Comments on: “Veggie” Dog http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/ How to "Get Used to" Japanese Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:23:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Julia http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8163 Julia Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:15:31 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8163 Update: Freshness Burger does have a 100% meat-free marinated mushroom on a bun burger that is pretty darn good! I had never actually eaten there before... Update: Freshness Burger does have a 100% meat-free marinated mushroom on a bun burger that is pretty darn good! I had never actually eaten there before…

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]]> By: Daniel http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8100 Daniel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:23:15 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8100 Ah, true. Damn, I fell into my own ≠ trap. I guess I was so surprised because the veggie burger is so close to the real stuff back home. And it's a Subway! Ah, true. Damn, I fell into my own ≠ trap.

I guess I was so surprised because the veggie burger is so close to the real stuff back home. And it’s a Subway!

]]> By: g fandango http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8098 g fandango Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:21:08 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8098 Really, I guess it would have been more surprising if it had been an actual vegetarian hot dog. I mean, English usage over here isn't exactly like it is back in Kansas. Really, I guess it would have been more surprising if it had been an actual vegetarian hot dog. I mean, English usage over here isn’t exactly like it is back in Kansas.

]]> By: soma36 http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8093 soma36 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:56:06 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8093 Yeah, I am thinking that the ベジ really just refers to the main contributor to the taste rather than the category! Vegetable burger rather than vegetarian burger I guess......but even then, a pork sausage rather than a piece of chicken or fish does push the limits of "health" credibility!! @Julia - I was once eating at a well known Chinese vegan establishment run by Daoists in my city trying out the meat replacement products which really were just TVP (vegetarian sausage, steak and all that), and I tried the vegetarian "chicken" thinking it would be interesting - and yeah, it was a mushroom dish. A) I am very allergic to mushrooms B) Why bother! Mushrooms already have great vegetarian, nah, vegan credentials! Yeah, I am thinking that the ベジ really just refers to the main contributor to the taste rather than the category! Vegetable burger rather than vegetarian burger I guess……but even then, a pork sausage rather than a piece of chicken or fish does push the limits of “health” credibility!!

@Julia – I was once eating at a well known Chinese vegan establishment run by Daoists in my city trying out the meat replacement products which really were just TVP (vegetarian sausage, steak and all that), and I tried the vegetarian “chicken” thinking it would be interesting – and yeah, it was a mushroom dish. A) I am very allergic to mushrooms B) Why bother! Mushrooms already have great vegetarian, nah, vegan credentials!

]]> By: Matt http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8092 Matt Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:56:04 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8092 Yeah, it makes more sense if you look at it from a Japanese-language perspective. A チーズバーガー is not made of cheese, and an アメリカンドッグ is not made of Americans. If anything English might be the outlier here, hijacking "vege" as a prefix meaning "made of" rather than "also with". Yeah, it makes more sense if you look at it from a Japanese-language perspective. A チーズバーガー is not made of cheese, and an アメリカンドッグ is not made of Americans. If anything English might be the outlier here, hijacking “vege” as a prefix meaning “made of” rather than “also with”.

]]> By: Julia http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8090 Julia Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:00:43 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8090 Well, to be fair, I once got really excited when Bartley's in the Square had a sign up saying they had mushroom burgers. To my dismay, it turned out it was portobello mushrooms *on top of* a beef hamburger, rather than a burger made of mushrooms, much like this "veggies on top of a hot dog" dog. But Japan does have more of these. "Early spring vegetable pasta" in the US would probably not feature a meat sauce, as it did at an otherwise adorable little pasta-ya in Shibuya the other day. And I can't see Subway in the US using the same nomenclature. Well, to be fair, I once got really excited when Bartley’s in the Square had a sign up saying they had mushroom burgers. To my dismay, it turned out it was portobello mushrooms *on top of* a beef hamburger, rather than a burger made of mushrooms, much like this “veggies on top of a hot dog” dog.

But Japan does have more of these. “Early spring vegetable pasta” in the US would probably not feature a meat sauce, as it did at an otherwise adorable little pasta-ya in Shibuya the other day. And I can’t see Subway in the US using the same nomenclature.

]]> By: Daniel http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8085 Daniel Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:09:07 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8085 Whoa, where'd you learn that? Whoa, where’d you learn that?

]]> By: jess http://howtojaponese.com/2010/02/03/veggie-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-8084 jess Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:08:20 +0000 http://howtojaponese.com/?p=1543#comment-8084 The vegeburger is made with chicken stock too. The vegeburger is made with chicken stock too.

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