To dream the impossible... burger. Vegan 'burger' bleeds like choice ground beef. (Page 8/9)
rinselberg AUG 02, 07:07 PM

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Originally posted by sardonyx247:

$10 or even $8 for a burger? are you insane?
Besides cows cost alot more than tofu. What a scam.

Edit to add: so your a non-tipper what a stand up guy..err person..er what ever Calis want to be called now.



It wasn't delivered to my table or booth. I just picked it up where the orders are ready and took a seat at a counter. In front of me, the kitchen area, behind a clear glass barrier.

Should I have put a dollar in the Tips jar on the way out? I didn't. It's not often that I tender any kind of tip for that kind of an experience. All I had was the Impossible Burger and a beer. Beer drawn from a tap. I guess that might have deserved a $1 tip, but I didn't.

If I had tendered a gratuity (tip) then I think I would have had to RECUSE myself from posting my review online. A monetary Conflict of Interest.

I'm so glad to see cliffw here again. I might have more Impossible Burgers. From time to time. I am not going to give up BEEF burgers, though.

I'd do it again, just for a little variety. So I can mentally pat myself on the back and think to myself "Way to save the PLANET, kid. I really eliminated some GLOBAL WARMING with this one. And I abstained from RED MEAT on this occasion. Probably going to add another ENTIRE YEAR to my lifespan."

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cliffw AUG 02, 07:20 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:
It wasn't delivered to my table or booth. I just picked it up where the orders are ready and took a seat at a counter. In front of me, the kitchen area, behind a clear glass barrier.

Should I have put a dollar in the Tips jar on the way out? I didn't. It's not often that I tender any kind of tip for that kind of an experience. All I had was the Impossible Burger and a beer. Beer drawn from a tap. I guess that might have deserved a $1 tip, but I didn't.



When I go to a bar and get a beer at the umm bar, I don't tip either. For the first one. They are there to serve. I might not even tip after the second beer. TIPS is but just an acronym for To Insure Prompt Service.
Khw AUG 02, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by cliffw:


When I go to a bar and get a beer at the umm bar, I don't tip either. For the first one. They are there to serve. I might not even tip after the second beer. TIPS is but just an acronym for To Insure Prompt Service.



I would think then you would tip after the first to insure prompt service on the second but not tip on the last as you will no longer need prompt service after?
rinselberg AUG 02, 07:48 PM
I wouldn't say that I am a "regular" at this establishment, but a month seldom goes by without my going there at least once and having that kind of experience. So maybe I should say that I am a "regular". As often as not, it's the same gentleman who takes my order at the check-in counter, takes my payment, and then draws a beer from the tap (if that's what I want). It's a franchise with a handful of locations. All here in California, I think. This fellow is clearly the location manager and (I think) the location owner or co-owner. I just get that "vibe" from him.
cliffw AUG 02, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by Khw:
I would think then you would tip after the first to insure prompt service on the second but not tip on the last as you will no longer need prompt service after?



You would think wrong. My last tip is the biggest tip, a "thank you" tip.

I am a tipper. Not because of one service they do for me because they volunteered for the job.
sardonyx247 AUG 03, 12:33 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

I'd do it again, just for a little variety. So I can mentally pat myself on the back and think to myself "Way to save the PLANET, kid. I really eliminated some GLOBAL WARMING with this one. And I abstained from RED MEAT on this occasion. Probably going to add another ENTIRE YEAR to my lifespan."




Eating vegi burgers causes global warming, by keeping cows alive, they fart out methane gas and deplete the ozone layer.
williegoat AUG 03, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:
I wouldn't say that I am a "regular" at this establishment,


I would venture to guess that 'regular' is seldom an apt description of rinselberg in any context.
cliffw AUG 03, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by sardonyx247:
Eating vegi burgers causes global warming, by ....



All crops, trees, vegetables, put out C02.

We are doomed.
cliffw SEP 06, 10:26 PM
I will post this here. It does not belong in the hurricane Harvey thread.

Hurricane Harvey's devastated Houston. No gas to be found, the grocery store shelves are empty. No water no milk no beer. The only thing in abundance is vagin meat substitute.
rinselberg MAR 03, 03:39 AM
I've returned to Gott's Roadside in Palo Alto a few times, since, but I have not opted to have another Impossible Burger. They still offer them.

CNN has just reported on meat products cultured from animal stem cells, and by some estimates, the first of these products will be available to consumers at grocery stores and supermarkets by 2021. It's being called "In Vitro" meat, or with somewhat less dignity, "Test Tube" meat. It's also being called "Clean" meat.

Bill Gates and Richard Branson are reportedly investing $17 million in Memphis Meats, which is looking to become one of the players in this sector.

Here's the last three paragraphs of the CNN report:

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The US Department of Agriculture projects that meat consumption will reach a record high in 2018: 222.8 pounds of meat per person for the year. With record meat consumption and an ever-growing world population that is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, the current meat supply will be insufficient.

Clean meat production could also result in 78% to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions, use 7% to 45% less energy, 99% less land, and 82% to 96% less water than traditional methods, according to a study from the University of Oxford.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill predicted the advent of clean meat in 1932.

"We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium," Churchill wrote. Eighty-six years later, his dream is growing closer to reality.



For the complete report online, I refer you to The Most Trusted Name in News:

How close are we to a hamburger grown in a lab?
Charlotte Hawks for CNN; March 1, 2018.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03...meat-food/index.html