, yet another sign that this isn’t your typical veggie burger. To cook the burger, a lab technician slaps the patty on an electric portable grill with a flat surface and it almost immediately begins to quietly sizzle and give off the aroma of meat cooking. The color begins to change to a gray brown. Soon, the areas most exposed to the grill turn a rich brown. In a few minutes, the burger is ready, cooked to “medium.” When the technician slices the burger down the middle, it is distinctly pink at the very center. She places the Impossible burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato and some plant-based cheese (which tastes unpleasantly chalky). With or without all the accouterments, the burger doesn’t quite hit the mark. I tend to prefer exceptionally juicy gourmet ones, similar to those served by New York’s Corner Bistro or chef [URL="http://topics.wsj.com/person/M/danny,-meyer/5885"]Danny Meyer[/URL]’s Shake Shack. The texture is also slightly lighter, perhaps even fluffier, than a typical burger and it tastes less bloody. But the bites still have the consistency of animal tissue. It isn’t overly spongy like tofu. Instead, the meat granules cling together, as one would expect in a burger. It is somewhere between beef and turkey, an assessment shared by Samir Kaul, a general partner at Impossible backer Khosla Ventures, who describes it as “better than a turkey burger.” But what’s wild about eating Impossible’s burger is that unmistakable yet hard-to-define sensation in your brain: What you’re eating appears to be something red-blooded that walked around before. One drawback, or bonus, depending on how you look at: My colleague, video producer Emily Prapuolenis, who attended with me observed hours later that Impossible’s burger didn’t leave her feeling as lethargic. Although that likely implied the patty is healthier—indeed it has no cholesterol—she says she missed the masochistic side of noshing on greasy burgers.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/07/taste-test-a-veggie-burger-that-looks-and-cooks-like-meat/"]http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/...oks-like-meat/[/URL] Quite an achievement, but I stick with my medium rare beef burgers thank you. Also, some vegetarians still won't eat it, since some of them are vegetarians cause they don't like food to be 'bloody'
The day fake meat tastes as good as the real thing I'd have no problem eating it. That picture isn't from the article is it? Why not post the burger from the article?
Joke's on them, I hate everything except for well done meat :v:
[QUOTE=Falubii;46191035]The day fake meat tastes as good as the real thing I'd have no problem eating it. That picture isn't from the article is it? Why not post the burger from the article?[/QUOTE] Cause they don't have an actual photo on the source, its a video, and its not one that I could put up on FP. I used the picture from another source: [url]http://www.eater.com/2014/10/8/6948415/someone-invented-a-veggie-burger-that-bleeds-its-own-blood[/url]
[QUOTE=damnatus;46191054]Joke's on them, I hate everything except for well done meat :v:[/QUOTE] This is heresy
Fuck that, I want vegetables that scream when I bite them.
It boggles my mind that you would swear off eating meat but then try so hard to make all your food look exactly and taste exactly like actual meat
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;46191059]Cause they don't have an actual photo on the source, its a video, and its not one that I could put up on FP. I used the picture from another source: [url]http://www.eater.com/2014/10/8/6948415/someone-invented-a-veggie-burger-that-bleeds-its-own-blood[/url][/QUOTE] ? [img]http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-EX180_fakeme_E_20141007215404.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Falubii;46191035]The day fake meat tastes as good as the real thing I'd have no problem eating it. That picture isn't from the article is it? Why not post the burger from the article?[/QUOTE] The best part of eating meat is when you can taste the panic.
No thank you, I prefer my meat well cooked. Good luck with E coli and worms then.
[QUOTE=Leo Leonardo;46191067]This is heresy[/QUOTE] Whats the point of eating a rare burger? A lot of burgers you eat are a mixture of the worst parts of both pork and beef. If your cooked through burger isn't tender then you're doing it wrong. Steaks on the other hand must be cooked to a maximum of medium.
[QUOTE=HWECQI;46191076]It boggles my mind that you would swear off eating meat but then try so hard to make all your food look exactly and taste exactly like actual meat[/QUOTE] i think vegetarians have a problem with how it's processed not how it tastes
Isnt interesting how some people feel so sickened about blood but want it on their meat? (meat like in meat, not penis, there are some weirdos that like doing it in when the girl is on her period tho)
[QUOTE=Falubii;46191077]? [img]http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-EX180_fakeme_E_20141007215404.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I was looking for a picture of burger to better represent the thread. But if you are so insistent on having a picture of one, then fine.
[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;46191089]Whats the point of eating a rare burger? A lot of burgers you eat are a mixture of the worst parts of both pork and beef. If your cooked through burger isn't tender then you're doing it wrong. Steaks on the other hand must be cooked to a maximum of medium.[/QUOTE] but he said he likes all his meat well done all disgustin
[QUOTE=Arc Nova;46191091]i think vegetarians have a problem with how it's processed not how it tastes[/QUOTE] I get that, but I mean if I was that against how the stuff was made I wouldn't really feel much better about putting a fake version in my mouth
[QUOTE=Axsisel;46191094]there are some weirdos that like doing it in when the girl is on her period tho[/QUOTE] sorry but a real sailor is never afraid of the red sea.
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;46191100]I was looking for a picture of burger to better represent the thread. But if you are so insistent on having a picture of one, then fine.[/QUOTE] I just think it's really misleading to say "Company creates amazing, bleeding meatless burger!" and then proceed to post a picture of a beef burger. Even if it tastes fine, in reality the thing looks like a mash of seeds and plants.
[QUOTE=HWECQI;46191076]It boggles my mind that you would swear off eating meat but then try so hard to make all your food look exactly and taste exactly like actual meat[/QUOTE] This so much, I'd rather just eat a vegetarian meal that is good in its own merit.
[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;46191089] Steaks on the other hand must be cooked to a maximum of medium.[/QUOTE] why
[QUOTE=Axsisel;46191094]Isnt interesting how some people feel so sickened about blood but want it on their meat? (meat like in meat, not penis, there are some weirdos that like doing it in when the girl is on her period tho)[/QUOTE] That never came to my mind until you brought it up. Looks like I have a new innuendo to use.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;46191153]why[/QUOTE] Because you lose all the flavor and it becomes a dry rubbery piece of crap. You can't tell the difference between a $10 steak and a $100 steak once you've cooked it beyond medium.
[QUOTE=Talishmar;46191153]why[/QUOTE] because anything more and it starts to get dry and loses tons of flavour and juices
[QUOTE=Talishmar;46191153]why[/QUOTE] Have you ever eaten a well-done or microwave reheated steak?
All I can think about when I see a medium rare steak is blood, uncooked food and diseases, so yeah :v: And if you think well done steak can't be juicy then you probably have eaten a piece of charcoal
[QUOTE=damnatus;46191252]All I can think about when I see a medium rare steak is blood, uncooked food and diseases, so yeah :v: And if you think well done steak can't be juicy then you probably have eaten a piece of charcoal[/QUOTE] You aren't going to get sick from a medium rare steak. If you cook a burger medium rare, then you're an idiot and you deserve to get sick.
A thread about veggie burgers and meat that isn't meat is now a thread about how cooked meat should be. I like this because meat is sweet :v:
you can eat a steak blue rare and be fine
[QUOTE=Falubii;46191297]You aren't going to get sick from a medium rare steak. If you cook a burger medium rare, then you're an idiot and you deserve to get sick.[/QUOTE] It can happen. It depends on where you go, it's a good idea to get a feel of the place (or your cooking ability) before ordering rare meats. Preparation and sanitation are even more important when the food isn't cooked as much.
[QUOTE=Arc Nova;46191091]i think vegetarians have a problem with how it's processed not how it tastes[/QUOTE] If that's their concern, they should goto a farmers market or start learning how to hunt and fish. Going full vegetarian/vegan is a waste of time and money, when alternative methods exist to keep yourself fed.
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