Spice burgers

Nature Boy

My brother offered me a bite of his spice burger recently claiming it doesn't have any meat in it. The topic came up just now in work so I said I'd find out for sure from my veggie friends, or at least the 40% of people on this forum who are actually veggie

So... What's the deal with spice burgers, surely they have some kind of meat in them?? Or am I going to be pleasently surprised (I used to like them before going veggie)??

Blub2k4

I wondered this recently too, but I think it's the oil you'd have to be worried about. That said I'm not sure about the spice burger itself . Maybe look at the label in tescos? (even though I'm not in tescos much myself)

Tar.Aldarion

I've never had them/heard of them, look at the pack for all your needs.

Shabadu

Spice burgers are meat w/ spiced coating. Your brother was acting the bollix. Anyone ever tasted one? What are they like?

spurious

From the odd drunken occasion that I have eaten one...I recall it was very 'pork'-ey tasting. It was kind of horrible.

Gone West

vile.
pure and utter vile.
and meaty vile at that.

I was going to post an image from google, but cant find one.
Although I did find something lollerful if you google image "spice burger" 11th image. Turn off the porn filter. >_>

Shabadu

FuzzyLogic wrote:

Although I did find something lollerful if you google image "spice burger" 11th image. Turn off the porn filter. >_>

lulz ^_^

That looks uncomfortable.

Tar.Aldarion

Shabadu wrote:

Spice burgers are meat w/ spiced coating. Your brother was acting the bollix. Anyone ever tasted one? What are they like?

Well, i know those. Was hoping for a super funky veggie burger of pure spice.

Shabadu

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Well, i know those. Was hoping for a super funky veggie burger of pure spice.

I bet you could make one! How about boiled & cubed potato, mixed w/ egg, peas, teeny broccoli & cauliflower florets, and mixed with some dry fried turmeric, mustard seeds, cumin, corriander. You could form them into burgers, dip them in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs you had toasted w/ spices, then fry and have with mango chutney. Kind of like a pakora only with spicy crumb instead of pastry on the outside.

Tar.Aldarion

Why do I read about food when I'm hungry. Brb with a poor excuse for a ball of spice. (:

Catsmokinpot

Natureboy is from waterford me thinks spice burgers rock, but unfortunately they have meat in them, try the wexico alternative - rissoles they are lovely and with no meat either.

JaneHudson

I know someone who was running a B&B and unknowingly gave Spice burgers to some vegetarian guests. Why do people think that once you add spices to a burger it would cancel out the meat??? Do they think cheese with herbs in it is dairy-free? :rolleyes:

rubadub

I knew a vegetarian who used to eat them all the time, he would get them in chippers so had no pack. They have about 50% meat I think, they could very easily be thought to be meat free, it looks like a veggy burger inside.

Blub2k4

http://www.walshfamilyfoods.ie/frozen_spiceburger.html

According to Walsh's website they have beef in theirs, these are the ones I have seen most often in chippers or in the supermarket.

Moonbeam

some of them are vegetarian the majority have meat

Geordie_Girl

In a chipper recently I asked what they had that was vegetarian (apart from chips obviously) and the guy behind the counter told me "Oh well there's the spice burgers".
Luckily I listened to my other half and didn't get the spice burger.....shame though, I did used to like them.

rubadub

In 99% of chippers the oil will have been used to fry meat in so even if they have veggie burgers they will be full of animal fats. It is a myth that many use lard to cook in. A lot use hydrogentated fat so when people see big blocks they presume it is lard. Maybe 50-100 years back dripping was popular.

I have never seen anything called a spice burger other than the walshes ones. They also do curry spice burgers, wider and thinner like a real burger.

Moonbeam- where did you see veggie ones?

Seems like lads in chipper, like most barmen, havent got a clue what they are selling.

Nature Boy

That's probably very true.

I wonder is there any such thing as a vegetarian chippers...

I saw a veggie take away place in Belfast before but it was health food

Moonbeam

At the Morrissey gig all the food places only had veggie food:) it was wonderfuil!

Not sure where I got them or the brand,will try remember/keep an eye out though.