Science. Tasty, Tasty Science

[Bella Fortuna]

http://www.techinvestornews.com/Green/L ... stem-cells

Scientists grow bacon from stem cells
MNN - Green Tech News | October 4, 2012

A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse and help end hunger. In an effort to make meat production more humane, alleviate hunger and help curb global warming, Dutch researchers have developed a way to grow edible meat in the laboratory from the stem cells of pigs. Although the lab-grown strips of meat don't yet taste or look much like pork (researchers say it has the consistency and feel of scallop), the ramifications for the new technology on the world's food supply could be significant.

[klr]

Meat without murder? I was just thinking about this the other day.

Of course, some would still consider this murder.

[SteveB]

It's science, but it's not tasty.

[Bella Fortuna]

Yet...

[SteveB]

Inject some Bella DNA in there and it will no doubt be tasty.

[SteveB]

That sounds weird in a second reading.

[Bella Fortuna]

I have a slightly less smoky hickory taste than bacon. I hope...

[Bella Fortuna]

That sounds weird in a second reading.

It was pretty odd first time around, too.

[SteveB]

[Bella Fortuna]

He looked like a normal human, but had the mentality of scallop

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Even LP approves.

[SteveB]

He looked like a normal human, but had the mentality of scallop

That's high praise!

[Kristie]

He looked like a normal human, but had the mentality of scallop

That's high praise!

Oh, now I get it.

[mistermack]

It's a great idea. I've always felt sorry for pigs, being born the most tasty animal in the world.

But if they can't make pig meat tasty, with this, then it's not going to be that popular. Because it's hard NOT to make normal pig meat tasty.

Anyway, this would mean that far fewer pigs would be born, if it caught on. It's bad enough being kept for meat, but is it better not to be born at all? I dunno, meself.

Anyway, why does wild stuff taste so much better than farm stuff?
Wild mushrooms, wild trout, wild salmon all taste fantastic. The farmed substitute is just a poor imitation.
Anybody eaten wild boar? I'd love to know if it's more tasty than farm pig.

[FBM]

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Anyway, why does wild stuff taste so much better than farm stuff?
Wild mushrooms, wild trout, wild salmon all taste fantastic. The farmed substitute is just a poor imitation.
Anybody eaten wild boar? I'd love to know if it's more tasty than farm pig.

I grew up eating all sorts of wild game...after killing it.

I think it's the 'You are what you eat' theory. Wild game eats whatever it evolved to eat. We force-feed genetically modified corn, mostly, on our factory food animals. Wild boar is a helluva lot different from store-bought. Same for rabbit, fowl, fish, etc. There's no way to describe flavors using words, though. It's just...intrinsically better.