Invitro meat to eat???

**Red695** · 05-01-2012, 10:18 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_meat

I don't know about this. I would think there would be a down side.

**FiReSTaRT** · 05-01-2012, 10:34 PM

There are some challenges.. I'd be all for it. Grew up a carnivore so I can't see myself becoming a v-word, but I'd appreciate being able to enjoy a juicy steak or a porkchop without an animal being killed for it. That's assuming they could get it to feel/taste right and to overcome challenges such as use of hormones and antibiotics as mentioned in the article.

**AF4iK** · 05-01-2012, 11:08 PM

I demand that anything I eat must have once walked the earth and had feelings. Wait wait... goldfish??

"As early as 2008, some scientists claimed that the technology was ready for commercial use and simply needed a company to back it.^[3] The first meats successfully grown in a lab included goldfish and lamb."

**mikbusa** · 05-02-2012, 08:19 AM

What's next, Soylent Green?

**jay-d** · 05-02-2012, 08:26 AM

I'm a vegetarian since birth and I still couldn't see myself eating this!

**dr_sarcasm** · 05-02-2012, 09:18 AM

We spent 10,000,000 years clawing our way to the top of the food chain - I'll be damned if my meals don't include some form of dead flesh (preferably off something that used to have a pet name).

Now, if you all will excuse me, I need to go shoot my breakfast.

**kickstartt** · 05-02-2012, 09:32 AM

They talked about a japanese scientist who developed artificial meat through proteins in human feces on Discovery channel couple of months ago. Its got all the nutriences and its edible. The only thing stopping it going into the market is the psychological barrier of its origin.

**dr_sarcasm** · 05-02-2012, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by kickstartt

They talked about a japanese scientist who developed artificial meat through proteins in human feces on Discovery channel couple of months ago. Its got all the nutriences and its edible. The only thing stopping it going into the market is the psychological barrier of its origin.

It's odd, people will shell out huge bucks for coffee that essentially needs to be picked out of certain animal feces, but yet there's a barrier for other foods...

For the record, I don't do the former, and wouldn't indulge in the latter either.

I'll eat my meat the good 'ol fashioned way: club it.

**Red695** · 05-02-2012, 09:56 AM

I have no problem with killing animals even by my own hand and I am a huge animal lover. I grew up on a farm and we raise and humanely harvest our livestock. I do have a problem with the environmental impact of raising animals for consumption. Insects are actually supposed to be the perfect food to replace meat and growing them for mass consumption apparently will have a positive impact on the environment. Not sure I would choose bugs over shmeat or poop-meat, haha!

**toshison** · 05-02-2012, 09:24 AM

They say they can produce this "shmeat" but it will always lack fat & bones....

That means it will lack flavour because as meat eaters know, bones and fat greatly impact flavour and texture. Say goodbye to those smoked, slow cooked, fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs.

I don't like the idea of killing animals at all but I understand that we are still part of the animal kingdom and the food chain and its nature. Its just the way it is. The day invitro meat goes mainstream is the day I start raising my own animals.