"Marvin Preuss" > wrote in message
...
> is there a good alternative for eggs. when i was vegetarian i took
some
> eggs in the veggie burgers that it holds better together...what i
can
> take insted for that?
> thank you alot

Well, if you take a bunch of plant matter and compress it for a long
time with heat, you will eventually end up with a diamond. Maybe we
can extrapolate that idea to compress ingredients with a bit less
pressure and less heat for making eggless burgers! :^) Sorry, that
just popped into my head for some reason. I had read the other day
about a woman who had her cremated husband's ashes made into a
diamond -- okay, I digress.

Here're a few other ideas. Did you ever notice when you saute greens
that they can clump together if you stir them? They become entangled
and sort of bind to each other. If you include some kind of mechanical
binding agent, such as glutinous (sticky) rice or something longer and
stringier, in your burger then you should be able to compress them
into patties that will hold together. Another poster wrote that frying
them quickly will help. I have also found that having the right ratio
of moisture to density will yield a burger that is reasonably
cohesive. I think it will take some experimentation to come up with a
result that works well enough.

Hope it helps...