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Re:Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the st... by ma2rten on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:20PM (#19546409)
Note that the morning star patty is vegetarian, but not vegan. Also it is microwaved and not prepared on the grill.
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Re:Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the st... by darkpuma on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:23PM (#19546438)
No way they could prepare it on the grill, unless they had a dedicated grill for it. Sharing the grill with real burgers would mean tons of meat grease contaminating the veggie burgers.

They're probably unwilling to dedicate the kitchen space for a vegetarian grill, so the microwave is the obvious choice. Microwaves won't cross-contaminate like a greasy grill will, and are already in the kitchen so the financial risk is minimized.

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Re:Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the st... by ma2rten on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:53PM (#19549608)
Many vegetarians/vegans don't mind cross .termination.

Also, many fastfood places do have dedicated grills for vegan/vegetarian burgers, like for example McDonalds in the UK.

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Re:Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the st... by random878 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @05:44AM (#19552429)
> Many vegetarians/vegans don't mind cross .termination.

Massively wrong. Most are easy going regarding using the same cutlery, pots, pan, etc (only ones I've met who aren't happen to be Indian mums or super strict vegans).

However... cooking up on the same griddle? Yeah, that's something most veggies and vegans I know who be very unhappy about.

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