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Rebel burger. No, no, no!

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  • #62
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Whats the joke exactly? That he has been duped into possibly eating meat remnants?

    Apparently it's been spelled out below.
    dubrov wrote: »
    To spell it out, if the chipper has that little care for their customers you can be sure their hygiene practices are also poor..Think rat droppings just out of sight under the counter


  • #63
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,731 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    So huge fast food chain introduces vegan burger.

    Who the fück cares?


  • #64
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,756 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Anyone know how much they are?
    A whopper is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine but I avoid red meat for medical reasons. This could be a guilt free pleasure!


  • #65
    FTA69
    Registered Users Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    bluewolf wrote: »
    I don't really care to be honest and if anything the range of options is super. It's a long way from the days you had to make an expedition to a special food shop somewhere.

    It's not about avoiding bread, btw. A lot of sauces like soy sauce are made from wheat. Burgers have a 50 50 chance of having breadcrumbs. A lot of crisps are coated in barley flavouring. All breakfast cereals are coated in it as well. That's aside from cross contamination Etc

    No fair enough, I take your point.

    I’ve met a few people declaring themselves coeliacs when they’re clearly not and I’m extrapolating too much. I’ll defer to your experience


  • #66
    blueb
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭blueb


    everybody hates when vegans go on about us meat eaters being in the wrong!

    why give out to vegans about being in the wrong ? its just as annoying.

    Burger king have a vegan option.. its not the end of the world. definitely nothing to rant about anyway.


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  • #67
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,756 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    FTA69 wrote: »
    No fair enough, I take your point.

    I’ve met a few people declaring themselves coeliacs when they’re clearly not and I’m extrapolating too much. I’ll defer to your experience

    One comes across lots of people avoiding gluten. Do these people, fuctiously, claim to be coeliacs? I find this hard to imagine.
    Also, some coeliacs seem to be more sensitive to gluten than others.


  • #68
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    blueb wrote: »
    everybody hates when vegans go on about us meat eaters being in the wrong!

    why give out to vegans about being in the wrong ? its just as annoying.

    Burger king have a vegan option.. its not the end of the world. definitely nothing to rant about anyway.
    It's a nice marketing opportunity for them too. Healthy, kind to animals, a place where everyone can now eat!


  • #69
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Personally I don't see the necessity to create fake meat out of plant matter, chocolate brownies out of beans, etc. Why can't people eat their self-professed preferences without trying to disguise them as that which they profess to dislike?


  • #70
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,756 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Personally I don't see the necessity to create fake meat out of plant matter, chocolate brownies out of beans, etc. Why can't people eat their self-professed preferences without trying to disguise them as that which they profess to dislike?

    I love meat.
    I'd also like to eat a meat free whopper if it tasted as good.
    Where's the problem?


  • #71
    [Deleted User]
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    dubrov wrote: »
    Most vegetarians are against animal cruelty. They are not allergic to meat.

    The joke is on you though if that's the standards your local chippy employs

    What as eating meat got to do with animal cruelty, in Ireland we have exceptionally high standards on farms many animals have a much better life than a large number of people. So it’s misguided silliness if they think denying themselves meat and everyone else having to listen to their nonsense is in fact supporting their cause.


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  • #72
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    the beer revolu wrote: »
    I love meat.
    I'd also like to eat a meat free whopper if it tasted as good.
    Where's the problem?

    No problem, it's just that a meat-free Whopper makes about as much sense to me as a glass hammer. :pac:

    Actually, alcohol-free beer annoys me slightly as well, I much prefer a ginger ale or fruit juice when I want a non-alcoholic drink.


  • #73
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Personally I don't see the necessity to create fake meat out of plant matter, chocolate brownies out of beans, etc. Why can't people eat their self-professed preferences without trying to disguise them as that which they profess to dislike?

    For much the same reason as people eat burgers as opposed to cows i suppose, taste.

    I can get the vegan ideal, people don't want to harm animals and whatnot and no matter what way you look at it there is simply no kindness in killing and eating an animal. I do get it, but i'm not bothered enough to stop eating them. It's their own fault for being so fúcking delicious if you ask me:D

    It's just nature in action - i have no problem eating animals, they'll get their chance to eat me one day too and i also have no problem with that.


  • #74
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    jimgoose wrote: »
    chocolate brownies out of beans

    You may not like it if you heard what chocolate is actually made out of


  • #75
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    You may not like it if you heard what chocolate is actually made out of

    You know well what I mean.


  • #76
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    jimgoose wrote: »
    You know well what I mean.

    I know that chocolate is made out of cocoa beans bruv


  • #77
    RWCNT
    Registered Users Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭RWCNT


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Personally I don't see the necessity to create fake meat out of plant matter, chocolate brownies out of beans, etc. Why can't people eat their self-professed preferences without trying to disguise them as that which they profess to dislike?

    Most fast food burgers, sausages, processed deli chicken and the like have a very low % of actual meat content anyway, - if anything they're the items that are disguised as something they're not.

    A lot of vegetarians still like the taste and texture of meat but object to eating it because of animal cruelty/environmental concerns etc. so fair enough that they want an imitation. Others find the taste, smell and texture of meat disgusting so they'll opt for plant based food that doesn't imitate meat.

    Some on here could definitely do with broadening their horizons a bit food-wise. I'm a huge carnivore but some of my favourite restaurants are veggie places. Veggie Indian food in particular is awesome.


  • #78
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Abdiel Numerous Squirrel wrote: »
    What as eating meat got to do with animal cruelty, in Ireland we have exceptionally high standards on farms many animals have a much better life than a large number of people. So it’s misguided silliness if they think denying themselves meat and everyone else having to listen to their nonsense is in fact supporting their cause.

    Do you know many people who have been crammed into trucks and driven away to be shot in the head and chopped into pieces?

    I eat meat practically every day, but don't talk shíte about it. It is what it is, the animals being killed and eaten are not the lucky ones ffs!


  • #79
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    RWCNT wrote: »
    ...Veggie Indian food in particular is awesome.

    Absolutely.


  • #80
    [Deleted User]
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    sbsquarepants wrote: »
    Do you know many people who have been crammed into trucks and driven away to be shot in the head and chopped into pieces?

    I eat meat practically every day, but don't talk shíte about it. It is what it is, the animals being killed and eaten are not the lucky ones ffs!

    They have a quick and painless death which they have no idea is coming. They live very comfortable lives up to this. There is no cruelty whatsoever.
    RWCNT wrote: »
    Indian food in particular is awesome.

    Be even better if they added meat though!


  • #81
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Abdiel Numerous Squirrel wrote: »
    ...Be even better if they added meat though!

    Indian places do several delicious meat dishes. Personal favourites of mine would be beef bhuna gosht, lamb jalfrezi, and the awesome red-hot Tandoori platter the local little place does. But the point is they also have some truly satisfying vegetarian dishes, even for this old velociraptor. :D


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  • #82
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,756 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    RWCNT wrote: »
    . Veggie Indian food in particular is awesome.

    Iyer's?


  • #83
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I know that chocolate is made out of cocoa beans bruv

    Kaplan's "Law of the Instrument" springs to mind. Bruv. :pac:


  • #84
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,204 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    I suddenly understand that South Park episode now

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



  • #85
    Witchie
    Registered Users Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Yosef Pitiful Loudspeaker wrote: »
    They have sold the vegetarian beanburger for ages; at least seven years.

    The new product name is commercializing the extinction rebellion movement. Should be called Krusty Burger.

    Try over 25 years for the bean burger as it was the last thing I ate before becoming a mammy.

    I have been veggie for 30 years but can't do vegan as cheese means too much to me and with my nut, coconut and seeds allergies I can't do the vegan alternatives.

    In Malaysia where I live they only recently introduced a veggie burger in McD's and BK but as they are mushroom based, I won't eat them. Mushrooms are the food of the devil. Disgusting yokes.

    I am excited to try this non-meat burger but part of me is worried it will taste too much like meat and am not sure I like the flavour of meat anymore.

    Oh and as my dad is a proper ceoliac, my sister and her hubby are vegan, my mum and I are veggie and I have all my allergies, we are a real joy to dine out with as a family. :D

    *Sits back and watches heads explode*


  • #86
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Abdiel Numerous Squirrel wrote: »
    They have a quick and painless death which they have no idea is coming. They live very comfortable lives up to this. There is no cruelty whatsoever.



    Be even better if they added meat though!

    Do you know that pigs in Ireland never see the light of day, as in they never go outside? How is that exceptional standards of welfare?


  • #87
    [Deleted User]
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    jimgoose wrote: »
    Indian places do several delicious meat dishes. Personal favourites of mine would be beef bhuna gosht, lamb jalfrezi, and the awesome red-hot Tandoori platter the local little place does. But the point is they also have some truly satisfying vegetarian dishes, even for this old velociraptor. :D

    Love Indian myself, I like it hot though so lamb or chicken vindaloo or extra hot chicken madras are my favourites.


  • #88
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Burger King is awful.


  • #89
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    Church on Tuesday wrote: »
    Burger King is awful.

    A BK burger tastes and has the texture of meat.

    McDonalds by comparison is lame pasty tasteless gunk.


  • #90
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,727 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/what-does-burger-king-s-new-veggie-whopper-taste-like-1.4081575

    sounds pretty good, as far as fast food goes, looking forward to trying


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  • #91
    jimgoose
    Registered Users Posts: 20,174 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Bob Harris wrote: »
    A BK burger tastes and has the texture of meat.

    McDonalds by comparison is lame pasty tasteless gunk.

    BK used to be quite tasty, but they've really gone to hell in the last few years. McDonald's quarter-pounders are OK-ish, but the little chipper near me does decent, proper ones. Of course the steakburgers I cook at home are, even if I say so myself, peerless. :cool:


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