Beyond Burger

So I bought a package of Beyond Burger patties. While the price of $6 for two patties is definitely a con, these are the first vegan burgers that both attempt to replicate beef and I genuinely enjoy. A few others I can tolerate, but this one I actually like. It's not exact, I don't know that I'd say it lives up to the hype, but it comes a lot closer than I previously have thought possible.

While based on pea protein, it doesn't have the overwhelming pea flavor that the companies beefy crumbles has. That experience put off me trying these burgers for quite a while, glad I got over that.

The price means I won't be buying these often, but I *will* be buying them again.

Vinyl setup

So, I'm set up to play vinyl records again, at least for listening. The setup is... Well, it works.

I have a Technics SL-1200mk2 as the turntable, into an ancient stereo mixer I got for $5 at a flea market to provide the phono preamp. The speaker out from the mixer goes to my TVs component audio in. The TV needs a video signal too for the component in to be active, which is provided by a Playstation One.

Somewhat macgyvered, but again, it works.