{"id":5751,"date":"2011-05-04T04:51:43","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T11:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2011-05-04T04:51:43","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T11:51:43","slug":"gardenburger-brand-portobello-mushroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=5751","title":{"rendered":"Gardenburger Brand – Portobello Mushroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Picked up a four pack of these a few weeks ago, got around to sampling last nite.\u00a0 Not particularly healthier compared to – say a typical McDonald’s hamburger or cheeseburger, except in that they have less fat.\u00a0\u00a0 But pretty much equal in the carb and sodium department.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Ingredients include a couple of different rices, a couple of different mushrooms, a couple of different cheeses, dried spices, sugar.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Instructions say you can pan fry or microwave, we tried a hybrid.\u00a0 Pan fried on cast iron for 5 minutes on one side, 3 minutes on another. <\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n
Consumed one right from the skillet, the other went into the microwave for an additional minute.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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While the patties are flavorful, and the mushrooms definitely come through, my main objection was the texture – not “meaty” enough, tho the post skillet microwave treatment seemed to enhance the chewiness.<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n
Garnished as I would any burger, mustard, onion, pickles, but ultimately could only eat half because of the texture thing.\u00a0 Mrs. Burgerdogboy polished off the nuked one, however, and enjoyed it very much.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Would I buy again?\u00a0 No.\u00a0 While I am sure most vegetarians would enjoy this product, if I\u00a0 am to add ‘meat substitutes’ to my diet, I kinda want the taste and feel of meat.\u00a0 A veggie burger might be good if it is laced with beef extract, for example.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Do you have a recipe for a veggie burger that tastes like beef? I hope you share it here.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Picked up a four pack of these a few weeks ago, got around to sampling last nite.\u00a0 Not particularly healthier compared to – say a typical McDonald’s hamburger or cheeseburger, except in that they have less fat.\u00a0\u00a0 But pretty much equal in the carb and sodium department. Ingredients include a couple of different rices, a… Continue reading Gardenburger Brand – Portobello Mushroom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,16,34,35],"tags":[1526,1527,1672,2240,2789,3629,3631],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}