I came home at noon today ravenous.  I needed to make a lunch and quick.  After scouring the fridge I found a box of Quorn (pronounced Corn – I am guessing) – Meatless & Soy Free Gourmet Burgers.

I figured, hmm, must be something like a garden burger.  Anyway, I prepared my sandwich and half way through eating it I start to examine what I am eating.  It looks almost like meat, but not.  It has a strange flavor, not entirely bad though.  Curiosity set in and I had to read the ingredients on the box to determine exactly what I was eating.  The first ingredient is Mycoprotein (37%).  I didn’t know what “mycoprotein” was and it comprised 37 percent of the sandwich I was eating.  What the hell was I eating?  I read the box further and in small print at the bottom of the box there is a warning which describes what mycoprotein is.  The warning states:  “There have been rare cases of allergic reactions to products which contain mycoprotein, a member of the fungi/mold family“.   What the heck, I have been eating a mold sandwich this whole time?  Who the hell uses the word “succulent” to describe mold?  What’s next Soylent Green?!