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Paul LoJ
Supreme Potentate
USA
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 Posted - 06/21/2006 : 10:14:11 AM
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71201-0.html?tw=rss.index
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Edible, lab-grown ground chuck that smells and tastes just like the real thing might take a place next to Quorn at supermarkets in just a few years, thanks to some determined meat researchers. Scientists routinely grow small quantities of muscle cells in petri dishes for experiments, but now for the first time a concentrated effort is under way to mass-produce meat in this manner.
Henk Haagsman, a professor of meat sciences at Utrecht University, and his Dutch colleagues are working on growing artificial pork meat out of pig stem cells. They hope to grow a form of minced meat suitable for burgers, sausages and pizza toppings within the next few years. [...]
I'm not sure what disturbs me the most here - my mental image of test tube meat *nearing* the dinner table (menacingly), the fact that it brought The Undertaker and His Pals to mind, or my simple realization that there is such a position as "professor of meat sciences."
As for the pharmed meat, I'm not touching it 'til they have it in Angus.
"...You know perfectly well what is the matter with you. You have known it for years, though you have fought against the knowledge. You are mentally deranged." |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2006 : 11:14:26 AM
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Huh huh huh uh uh uhhhhhhh... huh huh huh huh uhuh huh huh huh uhh huh huh
"Professor of Meat."
Coming soon-
Eraserhead: The Musical!! |
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KurtVon
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
387 Posts |
Posted - 06/21/2006 : 1:09:08 PM
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Sadly, as a graduate of Iowa State University, I was well aware of the post before. I also knew a guy who competed in the national meat judging competition, another thing I hadn't been aware existed until then.
And if the meat is grown in a lab they could, in theory, make it as big as they want. Imagine a single ham that could feed a town! Would be hard to cook, though.
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/21/2006 : 5:39:07 PM
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Originally posted by KurtVon
Sadly, as a graduate of Iowa State University, I was well aware of the post before. I also knew a guy who competed in the national meat judging competition, another thing I hadn't been aware existed until then.
And if the meat is grown in a lab they could, in theory, make it as big as they want. Imagine a single ham that could feed a town! Would be hard to cook, though.
A single ham that could feed a town? Wouldn't William Shatner qualify for that? |
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ArrBirch
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
164 Posts |
Posted - 06/22/2006 : 06:51:06 AM
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| Does this mean vegetarians will be able to eat it? |
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2006 : 1:46:27 PM
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I will not eat Green eggs and ham.
Weither from a tube or from a can.
If meats still movieing,that is not fine.
It may be of the ZOMBIE kind!
Re-animator joins the fast food industry.
"Cole, stop handing Dr. Doom the Keys to the Baxter building." Brent Sienna/PvP.
"I speak 34 different languages. But gibberish is not one of them."- Danger Mouse.
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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1294 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2006 : 8:34:25 PM
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I will not eat them all alone,
I will not eat them with a clone.
It strikes up a pathetic beat,
This new concept, synthetic meat.
I will not eat green eggs and spam,
I will not eat them, Borg-I-Am! |
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Neville
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Spain
1590 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 11:29:17 AM
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I once read something even more disturbing, than some scientists were studying if it was possible to genetically alter livestock so they were composed only of "usable" parts. Imagine a chicken composed only of legs and wings, for instance.
The tagline was something like "Why waste time and energy growing the non-profitable parts?"
And it was a perfectly sound article in a serious magazine.
I'll still eat chicken, though. |
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LaFluff
Archdeacon of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/28/2006 : 4:53:57 PM
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Those 'inedible parts' are pretty important to the chicken herself.
But the pharmed meat sounds interesting. I doubt it's as tasty as a joint of free-range roast beef, but it could replace the mechanically recovered meat used for chicken nuggets and other monstrosities.
Interesting post, thanks Paul. |
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