Posted on 04/28/2025 6:07:02 PM PDT by Red Badger
Inaccurate title: plant-based “calamari” is not calamari.
I’ve read that you have to cook the real stuff very quickly; overcooking turns it into rubber bands.
I’ve never found it very edible even in somewhat ‘nicer’ restaurants; besides the rubber-band texture, it has never seemed to have much flavor, to me.
That is not true. Ever heard of eating rice and green peas? Sheesh - in many ways FR is where facts go to die. I eat meat often as well, but come on, at least try to be correct.
no no no no no no no!!!!
Rings, are 85 to 90% of the time going to be like chewing on a tire... ALWAYS cut em in strips like they do the main body!!
Sautéed or acid cooked as part of a seafood salad ceviche.
Text book example of “Ultra-Processed Food”.
Calamari... y’know, I think I graduated a year behind Cal...
That’s not calamari.
Fifty years ago, when I was a starving college student, I ate quite a bit of squid because it usually cost only 29 cents a pound (and because I liked it). Then, practically overnight it seemed, squid was being sold as “calamari” for $1.99 a pound. Oh, well.
And you’re right about cooking squid. A quick sear in a hot skillet is best. Cook squid a few seconds too long and you’ll be chewing it half the night.
Hard pass
Just what the World needs, MORE NASTY BAIT !!!
Sigh why lie, we get it bro you hate vegans at least argue from a standpoint of facts.
Literally first result from Gemini less than 2 seconds of asking.
Complete plant proteins are sources of protein that contain all nine essential amino acids that the human body needs but cannot produce on its own. Examples of plant-based complete proteins include quinoa, soy products (tofu, tempeh, edamame), hemp seeds, chia seeds, amaranth, buckwheat, and spirulina.
The list is much more extensive. You can also extract complete proteins from leavesstems and roots via alkaline hydrolysis. It is factually incorrect to say you cannot get complete protein from plants that is scientifically wrong period full stop. Half a billion Indians in India also would smack you down with that fact as well.
We get it you like meat fine but don’t lie it a bad look for the right. I am a and hunter, and a descendent of coming on 300 years of continuous cattle people in South Texas I have never bought store beef always from familia’s herd so by no means vegan.
I am a scientist and understand math with 8 billion and growing there is not enough land, feed or water for the 6 billion people in chronic protein deficiency to eat animal protein at even half of western levels of consumption this is just cold hard mathematical fact. To eliminate this global issue , cultured products, precision fermentation and biotech is the only way. It’s going to come down to competitive price what can you afford to eat vs what the world is willing to pay for limited resources. As the global economy expands abd more and more humans have middle class money the PPP of that currency will determine where resources get sent too. Again it’s mathematical which doesn’t care about politics, feelings or beliefs. The products will flow to the highest bidders.
You need to print the Parmesan cheese.
It keeps clogging up the injectors............
Can’t you combine plant stuffs such as beans and corn. Does not the corn fill in the missing amino acid?
BARF to BOTH!
Frankenfood.
I ordered Calamari in a restaurant in Berlin one time and they brought out a platter that would have fed a family of four!.............
I pass.
Yes, you can combine plant proteins to get complete amino acids but it’s not necessarily usable or digestible.
For example, beef not only provides protein but the B vitamins and iron are combined and digested in a way you cannot duplicate with plants, powders or pills.
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