Reminds me of those soy burgers you can buy in some grocery and health-food stores. More nutrition in the cardboard box--and taste, too! UN is telling the world's poor "Let 'em eat bugs".

I don't think synthetic foods in any form is ever gonna become popular. Anyone that loves real beef hates Garden Burgers and tasteless crud made from soy or whatever. I like a nice, thick steak with good marbling for good flavor and cooked XXX-rare. If it ain't bleedin', I ain't eatin'.

I rarely eat steak because I can't get anyone to cook it thoroughly. I was raised to think of red as raw, and potentially hazardous. It was probably chicken nuggets that did me in last year. Or ground beef. Really like bison (buffalo) burgers, but don't see them all that often, usually just at wild west celebrations. Had a couple at Railroad Days in Topeka last August. Our group is doing a set of shoot-'em up shows in a couple of weeks, so I'll be on the look-out.

Patrick, you should try Ostrich meat if you can get it. It is red and lean and tastes great, better for you. Regarding rare meat, I was raised in a Germanic household where the blood flowed on platters! Meat was always rare and then there all the Wursts and plenty of roast beef with horse radish spread over it. Bison meat is good too but only the restaurant type- the Walmart type is crap. In Sac I go to Fuddrucker's which serves beef, bison, and ostrich in 1/3rd, 1/2, and 1 lb sizes for lunch. Add some fries with hot ranch and a bottled soda of your choice for around $10-13. Although I love red meat, I could eat seafood everyday for life. My local Safeway gets catfish nuggets and I usually buy them out for the month b/c I make battered and lemon pepper catfish. Love Icelandic cod, Maine lobster, and Alaskan snow crab. Shrimp too with added horse radish sauce to the medium cocktail. Mmm...