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4. You have to have a soft, fresh bun, a slice of onion, pickle chips, yellow mustard and ketchup too

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 02:51 PM

Apr 2012

Lettuce shreds are also important as is a nice slice of tomato. Using a charcoal grill helps add meaty flavor to a veggie burger patty, but you have to get it to bind together so it won't fall apart and drop onto the coals.

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Help me create the perfect Vegan Burger!!! [View all] Taverner Apr 2012 OP

I would start with ground sirloin hack89 Apr 2012 #1

Agree, but add some pork fat and hold the tomatoe. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #9

+1 baldguy Apr 2012 #19

Unless you're talking about a German small landowner. Bucky Apr 2012 #24

And onion, lettuce, and mayo. n/t A Simple Game Apr 2012 #26

Bacon. rug Apr 2012 #2

Brown rice, portabello mushrooms, tempeh, garlic, onion . . . siligut Apr 2012 #3

You have to have a soft, fresh bun, a slice of onion, pickle chips, yellow mustard and ketchup too siligut Apr 2012 #4

Forget the entire concept and eat something else CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #5

I wonder if it would work if you ground up sticky rice and then cooked it siligut Apr 2012 #6

This recipe looks like a lot of work pokerfan Apr 2012 #10

Interesting that you grind dry beans and rice, then just add boiling water to make the patties siligut Apr 2012 #14

The foil thing should work TheCruces Apr 2012 #64

that looks like it could be good, once you've assembled all the ingredients. Flaxbee Apr 2012 #17

Faux meat is also why people think being vegetarian is so expensive TheCruces Apr 2012 #63

I would run to 5 Guys HappyMe Apr 2012 #7

There's one right across the street from my work OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #12

Cows are 100% pure vegan Major Nikon Apr 2012 #8

Do you know how Mendocino Apr 2012 #28

That's one way it can be spread Major Nikon Apr 2012 #29

Us regs only partially prohibit this. Mendocino Apr 2012 #33

Can does not mean it happens Major Nikon Apr 2012 #34

Even a cursory search on Mendocino Apr 2012 #37

Some feedlots feed their cattle all sorts of stuff you wouldn't imagine Major Nikon Apr 2012 #43

Neither Morningstar or Boca taste like cardboard. kwassa Apr 2012 #11

They taste horrible to me Taverner Apr 2012 #40

Which reminds me OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #13

Vegan burger is an oxymoron. Archae Apr 2012 #15

Not necessarily. kentauros Apr 2012 #30

Why do vegans insist on shaping the food they eat to look like meat? Cronkite Apr 2012 #16

because most vegans were raised to appreciate certain flavors / textures ... and were raised eating Flaxbee Apr 2012 #21

Good answer. nt siligut Apr 2012 #22

... flvegan Apr 2012 #23

Think about bread, and buns. kentauros Apr 2012 #31

Because I spent the first 18 years of my life eating meat? Codeine Apr 2012 #35

Probably because buns are round. jobycom Apr 2012 #52

Just eat meat. You're at the top of the food chain, fercryinoutloud. lastlib Apr 2012 #18

How are we at the top of the food chain? jobycom Apr 2012 #53

Yeah, but do they have an opposable thumb??? lastlib Apr 2012 #60

More bacteria than men have been to the moon siligut Apr 2012 #61

k MiddleFingerMom Apr 2012 #20

I'd start with an Amy's Kitchen veggie burger... GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #25

Blech. Archae Apr 2012 #27

With extra pink slime? Mmmmmm.... IndyJones Apr 2012 #41

Recipe: ohiosmith Apr 2012 #32

Why is everyone who posts to a vegan thread so determined to act like a dick? nt Codeine Apr 2012 #36

Can't speak for others. It's my gift. ohiosmith Apr 2012 #39

LOL! From one dick to another, fair enough, sir. Codeine Apr 2012 #47

Veganism and vegetarianism seems to be one of those wide divide topics siligut Apr 2012 #44

I don't think it has to be that absolute CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #55

I don't think it has to be that absolute either, but I have worked with people who do siligut Apr 2012 #59

For the same reason Ted Haggerty denounced homosexuality, maybe? jobycom Apr 2012 #54

I think they feel guilty about how badly they eat. kwassa Apr 2012 #56

The Boca vegan patties taste pretty good. Codeine Apr 2012 #38

What do you use for burger sauce? siligut Apr 2012 #45

I mix Vegenaise, ketchup, mustard, apple cider vinegar, a dash of olive and a dollop of dill relish. Codeine Apr 2012 #46

I haven't tried vegan Worcestershire sauce siligut Apr 2012 #48

Try marinated portobello mushroom caps, grilled nadine_mn Apr 2012 #42

My favorite marinade for portabello mushrooms (or any veggie, really) is... TheCruces Apr 2012 #65

Portabello, TVP, quinoa, and shredded carrot for starters. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #49

Add 25% Italian sausage (ground of course) snooper2 Apr 2012 #50

Costco has a very good Italian spice/herb blend siligut Apr 2012 #51

Trader Joe's Meatless Italian Sausages are really good. kwassa Apr 2012 #57

Dr. Praeger's California Veggie Burgers! queenjane Apr 2012 #58

Step one is beef. harmonicon Apr 2012 #62