McDonalds, murdered my plant based burger.
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 8:52 am
Yeah, I know.
& Maybe a move (to cafe) ..but in my early morning brain For defence, sadly Mc-corp has its foot in the door culturally as a global brand that dominates, this the post placement, ..apologies!
For decades I avoided them after a had a life changing career destroying food poisoning incident via their staff,as well as rainforest burning for cattle ranching, "toucan-burgers" (as we called them) & a variety of other ethical questionables, plastic straws junk food, faux "milk" shakes etc.., using them only a couple of times per year if things with my gut (that food poisoning) meant my stomach was going to eat itself ..& Then only a sliver of meat that was a cheeseburger typically.
However, on friday, my gut was doing me over, after a severe bout of internal bleeding so I needed something to make the journey home easier & soak up some of the pain, ..so I thought to try the "beyond burger" branded me d's collab which is called the "mc plant" @ £3.59 ..as we use beyond burgers at home & they are juicy , plump, meat feel, with a 1/3 bag of pea sprout salad (aldi) ..I thought it time for a comparison.
Jesus, ..it was bad! ..I'd have been better off getting a basic cheeseburger (also a chance buy, not n fresh / cold soggy) at around £1.15.
So whilst we sous vide (getting the best outcome with ease) ..I was expecting something that the company "cooks" separately to be fresh & better than the grill offerings they churn out.
I'm guessing it's a tiny super speedy commercial "pocket air fryer" oven to bake it in a mere couple of minutes I waited (because I couldn't order it AND adjust it like a regular burger, via an app from the car)..of which I nowadays observe drive thru is the majority of sales since covid (& incoming covid this autumn onwards) ..what I received was not a standard "beyond burger" more a split in two thin sliver that was burnt to help on the outer edges & greasy grey sunk in the middle elsewhere,
TO double up on a point,this is NOT representative of a bloody good meat alt mince, so please avoid it via I'd donalds, (they sometimes do a special of it for 99p) ..don't confuse this detritus as "how a beyond burger is" ..because it is not.
This is a 2of 2 strike for outlets promoting beyond burger as a meat alternative, the other "ruiner" was Wetherspoons ..so for the price of a lack of 10 home cooked from frozen I've suffered 2x veggie burgers "screwed up, ..The perception of the paying public doubtless edging towards "won't eat that again"
& That's where the wife & I wondered if this is a useless line "cook" or McDonald's corp intent to push out a product they don't wholly control, ..The beyond burger "mcplant" is licensed, & technically may even be simply shipped around the world from the states (unconfirmed) ..rather than made in numerous factories, ..upping its carbon footprint potential hmm!? ..not so good an alternative if so (awaiting info from mc-corp) & whilst the uptake has been better in the uk, it is being dropped in the states to a large degree due to hostility from the meat industry & the stupid alike, but it made me think that making it badly was a potentially soft approach to dropping it & saying "we tried, people want traditional burgers" !? (what are your thoughts)!?I
Consider that for the past few decades, mc-corp has flogged badly cooked whitefish (still does) slabs under its own control, same with the "mush" of crumbled potatoes mash & a few colourful veg chunks of the "veggie de-luxe" ..both of which I've also tried then avoided since they came out precisely because they are totally crap afterthoughts on the menu, whereas they have less control on the beyond burger collab me-plant as it is under license from beyond meat.
I put my Wetherspoons catastrophe down to the clam shell cooking of an individual in a small market town who likely had burger all experience with a clam shell cooker let alone a veggie burger, ..but as it came as a meal, if I'd commented to the hard working, nice spoons staff the whole meal would have been swept away & binned / redone (more waste in my eyes)
I'm loathe to try "Byron burger" to eat yet another ..the ridiculous cost associated with a properly cooked *as it should be* burger (meat or otherwise) is likely to be £15+ ..something I'm not keen to do.
So is it bad training at each place? (not rocket science) "sales not service & support" of boxes of frozen product attitude from distributors or something else?
Everything I've seen online from people trying a proper beyond burger has been positive, inferring there is a place for plant products that mimic meat well & more acceptance of it as the norm down the line.
NB: If I could stash a bento box of steamed rice in the tesla without fear of inflicting more food poisoning then I would & forgo mc-shites a further "twice a year desperation buy" ..with a sprinkling of kikkoman "poke" sauce (mix of soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, citrus & just a hint of chili) I'd be sorted, but I can't cover all the bases.
Yes that is also a recommendation to try the kikkoman poke sauce 250ml for £0.39p via home bargains at the moment ..it turns plain rice around (I had 3 portions of rice that way last night, ..would have been four if I'd not run out of cooked rice, ..get some for your student nephews & nieces about to embark on a university wok+ rice n ' pasta lifestyle ..they will thank you for your care package intervention.
(Good on surimi, ..this morning for breakfast I'll try it on some, pickled herring for breakfast)
& Maybe a move (to cafe) ..but in my early morning brain For defence, sadly Mc-corp has its foot in the door culturally as a global brand that dominates, this the post placement, ..apologies!
For decades I avoided them after a had a life changing career destroying food poisoning incident via their staff,as well as rainforest burning for cattle ranching, "toucan-burgers" (as we called them) & a variety of other ethical questionables, plastic straws junk food, faux "milk" shakes etc.., using them only a couple of times per year if things with my gut (that food poisoning) meant my stomach was going to eat itself ..& Then only a sliver of meat that was a cheeseburger typically.
However, on friday, my gut was doing me over, after a severe bout of internal bleeding so I needed something to make the journey home easier & soak up some of the pain, ..so I thought to try the "beyond burger" branded me d's collab which is called the "mc plant" @ £3.59 ..as we use beyond burgers at home & they are juicy , plump, meat feel, with a 1/3 bag of pea sprout salad (aldi) ..I thought it time for a comparison.
Jesus, ..it was bad! ..I'd have been better off getting a basic cheeseburger (also a chance buy, not n fresh / cold soggy) at around £1.15.
So whilst we sous vide (getting the best outcome with ease) ..I was expecting something that the company "cooks" separately to be fresh & better than the grill offerings they churn out.
I'm guessing it's a tiny super speedy commercial "pocket air fryer" oven to bake it in a mere couple of minutes I waited (because I couldn't order it AND adjust it like a regular burger, via an app from the car)..of which I nowadays observe drive thru is the majority of sales since covid (& incoming covid this autumn onwards) ..what I received was not a standard "beyond burger" more a split in two thin sliver that was burnt to help on the outer edges & greasy grey sunk in the middle elsewhere,
TO double up on a point,this is NOT representative of a bloody good meat alt mince, so please avoid it via I'd donalds, (they sometimes do a special of it for 99p) ..don't confuse this detritus as "how a beyond burger is" ..because it is not.
This is a 2of 2 strike for outlets promoting beyond burger as a meat alternative, the other "ruiner" was Wetherspoons ..so for the price of a lack of 10 home cooked from frozen I've suffered 2x veggie burgers "screwed up, ..The perception of the paying public doubtless edging towards "won't eat that again"
& That's where the wife & I wondered if this is a useless line "cook" or McDonald's corp intent to push out a product they don't wholly control, ..The beyond burger "mcplant" is licensed, & technically may even be simply shipped around the world from the states (unconfirmed) ..rather than made in numerous factories, ..upping its carbon footprint potential hmm!? ..not so good an alternative if so (awaiting info from mc-corp) & whilst the uptake has been better in the uk, it is being dropped in the states to a large degree due to hostility from the meat industry & the stupid alike, but it made me think that making it badly was a potentially soft approach to dropping it & saying "we tried, people want traditional burgers" !? (what are your thoughts)!?I
Consider that for the past few decades, mc-corp has flogged badly cooked whitefish (still does) slabs under its own control, same with the "mush" of crumbled potatoes mash & a few colourful veg chunks of the "veggie de-luxe" ..both of which I've also tried then avoided since they came out precisely because they are totally crap afterthoughts on the menu, whereas they have less control on the beyond burger collab me-plant as it is under license from beyond meat.
I put my Wetherspoons catastrophe down to the clam shell cooking of an individual in a small market town who likely had burger all experience with a clam shell cooker let alone a veggie burger, ..but as it came as a meal, if I'd commented to the hard working, nice spoons staff the whole meal would have been swept away & binned / redone (more waste in my eyes)
I'm loathe to try "Byron burger" to eat yet another ..the ridiculous cost associated with a properly cooked *as it should be* burger (meat or otherwise) is likely to be £15+ ..something I'm not keen to do.
So is it bad training at each place? (not rocket science) "sales not service & support" of boxes of frozen product attitude from distributors or something else?
Everything I've seen online from people trying a proper beyond burger has been positive, inferring there is a place for plant products that mimic meat well & more acceptance of it as the norm down the line.
NB: If I could stash a bento box of steamed rice in the tesla without fear of inflicting more food poisoning then I would & forgo mc-shites a further "twice a year desperation buy" ..with a sprinkling of kikkoman "poke" sauce (mix of soy sauce, toasted sesame oil, citrus & just a hint of chili) I'd be sorted, but I can't cover all the bases.
Yes that is also a recommendation to try the kikkoman poke sauce 250ml for £0.39p via home bargains at the moment ..it turns plain rice around (I had 3 portions of rice that way last night, ..would have been four if I'd not run out of cooked rice, ..get some for your student nephews & nieces about to embark on a university wok+ rice n ' pasta lifestyle ..they will thank you for your care package intervention.
(Good on surimi, ..this morning for breakfast I'll try it on some, pickled herring for breakfast)