Went for brunch today at a plant-based joint and ordered the shakshuka - it came with two poached eggs that when you cut into them the yolk poured out and honestly tasted just like actual egg yolk. I was shocked. My partner ordered the benny and had the same poached eggs.

The albumin was ok, kind of rubbery but not bad but holy smokes eggs have really made it to another level now.

I do understand that for some people realism with respect to flavour and appearance is not a plus, that it reminds them of animal suffering in a way that they'd rather just eat a bean. Respect if that's you cool-bean I love a bean making two different types tonight. But it's great to have such a rich set of options to be vegan in a way that used to be so much more constrained.

Better living through chemistry!

  • blindbunny@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    There's a joint in Phoenix that served me a vegan egg so accurate I felt guilty eating it. The kid at the register showed me this and I felt less bad.

  • carpoftruth [any, any]
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    3 days ago

    Do you know what it was made with? My partner has a recipe that uses mung beans as the key ingredient in a fried/scrambled egg. They've also made a squash based egg yolk.