Posted on 08/31/2011 5:18:57 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
It will cost £220,000 to produce and will probably have the slippery texture of squid or scallops.
But scientists are salivating over the prospect of the worlds first test-tube burger, which could be less than a year away.
Sausages and other processed meat products could swiftly follow, although pork chops and sirloin steaks will be much more problematic.
Produced in huge vats from muscle cells, the meat without slaughter would be kinder to the environment than the real thing, reduce animal suffering and help feed the worlds burgeoning population.
Despite its huge initial cost, industrial-scale production could see the price plummet to equal, or less than that of real meat.
It remains to be seen, however, whether it will find favour with a public that likes to think of its chops, steaks and sausages as having their roots in nature, rather than in test-tubes.
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“Scientists produce world’s first test tube burger that ‘could replace’ real meat”
Not in my household.
Ok, I’ll start with the tube steak jokes...
Want fries with that? (YUUUUCCCKKKKK!)
A quarter million dollars a pound to produce, but hey, you dont have to kill a cow. Sounds like an obama project.
Just don’t forget, Soyulent Green is people.
slippery texture of squid or scallops
Chinese will love it
>> But scientists are salivating over the prospect of the worlds first test-tube burger
Wouldn’t that be more of a test-tube wiener?
Make mine like a Hebrew National! (no gristly tip on the end with those.)
Not kosher. Useless.
Anyway. Something just sounds wrong about this.
I don’t know, but I could see vegetarians buying into it, I mean think about it, “Here’s some meat, and you didn’t have to kill any animals to get it.” The thought makes me laugh when I hear it.
Such as the test tube steak bogie?
How much of that is US tax dollars ?
Fine. Let all the leftists eat this slimy meat goop. I’ll eat the superior, GOD-GROWN meat, thanks.
Where’s the beef?
I don’t have a problem with labs cloning beef.
If they try to clone bacon, It’s a declaration of war.
Why?
Is this a GM food?
I think they already tried that. It’s called tofu, and it didn’t work.
Ummm...White Castle.
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