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Scientists produce world's first test tube burger that 'could replace' real meat
Daily Mail ^ | Sept. 1, 2011 | Fiona Macrae

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 world’s 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 world’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/31/2011 5:19:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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“Scientists produce world’s first test tube burger that ‘could replace’ real meat”

Not in my household.


2 posted on 08/31/2011 5:22:16 PM PDT by Grunthor (Perry.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ok, I’ll start with the tube steak jokes...


3 posted on 08/31/2011 5:22:39 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Want fries with that? (YUUUUCCCKKKKK!)


4 posted on 08/31/2011 5:22:59 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

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.


5 posted on 08/31/2011 5:23:33 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

slippery texture of squid or scallops

Chinese will love it


6 posted on 08/31/2011 5:23:37 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Free ThinkerNY

>> But scientists are salivating over the prospect of the world’s 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.)


7 posted on 08/31/2011 5:31:56 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: Grunthor

Not kosher. Useless.

Anyway. Something just sounds wrong about this.


8 posted on 08/31/2011 5:34:54 PM PDT by barstoolblues (Notes from the Hobbitt hole. By Hezbollah Hobbitt.)
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To: Grunthor

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.


9 posted on 08/31/2011 5:34:59 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: glorgau

Such as the test tube steak bogie?


10 posted on 08/31/2011 5:36:57 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: Nervous Tick

How much of that is US tax dollars ?


11 posted on 08/31/2011 5:37:26 PM PDT by mosesdapoet ("To punish a province Let it be ruled by a professor"Fredrick The Great paraphrased)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Fine. Let all the leftists eat this slimy meat goop. I’ll eat the superior, GOD-GROWN meat, thanks.


12 posted on 08/31/2011 5:39:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Where’s the beef?


13 posted on 08/31/2011 5:44:19 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Grunthor

I don’t have a problem with labs cloning beef.

If they try to clone bacon, It’s a declaration of war.


14 posted on 08/31/2011 5:46:30 PM PDT by Nonsense Unlimited
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Why?


15 posted on 08/31/2011 5:48:38 PM PDT by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is this a GM food?


16 posted on 08/31/2011 5:59:22 PM PDT by samtheman (Perry/Cain'12; Sec Energy Palin)
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With these two cans and a bun, you could make cheeseburgers in nothing flat!
17 posted on 08/31/2011 6:04:47 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (It's fun to play with your vision, but don't ever play with your eyes.-1970's PSA)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think they already tried that. It’s called tofu, and it didn’t work.


18 posted on 08/31/2011 6:07:14 PM PDT by twhitak
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Ummm...White Castle.


19 posted on 08/31/2011 6:10:41 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All

20 posted on 08/31/2011 6:16:06 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Obama got mostly Ds and Fs all through college and law school. Keep saying it.....)
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