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Permalink Reply by Arcus on April 30, 2011 at 6:13pm

Frankly my dear, I'd eat you too if I saw you roaming around. ;)

Not being a grammar nazi, just a lame attempt at humor. :)

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Palo on June 3, 2011 at 6:36pm

Would said lab grown meat be delicious? If so, yes.

 

I don't have a problem with killing animals for food, provided we try to do it as humanely as possible. So I wouldn't go out of my way to get lab grown meat. I wouldn't go out of my way to avoid it either though.

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Permalink Reply by noisician on June 9, 2011 at 5:10pm

I'd certainly try lab-meat. I'm not vegetarian, but I am sympathetic to the idea.

 

Have you ever had Quorn? It's the brand name of a meat-replacement product made from (as they call it) mycoprotein. Yep, that means fungus... vat-grown fungus. But don't let that worry you - I don't even like normal mushrooms, but still really like this. I recommend the Beef Style Grounds (chop meat replacement for using in recipes) or Chik'n Patties (chicken patty replacement) - both are surprisingly tasty.

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Permalink Reply by AntiChristianLeague on June 9, 2011 at 5:12pm

I would have to know alot more about the meat before making any decision either way. I have been a vegetarian for ten years, mostly because I don't care for the taste/texture of meat. Over time I became more aware of the many issues surrounding meat production and factory farming in the US.

 

If it was possible to grow meat in a laboratory that didn't taste like meat, and wasn't radioactive, I might consider it.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Reed on November 29, 2011 at 8:27am

So, you still wouldn't eat synthetic meat, even if it has no connection to animals whatsoever? Surely that'd be a matter of taste rather than morals...?

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Permalink Reply by TM Kaiser on November 29, 2011 at 2:20pm

I'd like to think that I wouldn't eat it. Flesh is flesh, I find the taste and especially the texture nauseating. And, well, I guess I can say it here...meat smells like human shit, and vice versa, to me.

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Permalink Reply by T A A on November 29, 2011 at 4:31pm

And natural hot springs usually smell like rotten eggs, but they are one of life's most pleasant experiences.  Our senses and impressions often deceive us.

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Permalink Reply by TM Kaiser on November 29, 2011 at 11:47pm

Good point! But I don't really peruse hot springs, either...

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Permalink Reply by Bill Butler on November 29, 2011 at 5:20pm

I am not a Vegetarian I love meat I think I would be open to trying lab grown meat as a substitute to farm raised provided there were no health risk's and the taste was not compromised but it would really have to hold in taste compared to real meat.

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Permalink Reply by Becca on November 29, 2011 at 10:33pm

I don't typically eat highly processed foods... lab grown meat to me seems to fall into the category of highly processed. If lab grown meat were available I might try some out of curiosity but I certainly wouldn't make it a habit if I ate it at all. I prefer to buy my food especially meat from local/regional farms that way I know what I am really getting and that way I know less energy/fossil fuels were used to get it to me.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Reed on December 3, 2011 at 8:11am

Just seen this:

The World's First Lab-Grown Hamburger Could Be Created By August 2012

Apparently, without blood and fat it'd taste disgusting...

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Permalink Reply by Akshay Bist on December 3, 2011 at 8:59am

If we are going to have a future with deep space exploration & humans settling in other parts of the galaxy, we would need to find a way to grow all kinds of foods & nutrients in the lab, not just meat, so I for one am game for this.

It will take time & to get it to be as healthy as the natural stuff will take even longer but I'd go for it.

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