SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
posted by
LaminatorX
on Monday April 28 2014, @01:12PM
from the Soylent-Green-is-wait-nevermind dept.
from the Soylent-Green-is-wait-nevermind dept.
Bill Gates and the founders of Twitter bet millions of US dollars that meat lovers will embrace a new plant-based product that mimics the taste of chicken and beef. It has been hard to get meat substitutes to the dinner tables of Americans over the years, but the tech giants believe these newest products will pass the "tastes like chicken" test. Gates has met several times with Ethan Brown, whose product, Beyond Meat, is a mash-up of proteins from peas and plants.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Plant-based Meat Mimic Taste Test
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 43 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
"Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may work."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Monday April 28 2014, @02:57PM
I'm a vegetarian, and I only rarely eat the meat substitute products, but I understand why people use them:
1. If you've learned to cook with meat in everything, you're first instinct is to try to substitute in fake meat for real meat rather than using recipes that are entirely plant-based.
2. Some of them taste pretty decent.
3. They can provide nutrients that are harder to get if you don't eat beans and legumes regularly.
4. Some of them are convenience foods e.g. Boca burgers can be cooked in a microwave in 3-5 minutes.
The good news is that you can cook great vegetarian meals in the style of many of the world's cultures: ... ...
- Irish: Boxty. Add vegetables and a sauce.
- Italian: My personal favorite is pasta with basil leaves, fresh tomato, roasted garlic, and maybe some mozzarella cheese. Also, lots of varieties of pizza.
- Greek: Spanikopita, baklava, all sorts of creative uses of feta.
- Lebanese / Arabic: Falafel, hummus, baba ganoush,
- Indian: Dal, chana masala, samosas,
- Chinese: Stir fries can be made with vegetables at least as easily as with meat.
- Japanese: Ditto. Also, sushi with avocados, cucumbers, or other vegetables.
- Korean: Bibimbap without meat is common.
- Mexican: Just use black beans instead of meat.
Being vegetarian doesn't mean going hungry or eating only the unpalatable stuff you often find in vegan restaurants.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 28 2014, @03:11PM
You left out tofu and tempeh, though that's understandable ('cause they're both a bit icky). I'm still trying to perfect baked tofu so I don't have to get the underwhelming and expensive premade versions. It's really easy and there are plenty of recipes out there, but there's a little technique about pressing and cooking in the right vessel and picking the right marinade ingredients... When it's just right it's delicious and chewy.
Of course I understand you were just scratching the surface. Now to find out what "boxty" is...
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday April 28 2014, @03:18PM
I left out tofu and tempeh because they tend to be over-used, although you're right that can be delicious with various Asian cuisines.
Boxty is a potato pancake, often served with vegetables and a sauce, invented during the couple of centuries when the Irish basically had only potatoes to eat.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Monday April 28 2014, @06:46PM
What? I'm *not* a vegetarian, but tofu is excellent in soups and stirfrys. It takes on the taste of whatever you cook it with. I do generally prefer firm or extra-firm, but that's personal taste. Some people prefer soft tofu, and it's ok. Or you can even mash it up into a paste, add seasoning, and use it as a dip (not ideal, I prefer bean dips, but it works).
Why "icky"? Did you buy a preflavored one and eat it cold? (Some of those are a bit weird for my taste, though other like them. Heated they're generally ok, though I prefer different flavoring.)
For that matter, even soft tofu can be pretty good. Cut it in slivers and marinate it in rice wine vinegar and spices. Then mix it into an undressed coleslaw salad. take the marinade and add some oil and a bit of sugar and red pepper (not much) to use as a salad dressing. That's too fancy for me to generally bother with, but I've had restaurants do it with some added green papaya and crushed peanuts and it was delicious.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.