Wandering Adventure Party

I have misled you. It is the beyond steak bites that we have started using on Nachos. I actually don’t like any of the other beyond products and get Impossible ones instead. I get what you mean about the “fat”. I described that to someone as “fake connective tissue”. I cooked mine in a skillet with oil, but after a couple minutes to get some sear on them I tossed in some water mixed with taco seasoning and covered them and let them simmer for a bit. It got the chew better for me. I could understand someone not liking it though.

I think he is referring to a veggie product from Trader Joe’s chain stores. I haven’t had it in 5 plus years—I remember it being okay. Certainly worth a try and no doubt it has improved over the years.

I have missed some certain meat flavors and textures for the last 20 years of (nearly) vegetarian life. I made and tried a lot of substitutes over the years, and while some were okay, I never thought anything really nailed the experience. A lot of times I would just prefer carefully sautéed mushrooms or pressed and fried tofu.

That changed about two years ago. For my family, Impossible Burger just seemed to keep improving—when it first came out it was meh—but each year it seemed to get better. We would use it to make shepherd pie, lasagna and burgers. And then their sausage (both spicy and savory) showed up and we started using that in places where we would prefer sausage instead of ground beef. Recently Impossible’s Beyond’s “steak bites” appeared and we really enjoy putting them on the giant nachos we make.

I often fry up the impossible sausage with eggs. It isn’t “pork” flavored like I would expect with chorizo, but I find it brings a certain something to my breakfasts.