Test Tube Meat: Would You Eat It?

by the Editors at TheStir, Posted Jul 9th 2010 @ 3:30PM

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Technology already exists to create meat synthetically or in-vitro using cultured animal cells. Forget farm-to-table. Welcome to test tube-to-table.

Before you start wondering what the origins of the meat on your plate are, don't panic: Synthetic meat is still too costly to actually sell.

According to a post on the blog, The Stir, some environmentalists are pro synthetic meat because it creates less greenhouse gas, while critics bemoan the fact that man-made meat will take us further from farm.

If we told you it tasted just as good as conventional meat, would you want to try it?

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7-09-2010 @3:31PM Guido said... Given all the other stuff we eat that's made in a lab, sure I'll eat the test tube meat.
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7-09-2010 @4:09PM Sizer said... Cruelty free, farm feed waste and poo waste free? Sure, I'd eat it. You can't tell me it'd be any worse than Taco Bell's 'ground beef' or today's hormone and antibiotic marinated meat. You'd have to be rabidly ideological not to, which is why they hate the idea so much.

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7-11-2010 @7:11PM Red Icculus said... From what I understand, you don't get the marbling that fat, veins, and muscle grain give to a good cut of meat. It would essentially be texture-less like a big hunk o' seitan. I think I'll stick with my filet mignon, thanks.
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7-09-2010 @4:16PM gobo said... Absolutely, I'd eat it. I already eat "fake" meat made from soy, wheat, and even fungus (Quorn is great stuff!) so a lab-created meat is no big deal for me.
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7-10-2010 @2:35PM verdegrrl said... Nah. Too many strange chemicals as it is. I'd rather eat less meat, but stuff that is grass fed and humanely treated.
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7-10-2010 @6:01PM Daniel F. said... Yep.
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7-11-2010 @12:04AM Tim Lingenfelder said... Reminds me of an episode of the cancelled "Better off Ted" where the corporation is creating a synthetic meat blob. The scientists name it "Blobby." In a taste test, the tester says it, "...tastes like despair."
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7-12-2010 @2:14PM crusteaz said... I hope they do not sell it it as tube steak.
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7-13-2010 @10:21PM Dylan said... Yes, of course I'd eat it. There's no chance for cruelty, more chance of higher quality and it's more likely to be consistent.
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