22 thoughts to “A lunchtime oxymoron in Ballard”

  2. We have a friend who orders this all the time…calls it the Irony Burger. And I've come to agree, a black bean burger with bacon is delicious!

  4. I eat bacon and I don't eat beef. The issues that I have with the beef industry are present in the pork industry, too, but not to anywhere near the same degree. That burger actually sounds pretty awesome.

  7. /Ground/ beef can contain bits of hundreds of cows, from multiple continents. The potential for spread of disease is tremendous. The energy equation for beef (how much energy goes in vs. how much food energy comes out) is worse than for any other major kind of food. The antibiotics that cows are fed to keep them 'healthy' despite being surrounded by their own feces and being fed corn (which ruminants are not built to eat) help spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    I shouldn't have posted anything, because I don't want to start a veggie-vs-carnie war. But I wanted to explain why I would eat that burger and not feel like a hypocrite.

  8. The chicken industry is BY FAR the worst. If you care about your health and about your humanity, you probably shouldn't eat any chicken you didn't raise yourself!

  12. Actually, for less than the price of industrial ground beef, you can get an entire half cow- all the steaks, roasts, stewmeat, bones, etc.- enough to get my family of 3 by for a year. Half cow which is pasture free ranged, humanely kept and slaughtered etc. You pay less than 800.00 dollars for about 350 pounds of meat depending on who you order from.

    Anyway, back to the topic. The veggie bacon burger sounds good, but it would be even better with a 1/3 pound of organic free range hamburger.

  18. I learned long, long ago (read 1970's) to avoid Zestos.

    But a veggie patty with bacon does sound yummy and would, literally, be a “hamburger”.

    Remember everything tastes better with either bacon or chocolate.

    I love it when Vegetarians fume! Pass the T-bone!

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