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After a few weekends of eating 12lbs of steak (oh god, those were good weekends!) I decided that I should eat healthy part of the time. One thing that came of this was that I raided the vegetarian frozen section of my supermarket and started trying out veggie burgers and other like products. In my journey I have found that vegetarian chicken SUCKS, at least if it is from Morning Star.

The first fake chicken I tried was Morning Star Buffalo Wings. While the buffalo flavor was ok, the overall texture and quality was HORRIBLE. While the “chicken” nuggets were hot they were ok, but as soon as they started to cool off they became the nastiest densest food substance I have eaten in a long while.

Next, I tried the Morning Star Chicken Tenders. They had the same issue as the Buffalo Wings; as soon as they started to cool off, they became inedible. It was nasty… until I came to the chicken tender to which I had added malt vinegar! While still warm, this “chicken” tender was still pretty good. The good/bad thing about it though was that it reminded me of Long John Silver’s fish instead of chicken. If they would simply add malt vinegar to the chicken tenders and relabel them as “fish tenders,” they might be edible! This same evaluation applies also to Morning Star Chicken Nuggets.

Now here comes the shocker (no, not THAT shocker, you sick person!) Boca Breaded Chicken Patties were actually pretty damned good! I would call them comparable to most any frozen real chicken patty in taste. They had a country fried steak seasoning to them and the texture was very close to actual processed chicken. While I cannot recommend any Morning Star chicken products, I am a big fan of Boca Breaded Chicken Patties!