Edible "in vitro meat" Can be Grown in a Lab on Industrial Scale

[heartlesschild]

Quite possibly the most scarring idea I've ever heard in my life.

"in vitro meat"

(all I can think about are quivering petri dishes. Puke.)

Comments

[sweet3mich]

The picture that accompanies that article doesn't do much to promote the idea. *bleh*

[heartlesschild]

no it doesn't...
but it's the first paragraph that almost made me dry heave all over my desk.

Re: Extremely interesting idea

[heartlesschild]

yeah. you know... you could think about it as being positive... feeding the world. er. less slaughterhouses... less animal cruelty.
uh.
but then i think if the QUIVERING HUNKS OF TISSUE BEING GROWN IN LAB... and nothing has ever made me want to become a vegetarian so badly again!

Re: Extremely interesting idea

[heartlesschild]

except the part where they could produce the entire supply of meat from ONE CELL. er. do you think i will grow a second arm if i eat a bunch of clone meat?

[lipstick_frenzy]

ew i seriously need to stop eating meat. it's like, anything that has to do with meat is just gross. except the buffalo chicken sub from subway, which i just ate.

[heartlesschild]

does that have the patty with the rake ribs like the Mc-riblet? i bet they make that meat by shooting a bunch of chickens through an industrial fan, hosing the whole thing with sauce and then scraping the giblets off of the wall.
(thats probably why they taste so good)

[lipstick_frenzy]

no it's cut up into little pieces, like real meat! ew i can't believe i eat this shit.

[heartlesschild]

most of the shit we eat are not things we wish to know the orgin of.
it's part of being american!

[slaint]

one of the good things about living in india is that i do pretty much know what i'm eating (cos its all vegetables bought on the street), but i don't know how many terrifying bacteria/bugs have made their home in it :)

[heartlesschild]

there is terrifying bacteria in everything though... and some not so terrifying also. it's pretty much unavoidable. in india... well... it might just be a little more in your face. :) at least you KNOW where your food is coming from though!