Best tasting fake meat

[Shaihulud]

Numerous thread exist about the veganism. It is impractical to only consume vegetable tasting products, therefore fake meat are created to replace real meat in the diet of vegans. I want to explore the possibilties of a best fake meat. It should be based on many meat like properties, such as taste, nutrition, texture etc. In your opinion, what is the best fake meat? Some that exist are soy based meat, gluten based meat and a fungi based meat marketed as quorn. Discuss some of the fake meat that you have tasted and how it compares.

 

[Rambuchan]

Discuss some of the fake meat that you have tasted and how it compares.

In my omnivorous opinion, all the substitutes for meat that I've tasted compare very poorly with the real McCoy. Closest I've come to being vaguely satisfied from such a meal is when a chef friend turned some quorn into something almost resembling prawns. It's what you do with it as much as what it is.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I reguarly eat 'fake meat'. Thing is, I don't know what the 'real' stuff tastes like, nor do I want to.

Quorn's vege sausgaes (available at Sainsbury's!) are ratehr good barbequed

 

[Shaihulud]

I heard of this quorn thing from a British friend of mine, but sadly it is not found in my part of the world. I have tasted very few fake meat made from gluten, it does not taste in any way like meat, except for abit of texture. in most case it is so heavily flavoured with artificial flavouring that it taste very horrid to me. Soy is not bad but also it is even more different in flavour than meat, not bad tasting but very different.

 

[ComradeDavo]

Britain does seem to lead the way rather well when it comes to vege food We probably have the most vege's per population in the world

 

[silver 2039]

I've had soy which is pretty decent with condiments. Still no comparison to real meat. And some weird flavour absorbing thing, but its real spongy and it does taste like meat but lacks the texture.

 

[Bootstoots]

Hufu of course.

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

Best tasting fake meat?

KFC!!

Ten Bloody Chars

 

[Rambuchan]

Britain does seem to lead the way rather well when it comes to vege food We probably have the most vege's per population in the world

No man, try India.

 

[puglover]

If there's no blood, count me out.

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

Boca burgers!

The grilled vegetable ones are crazy delicious!

Though the main reason for me eating meat substitutes is that they are often cheaper than regular beef here.

 

[Gladi]

Bright day
Isn't OP an oxymoron?

 

[Simon Darkshade]

I'm with the pug. The nearest I've come to fake meat is a mushroom burger, which was strange. Blood and death - it's what's for dinner.

 

[Gladi]

NOOOOOO!
I agreed with Darkshade

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Don't let it bother you. It isn't your fault that I am a wonder of the world.

 

[Shaihulud]

Awww! I like meat, but that Bocaburger looks very nice, i could eat that.

 

[Rambuchan]

If there's no blood, count me out.

Not a bad line at all. I've got a different one that I'm currently using when invited to dinner. When asked if there's anything I don't eat, the replies comes: "Yeah, nothing that didn't squeal in agony in getting to my plate." Cruel, senseless, wicked. But it tickles me. Then it offends their sensibilities, and that tickles me all over again.

Bright day
Isn't OP an oxymoron?

Well spotted. Note the similarities between women's lib and vegetarianism. Women wanted to become like men and the veggies want fake meat.

 

[ComradeDavo]

No man, try India.

Oh yeah good point, I should have remembered that, especially after that restaurant you took us to!

 

[Pyrite]

Bocaburgers are pretty good.

But Setin, a wheat derivitive makes the best tasting chicken substitute ever!
..plus it sounds an awful lot like Satan.
"what's for dinner Pyrite?"
"Satan! Tastes like chicken."

 

[Rambuchan]

Oh yeah good point, I should have remembered that, especially after that restaurant you took us to!

I should have remembered that and reminded you

One place in India which takes the buscuit with their veganism is Pushkar. It's a pilgrim town for Hanuman and Vishnu devotees on the edge of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan. You cannot get ANY milk, eggs, cream, cheese, butter etc in this place, let alone a sniff of meat. They just don't even let the stuff in. I wanted pizza while there, couldn't get any. I wanted a bowl of cereal, forget it. I wanted some simple toast, with butter and jam, only jam on dry toast.

I hope those devotees are getting a serious kick out of their religion, cos the food in Puskar tends to make an omnivore quite, quite miserable. But there is indeed something special about the place, well worth the visit.