Gimme Lean Ground Beef: I love it.. but it got mixed reviews.

I am a beef lover. I also hate Windows XP. (I was starting to blog this when the damn thing shut down on me.)

As I was saying, I am a beef lover. I adore it. And I miss it. So I was skeptical when we purchased Gimme Lean "Ground Beef Style"... fake meat tube. I was even more skeptical when my fiancee made it into spaghetti and meatballs. I gotta say though--it wasn't bad at all! It actually tasted somewhat beefy and had a decent texture. My fiancee, who isn't as used to fake meat products, hated it. When I asked what he hated about it, he said, "The taste." When I asked what specifically he didn't like about the way it tasted, he said, "All of it." That's fine. More meatballs for me!

We didn't do anything special to the meatballs. He rolled up the fake meat tube into balls and browned them on the stove in a skillet. I am not really sure--yet--how the flavor and texture could be even further improved by the introduction of spices, garlic, or other goodies. And the stuff isn't as good as beef, but it gets a thumbs up from me.