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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:03 PM
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I'm eating my first vegan Boca burger. Ask me anything
Does it count if I covered it with two slices of cheese and Miracle Whip?
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:07 PM
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1. more power to ya if you can choke it down.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:08 PM
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So what do you think?
Edited on Sun Jul-10-05 04:10 PM by Mojambo
I'm a meat-eater who has very little inclination to change on moral grounds, but they are clearly better for you, so I might start mixing in one every once in a while.

Is it tasty?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:12 PM
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5. Its really not bad. Reminds me of school cafeteria burgers
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:14 PM
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7. That's not a particularly ringing taste endorsement.
I'll still try one.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:53 PM
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29. I'm a dyed int eh wool red meat eater wh's had to give it up due
to CAD.

I just ate one myself, and I can HONESTKY say it was better than the last reakl hamburger I ate.

They really are pretty good. Nt vegetarian hubby doesn't like them because they taste too much like hamburger.

If it gives me another hour of living, I consider it worth it--it is a small sacrifice.
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:08 PM
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2. are you worrying about mad cow disease..?? link>
http://www.maddear.org
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48pan Donating Member (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:09 PM
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3. How can you eat that crap?
Give me dead cows anytime.

Actually, the Boca bean burger isn't too bad.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:19 PM
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8. I tried a sample at the store and liked it
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:10 PM
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4. Are you transported back to junior high
and the visceral memory of the "high-quality" burgers you had in the cafeteria?

That's what those things taste like to me. Not bad...but sort of like a relic from childhood.

(We also had green hot dogs and pudding you could blow a bubble with. Mmmmm.)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:12 PM
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6. What are you drinking
with you?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:20 PM
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9. Dr. Pepper
But I think its about Martini time.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:28 PM
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13. Dr. Pepper is very good
I had one last night at work.
What kind of martini?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:32 PM
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15. Dirty baby. Dirty.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:33 PM
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16. I like dirty boys!
Oh wait we're talking about your martini:evilgrin:
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:39 PM
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17. Oh, are we?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:42 PM
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18. We don't have to.
Dirty boys is a far more interesting topic!:evilgrin:
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:21 PM
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10. Can you hear your inner neanderthal screaming?
Just wondering.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:29 PM
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14. I could tell I hadnt eaten any fat. I was craving fat.
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:08 PM
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20. I'm the same way.
I'm an omnivore, but have several veggie friends. When I eat non-meat meals I eat TONS, or still feel hungry.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:22 PM
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11. Try the Boca Cheese burger
it's very good. I think it tastes most like a traditional hamburger of all of them.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:25 PM
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12. Did you know Boca means mouth in latin?
So are eating a mouth burger. hahaha.

:)
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Catchawave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 04:44 PM
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19. I prefer the Morningstar Farms Veggie Burgers....
as I'm not a big fan of fake meat. I like Burger Kings with everything too!
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:10 PM
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21. Try the Black Bean Burgers.
Can't remember who makes them---Morningstar Farms? I heat them, crumble them, and use it in soft tacos. Mmmmm, good!
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jbane Donating Member (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:11 PM
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22. I'm not gonna ask anything but I will tell you...
those things suck.
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:24 PM
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23. They suck big time...
try a gardenburger.
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:27 PM
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24. They're actually not that bad.
I was vegan for 7 years. I liked Boca products. Still use their crumbled veggie meat for tacos and the like. I've recently started eating chicken and beef again. Don't ask me why. I was just feeling the need for more protein. I'm a backsliding vegan now. :-)
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livinginphotographs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:32 PM
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25. If you're not actually vegan and just vegetarian
Morningstar Farms is way better than Boca.

If you're vegan, you're shit out of luck. I still think the vegan burgers taste like paper bags. You just have to be a bit more creative with your food.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:34 PM
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26. They aren't too bad, they surely need sauce though
I use a bit o BBQ sauce on em!
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giant_robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:40 PM
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27. There were a lot of vegans at the last summer job I worked at...
...we did a potluck one day, and I actually made my wild mushroom risotto vegan-friendly so that everyone could have some. Actually, we meat-eaters eat a lot of the same stuff vegans eat every day, only we add meat and dairy to it, sometimes.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:46 PM
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28. As some have said, check out the Morningstar Burgers.....
...They're very good. Throw your favorite spices in, and you want miss eating a dead animal one bit.
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:54 PM
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30. Why? Why?
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:55 PM
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31. I used to love Boca stuff
Till I developed all my food allergies, including soy and sulfites. It's amazing to go the "organic" section of your local grocery and realize all the additives in all those soy and tofu products. Unless you shop a real strict organic store, most of that stuff the big chains palm off on you is riddled with junk.

But Garlic Boca burger has livened up many meals of blanched veggies for me. I wish I could still eat it.
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-10-05 09:57 PM
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32. I have tried to eat those things
But I can't. Well I can if it is covered in condiments and on a bun; then I hardly notice the non-taste. What was really gross were the sausages. Supposed to be like bratwurst or something. Actually it was the texture that was the worst. Really mushy, not like Brats are at all. I followed the directions on the package but it was just disgusting. So I think I'll stick with actual meat. And here I was trying to do something healthy. The quality will have to improve significantly if I am going to eat that crap ever again.
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