On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:07:27 GMT, wrote:

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 13:43:55 GMT, "C. James Strutz"
wrote:

If you expect that veggie burgers will taste like meat then you will always
be disappointed. They are a sandwich in their own right. Morningstar Spicy
Black Bean burgers are my favorite.

Not only that - the 'fake meat' ones have always been just
awful (to me, in my own opinion only). I've tried several,
and tried one brand several times, as so many other people
say they are good.

However, the 'frankly vegetables' ones can be very nice
(again, in my own opinion only).

I am an omnivore and frankly don't understand why a vegetarian would
seek meat-like flavor while distaining/giving up/choosing not to eat
meat itself. I once watched the preparation of a veggie-burger recipe
on CNN that involved at least 6 separate cooking, chopping, mixing
arrangements of perhaps 10 foods to produce a patty-shaped object that
would (after a final cooking) fit onto a hamburger bun. Why not spend
the same time and effort on genuinely vegetarian dishes that *don't*
have to look/taste like meat?