A burger to me is meat , so why was the veggie burger introduced .?

Question

Do vegetarians close there eyes and think of meat while eating a veggie burger

Answer 1

Vegetarians do not eat animals.

Are there any animals in a veggie burger?

Answer 2

A 'burger' is not exclusively meat it is a little pattie of food that can be served with or without a bun. Some burgers are meat(low %age of bulked out with eggs, rusk,s colours, soy ,offal,etc) and some are healthy tofu,quorn or vegetable patties.

Personally if I have a veggie quarter pounder I think 'mmmm I can enjoy this treat free in the knowledge that no animals had to die to make it.'

As for thinking about meat when I have a veggie burger I never think about it, I can't stand the stuff that is why I'm a vegetarian in the first place!!!

If you want to eat beef burgers you should make your own from prime steak mince like my Dad does then you can ensure EXACTLY what is going in to them !!

Answer 3

For most vegetarians, the last thing they want to think about when they're eating is meat. That doesn't mean we want to sit there and eat salad at the family BBQ. A burger is a burger, and a burger without meat has nothing to do with meat. Does meat own the round shaped object on a bun patent?

Answer 4

As a replacement for those who don't want to eat meat. I think certain types of veggie burgers I don't pretend to be eating meat. Frankly after not eating meat for 12 years I don't crave it at all I find the smell of it to be repulsive.
Have you ever tasted a veggie burger it doesn't and never claimed to taste just like a meat burger.

By the way to me a non-veg burger isn't food it is just a piece of cooked dead animal.

Answer 5

Veggie burgers were introduced to give people healthier options to cowburgers. It also makes veg*anism more accessible to people. A burger may be meat to you, but to someone else, it may be something different.

And, no, I don't close my eyes and think of meat while I eat one. First of all, the food has to be really, really GOOD for me to close my eyes (and very little fits the bill), and secondly, if I do close my eyes, it's to savor the flavor of what it is I'm eating.

Answer 6

The veggie burger was introduced for people who don't eat meat. It pretty much tastes like a regular burger but without any of the icky dead animals. And no vegetarians don't close their eyes and think of meat while eating a veggie burger. That would completely defeat the purpose. they don't want to be eating meat!

Answer 7

You say that to YOU it is meat. To a vegetarian a veggie burger is a sandwich filling. I love veggie burgers and I never was very fond of meat burgers. Meat burgers often tasted rubbery or they were too greasy or they had those nasty little globules of fat and gristle. I have never bit into a veggie burger and had a bit of gristle. That right there is a good enough reason to not eat meat burgers. Another good reason (among the many, many) are that there are all kinds of yummy varieties.
I am loving Trader Joe's vegetable marsala burgers which are basically a potato patty. I haven't looked at the calorie count yet and I'm not going to bother because they are sooo good! Especially when you get them crispy on the edges.
I also love the different varieties of black bean burgers. I usually make those with guacamole and salsa on them. Ole!
When I want just a good old burger with (vegan) thousand island dressing, sliced tomato, onions, and (vegan) mayo I like Fantastic World Foods' "Nature Burger" mix. It's mostly grains and it tastes very wholesome. I love that stuff.
I've even tried a taro burger, made from taro root. That was pretty yummy! I forgot about those. I will have to try those again.
I used to really like the Vegan Grillers from...Morningstar Farms, I think...but I had one not long ago and it was TOO meat-like for me.
Wow - there are really a lot of varieties of burger out there, huh? Hm, with a meat burger you really just have one patty type: meat. I think us vegetarians have the much better deal!

Answer 8

Well, I think that a burger now just means something in the shape of a 'hamburger' patty, such as "fish burger", "chicken burger" "veggie burger" "tofu burger" etc.

Name comes from some kind of German steak from Hamburg perhaps. Or some kind of cheap meat patty the German immigrants to the US were known to make instead of eating the more expensive steak perhaps.

Hotdog, veggiedog, chilidog, tofudog, ...

Answer 9

You are correct "TellMePlease" re: the word "burger" referring to meat. It is a shortened form of the original word "Hamburger" that described a type of flattened meat popular in Hamburg. It was known as a "Hamburg Steak". That was sometime in the late 1800's, early 1900's I believe.

Lacking originality, the veggie cult simply appropriated a word from the dominant culture to make the dreck they eat more appealing linguistically and as a mental image assocated with linquistic usuage.

Answer 10

You said it in the name...
Burger is a burger, veggie burger is a burger.
One is from animal products, the other isn't. Or can be.
Some veggie burgers have milk and eggs. Others don't.
You can use the veggie/vegan burger as a breakfast entree, just the patty with some shredded potatoes and organic ketchup. You don't have to only use it as a burger. As to why it was introduced, probably to substitute a product that was missed. Its like drinking soy milk in place of cow's milk. Why an alternative was created is up to the persons point of view.

Answer 11

People who sell things try to think of new products that other people might like to buy. Somebody did that with the veggie burger; and somebody else must be buying them because they still make them.

I am vegetarian, because (1) I don't like the idea of killing animals, (2) it isn't necessary to eat meat,
(3) I like it that way. I don't have a desire to eat meat; if I did, I guess I would. But I don't.

Yes, some people don't eat meat because of medical reasons such as kidney disease or high cholesterol--maybe some of them wish they had real meat when they eat a veggie burger; I don't know.

Actually, "hamburger" originally referred to someone who came from Hamburg, Germany. I never heard of a burger that contained ham, and I have never heard of anyone who was upset about that.

Hot dogs don't contain dog, Buffalo Wings don't contain buffalo. Cotton Candy is not made of cotton and Candy Corn is not made of corn (although it may contain corn syrup). Chocolate Easter bunnies and eggs are not made from bunnies or eggs. Marshmallow peeps are not made from chickens, they are actuallly made from the connective tissue of mammals (gelatin). Indian corn does not come from India. Turkeys don't come from the country of Turkey. Key Lime Pie does not contain keys (unless you are passing one to someone who is incarcerated). So what.