Fellow veggies and vegans please help =(?!

Fellow veggies and vegans please help =(?

Hi, I've been a vegetarian for three months now and yesterday I bought Boce mock "meat" burgers for the first time. I just ate one and it tastes amazing, just like a real Burger!!! How do they make them taste so much like real burgers??? After I was done I actually felt like I ate real meat =( can anyone help me get through these thoughts like by telling me what goes into these meatless burgers to help me get off the thinking like I ate real meat!!!
-Thanks!!

1 day ago
Please feel free to add your own favorite mock meat brands!! =)

Lol, I know the feeling.
The first time I tried some vegan sesame nuggets (they were a deli item) I took a bite, chewed it twice and spit it out in my hand because it freaked me out so badly. Gross, I know.
:)

Veggie tart is right about the seasonings. How often do people eat plain, baked flesh with no seasonings, sauces, breading or toppings? Not very often. You like the things you add to the meat as well as the fat.

But don't worry about the similarities of the meat. I don't believe in killing or eating animals. I have no moral issues with the particular flavor foods.

Anyway, here is a list of some of the veggie meats I have enjoyed over the years.
:)

* YVES- has the very best ground "beef"... the other brands have no flavor and tend to be grainy or mushy
----- I like to use this to make garlic pasta with olive oil sauce and tacos. Bocca isn't bad for spaghetti

* Bocca Chick Patties- I don't know why, they just taste like a good, generic chick patty :)

* YVES also has the best burgers

*Amy's has a good California burger, but is meant to be a veggie tasting burger, not meaty tasting. :)

* Garden Burger- has a good "All American Burger" Bocca's vegan burgers are not bad
----- When making burgers, I cook them using onion powder, garlic salt and crushed black pepper... this makes them taste burger-y

* Morning Star Farms- has great chicken and beef strips. These are excellent for Chinese dishes
Those are the main ones I can think of at the moment.

* I also like fake bologna YVES or Tofurkey

* Yves also has good sausage patties.
Gimmie Lean has some good ones too. The key to making good fake sausage is to use rosemary and cook them in oil.
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Those were all vegan. Some good vegetarian fake meats are

* Most anything by Morning Star Farms.
--- I remember they have good sausage patties, mini corn dogs, chicken nuggets and buffalo wings. Their bacon is ok, but nothing to do a dance over.
:)

A lot of people like the brand Quorn, but I discovered them after I stopped eating eggs, so I can't give a real opinion about them.