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I remember when veggie burgers first came out and they actually featured veggies and tried to taste like veggies instead of psuedo-meat patties. They were so good! Then everything tried to just clone meat, poorly, in taste and texture and they were so much worse. But those first ones that really tasted like veggies were delish.

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Are you a vegetarian? I'm not, and really enjoy a good black bean patty. But when I crave a juicy beef hamburger, I have one. Vegetarians might prefer to satisfy cravings with something closer to their childhood memories than a black bean patty.

I remember the veggie burgers they're talking about and they weren't black bean patties. The one I remember had potato with peas in it... god, it was delicious

It sounds like your describing aloo tikki. It's really delicious and sometimes used as a vegetarian burger patty.

Unless they have some rare condition that doesn't allow them to eat meat, they can satisfy the cravings by having the odd burger. It won't kill them.

I honestly don't understand the vegetarian who constantly craves meat.

It will kill another living thing though. It's not that hard to understand - you know it tastes good but don't want to cause direct suffering.

The burger is already in the store. The way the food industry works they'd probably kill the same number of cows every year to preserve the size of their asset (the farm/heads of cattle) and get a subsidy from government for the crop loss that didn't sell.

The thing with vegetarians is they tend to lose their sense of taste and smell for meat. Many vegetarians actually find the smell of cooked meat pretty revolting/nauseating since they are no longer primed for it. Anecdotally I know a vegetarian who hates one of these patties, I can't remember if it was the beyond product or the impossible burger, specifically because they tried and make it a little bit more "bloody" like a meat patty which made it disgusting to them.

The taste of meat repulsed me since I was a kid. I wonder what's wrong with me. The irony is I eat it, because it's good for my IBD.

I'm glad that people have the option of those if they like them. Personally, I find the veggie patties to be awful in both taste and especially texture. I was thrilled when there started being options other than the pervasive gardenburgers.

Both exist. Portabello burgers are great too. There's nothing wrong with choice.

Portabello pizzas are also great. It's not the same as a wheat crust pizza but great in its own way.

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