{"id":6275,"date":"2011-10-26T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2011-10-26T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T21:47:10","slug":"thought-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=6275","title":{"rendered":"Something You Thought You Would Never Hear From Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I ate soy sausage and didn’t die.\u00a0 With our good friend Nicole visiting from L.A. this week, we “spiced up” our home cuisine to suit her veggie palate, including some raw foods (tho I skipped dinner at the raw restaurant last nite.)<\/p>\n

Mrs. Burgerdogboy and Nicole whipped up a vegetarian lunch spread today, and it was to paraphrase the adage about college professors (“eat, or perish!”).\u00a0 So I did.<\/p>\n

Personally scarfed a boatload of spinach and artichoke hummus, celery, peppers, eggplant, zuchini from the BurgerDogBoy condiment garden.<\/p>\n

Then on to the “meat” of the matter, er meal.\u00a0 Soy Sausage.\u00a0 Specifically “Gimme Lean<\/a>” brand.\u00a0 Gingerly, the author lifted a patty to his pie hole.\u00a0 Took a small bite…..think of seeing a toddler being forced to eat brocolli.<\/p>\n

The author chewed, mulled, and said “hey, this isn’t so bad!”<\/p>\n

And it wasn’t.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The package states the ingredients as :<\/p>\n

Water, textured soy protein concentrate, soy flour, tapioca starch, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat), less than 2% of: soy protein isolate, natural flavors (from vegetable sources), wheat gluten, soy protein concentrate, cellulose gum, natural cane sugar, sea salt, spices, soy milk powder, maltodextrin, barley malt extract, torula yeast, beet powder, salt, yeast extract.<\/em><\/p>\n

The flavor was fine, reminiscent of inexpensive breakfast sausage.\u00a0 Mrs. BDB had seared the outside, so it had a little crust.\u00a0 The inside texture?\u00a0 Still a little too much “give”, not the same tactile experience as real meat.<\/p>\n

But I’m impressed.\u00a0 It’s a year of spreading my culinary wings, and I am sure we will try other products from “Gimme Lean”.<\/p>\n

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