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Chilean Firm Says New Mushroom Tastes Like Meat
Ananova ^ | 1-16-2004

Posted on 01/17/2004 9:53:41 AM PST by blam

Chilean firm says new mushroom tastes like meat

A Chilean mushroom company claims to have developed a mushroom that tastes exactly like meat.

Funghi Chile Ltd says sales have tripled since launching the new mushroom which is being sold as a healthier alternative to meat.

Chief executive Ricardo Sanches told Las Ultimas Noticias online: "If you try one of our mushrooms blindfolded you will never know if you ate real meat or not. It tastes 100% like meat.

"Our mushrooms give you the pleasure of tasting meat without the fat or cholesterol of the real thing."

At the moment the mushrooms are sold only in Chile but the company says it hopes to start exporting soon.

Story filed: 09:49 Friday 16th January 2004


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chilean; meat; mushroom; new; tastes
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This article fails to mention that the only reason we like the taste of mushrooms to begin with is because the same taste buds we use for meat are the same for mushrooms.
1 posted on 01/17/2004 9:53:41 AM PST by blam
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To: blam
Chicken?

Beef?

Pork?

Dolphin?

Muskrat?

Rattle Snake?

What kind of meat, there are a few to chose from you know.
2 posted on 01/17/2004 9:56:15 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Did you see me escaping? I was all like WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB!!!)
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To: blam
This could only fool me if the mushroom is tough and chewy.
3 posted on 01/17/2004 9:56:27 AM PST by AngrySpud (Behold, I am The Anti-Crust ... Anti-Hillary)
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To: blam
My brother-in-law, who is a naturalists, once found us chicken mushrooms in the Adirondacks, which grow on the sides of trees only after a summer rain. We fried them up with oil and some with breadcrumbs, and, I'll be d*mned, they tasted just like chicken! True story.
4 posted on 01/17/2004 9:56:49 AM PST by paul in cape
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To: blam

Portobello mushrooms make for a good sandwich.

5 posted on 01/17/2004 9:58:12 AM PST by martin_fierro (Caught you looking)
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Chilean firm says new mushroom tastes like meat

Better than meat that tastes like mushrooms.
6 posted on 01/17/2004 9:59:23 AM PST by aruanan
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
It tastes rather like...

Badger.
7 posted on 01/17/2004 9:59:47 AM PST by Riley (sudden flurry of frantic activity)
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To: blam
meatshrooms?
8 posted on 01/17/2004 10:00:29 AM PST by ovrtaxt (You post like a girl.)
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To: blam
Now I'm hungry for chili.
9 posted on 01/17/2004 10:00:38 AM PST by Joe 6-pack ("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
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To: Riley
hehehe
10 posted on 01/17/2004 10:00:39 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Did you see me escaping? I was all like WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB!!!)
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To: paul in cape
We ate some out of a cow patty once. WOZZER!
11 posted on 01/17/2004 10:00:41 AM PST by blam
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To: paul in cape
My brother-in-law, who is a naturalists, once found us chicken mushrooms in the Adirondacks, which grow on the sides of trees only after a summer rain. We fried them up with oil and some with breadcrumbs, and, I'll be d*mned, they tasted just like chicken! True story.

Once, in 5th grade, I found a couple of elephant ear mushrooms growing on a log crossing a creek, took them home, breaded and fried them. They were great, but I can't say whether they really tasted like elephant ears.
12 posted on 01/17/2004 10:01:31 AM PST by aruanan
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To: martin_fierro
Yep. Grilled portobellos make a great substitute for steak, tastewise.
13 posted on 01/17/2004 10:02:07 AM PST by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Dr.Zoidberg
I was wondering if anyone would get that reference...
14 posted on 01/17/2004 10:02:09 AM PST by Riley (sudden flurry of frantic activity)
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I won't be impressed unless they can simulate stingray or seagull.
15 posted on 01/17/2004 10:02:20 AM PST by ovrtaxt (You post like a girl.)
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To: blam
Most all 'shrooms I have eaten have been soaked in beef juice.
They are a side item to steak. I guess I don't know what they taste like by themselves.
16 posted on 01/17/2004 10:03:05 AM PST by humblegunner
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Oh yeah, I was expecting it.


Badger, badger, badger, etc....
17 posted on 01/17/2004 10:03:23 AM PST by Dr.Zoidberg (Did you see me escaping? I was all like WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB, WOOB!!!)
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To: blam
I did that once. Too jittery an experience for me, but lots of interesting things to look at...
18 posted on 01/17/2004 10:03:49 AM PST by ovrtaxt (You post like a girl.)
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To: blam
Reminds me of a book by Piers Anthony called "Omnivore". Anyone ever read it. Kinda cool Sci-Fi.
19 posted on 01/17/2004 10:04:43 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Under penalty of law: This tag not to be removed except by the user.)
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To: Riley
It tastes rather like...

Badger

Snake! Ohh, it's a snake........

20 posted on 01/17/2004 10:05:25 AM PST by humblegunner
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