Cock... without the a-doodle-doo

[sao123]

PETA offers $1m for test tube chicken
Cock without the a-doodle-doo
By Austin Modine ? More by this authorPublished Tuesday 22nd April 2008 01:07 GMT
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PETA, the US Animal rights organization, is challenging scientists to create test-tube meat for a cash reward, in a similar vein as X Prize Foundation.

PETA announced today it will offer $1m to an organization that can successfully create and market "in vitro meat," i.e. muscle tissue grown without the pesky animal attached.

To collect PETA's $1m carrot, scientists must develop a commercially marketable in vitro meat in just four years. At least they're first setting the bar down to creating a chicken flesh substitute, which reportedly tastes like every non-traditional animal in the known universe.

From PETA's website:

"PETA is offering a $1 million prize to the contest participant able to make the first in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. The contestant must do both of the following:

Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike
Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states."
The prize, of course, is a publicity stunt made to direct attention to the all-too commonly deplorable conditions stock animals live in. Oh, and PETA also says that eating living creatures is bad, even despite the inconvenient truth that animals are made of nearly 50 per cent delicious, lip-smacking meat.

In vitro meat technology may also offer an environmentally friendly alternative to the immense amount of resources and land needed to raise animals on their journey from childhood to a delicate topping on a cracker at a fancy dinner party.

According to the New York Times, the in vitro meat challenge has sparked a "near civil war" amongst PETA workers who deplore the very idea of eating animal tissue. Even if its grown in a petri dish and doesn't go, "cluck cluck".

PETA says it will assemble a 10-judge panel to sample any in vitro meat submissions by taste and texture. The faux-chicken will be prepared using a vegetarian "chicken" recipe, and must score an 80 out of a possible 100 with the judges. ®

Bootnote
Shhh ? nobody tell PETA that developing in vitro meat will probably require the killing of many, many living animals to get right. We'll keep it our savory little secret.

Disclosure: This article was written on an empty stomach.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2..._wants_test_tube_meat/

I love articles from the register...
BTW... didnt KFC get sued for serving genetically altered chickens not too many years ago... Does PETA think they can get away with it this time?

 

[Tobolo]

I see what you did there.

 

[cirrhosis]

Disturbing.

I'm getting visions of ChickieNobs from Oryx and Crake here.

:vomit:

 

[nakedfrog]

I thought they were already working on this?

 

[isekii]

I would never eat any lab grown imitation chickens.

 

[thirdeye]

Wonder if they could grow them pre-seasoned then?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

"...despite the inconvenient truth that animals are made of nearly 50 per cent delicious, lip-smacking meat."

That line is beautiful. It makes me want to go slaughter a gopher and roast it on a spit.

 

[cjchaps]

Originally posted by: isekii
I would never eat any lab grown imitation chickens.

Why? A lab grown product could probably be healthier than the regular stuff in every aspect from vitamins, fats and types of fats, carcinogins, purity, disease, etc...

 

[nakedfrog]

Would people who are vegetarian for religious reasons be able to eat this stuff?

 

[SlowSpyder]

Even if someone succeeded at this, I believe I would eat real chicken just to spite PETA.

 

[Eli]

:thumbsup:

I'm all for lab meat.

It could solve a lot of the world's food problems.

Growing meat should take much less energy and space than actually raising the animals.

 

[slayer202]

Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike
Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states."

PETA says it will assemble a 10-judge panel to sample any in vitro meat submissions by taste and texture. The faux-chicken will be prepared using a vegetarian "chicken" recipe, and must score an 80 out of a possible 100 with the judges. ®

why not make it a little harder to win the money...fuck peta

would this need to be FDA approved? how long would that take? plus, what is "large quantities", "successfully", and "competitive". not to mention having peta judges...

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: Eli
:thumbsup:

I'm all for lab meat.

It could solve a lot of the world's food problems.

Growing meat should take much less energy and space than actually raising the animals.

Cells just don't come out of nowhere you know... it will likely take MORE energy, especially in the form of petroleum distillates to create this crap.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: isekii
I would never eat any lab grown imitation chickens.

Well you are a yankees fan, so your opinion is invalid anyway.

 

[Kadarin]

Have you ever looked at how McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are made? They're pretty damned artificial as it is...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Eli
:thumbsup:

I'm all for lab meat.

It could solve a lot of the world's food problems.

Growing meat should take much less energy and space than actually raising the animals.

Cells just don't come out of nowhere you know... it will likely take MORE energy, especially in the form of petroleum distillates to create this crap.

Why do you say that?

I was just talking about food energy. Just growing meat should take much less energy than keeping a whole animal alive.

Not sure where you get the petroleum distillates part, unless you mean for like equipment and stuff; the meat isn't going to run on oil.

 

[sygyzy]

What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

Vegetarians are stupid anyway. They claim to be against meat, so they take soy, and flavor it with bizarre ingredients so it tastes like meat, and shape it and dye it so it looks like meat, and treat it so it tries to have the texture of meat... if you're going to go to all that trouble to pretend to eat an animal, you're more twisted than if you were just eating the damn animal to begin with. Tofurkey, Facon, a whole variety of tofu products, these are not things a sane individual would think to invent. That's like stabbing a mannequin because it gives you the thrill of killing someone without the guilty conscience. You're still a sick, twisted fuck.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Eli
:thumbsup:

I'm all for lab meat.

It could solve a lot of the world's food problems.

Growing meat should take much less energy and space than actually raising the animals.

Cells just don't come out of nowhere you know... it will likely take MORE energy, especially in the form of petroleum distillates to create this crap.

Why do you say that?

I was just talking about food energy. Just growing meat should take much less energy than keeping a whole animal alive.

Not sure where you get the petroleum distillates part, unless you mean for like equipment and stuff; the meat isn't going to run on oil.

hmm... chicken meat with fuel economy ratings. GPC or CPG? :laugh:

+

 

[Imaginer]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

Vegetarians are stupid anyway. They claim to be against meat, so they take soy, and flavor it with bizarre ingredients so it tastes like meat, and shape it and dye it so it looks like meat, and treat it so it tries to have the texture of meat... if you're going to go to all that trouble to pretend to eat an animal, you're more twisted than if you were just eating the damn animal to begin with. Tofurkey, Facon, a whole variety of tofu products, these are not things a sane individual would think to invent. That's like stabbing a mannequin because it gives you the thrill of killing someone without the guilty conscience. You're still a sick, twisted fuck.

Thats one twisted way of looking at it! :laugh:

It would be alot cheaper just to eat the animal straight out than trying to invent the first food replicator. But then again if said food replicator idea worked out in the end...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: SunnyD

Originally posted by: Eli
:thumbsup:

I'm all for lab meat.

It could solve a lot of the world's food problems.

Growing meat should take much less energy and space than actually raising the animals.

Cells just don't come out of nowhere you know... it will likely take MORE energy, especially in the form of petroleum distillates to create this crap.

Why do you say that?

I was just talking about food energy. Just growing meat should take much less energy than keeping a whole animal alive.

Not sure where you get the petroleum distillates part, unless you mean for like equipment and stuff; the meat isn't going to run on oil.

hmm... chicken meat with fuel economy ratings. GPC or CPG? :laugh:

+

I guess my measurement would be calories required per pound of meat produced. An animal has lots of cells burning energy that are not meat.


I'm trying to think of where oil would be required in the process. I don't think it would be necessary for any part of it, although it certainly would be used. Lab meat could certainly be produced in the absence of petroleum products if necessary, though.

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

Vegetarians are stupid anyway. They claim to be against meat, so they take soy, and flavor it with bizarre ingredients so it tastes like meat, and shape it and dye it so it looks like meat, and treat it so it tries to have the texture of meat... if you're going to go to all that trouble to pretend to eat an animal, you're more twisted than if you were just eating the damn animal to begin with. Tofurkey, Facon, a whole variety of tofu products, these are not things a sane individual would think to invent. That's like stabbing a mannequin because it gives you the thrill of killing someone without the guilty conscience. You're still a sick, twisted fuck.

Someone hopped on the judgment train to work today.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

Vegetarians are stupid anyway. They claim to be against meat, so they take soy, and flavor it with bizarre ingredients so it tastes like meat, and shape it and dye it so it looks like meat, and treat it so it tries to have the texture of meat... if you're going to go to all that trouble to pretend to eat an animal, you're more twisted than if you were just eating the damn animal to begin with. Tofurkey, Facon, a whole variety of tofu products, these are not things a sane individual would think to invent. That's like stabbing a mannequin because it gives you the thrill of killing someone without the guilty conscience. You're still a sick, twisted fuck.

Uh, lol...

That's an interesting way of looking at it. It's the other way around, though.

These products were made because there was a market for them. Simple as that.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Originally posted by: sygyzy
What does KFC and genetically altered meat have to do with PETA's plans? This has been discussed before. Many vegetarians say their problem with meat is how they animals are raised (poorly) and slaughtered. Given a choice of 100% identical meat but not attached to an animal confuses the heck out of vegetarians.

Vegetarians are stupid anyway. They claim to be against meat, so they take soy, and flavor it with bizarre ingredients so it tastes like meat, and shape it and dye it so it looks like meat, and treat it so it tries to have the texture of meat... if you're going to go to all that trouble to pretend to eat an animal, you're more twisted than if you were just eating the damn animal to begin with. Tofurkey, Facon, a whole variety of tofu products, these are not things a sane individual would think to invent. That's like stabbing a mannequin because it gives you the thrill of killing someone without the guilty conscience. You're still a sick, twisted fuck.

Someone hopped on the judgment train to work today.

I'm a conductor on the judgment train. My string section is amazing, but the horns need a little work...

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Eli
That's an interesting way of looking at it. It's the other way around, though.

These products were made because there was a market for them. Simple as that.

Yes, and that market is people who want the visceral thrill of eating an animal without having to feel sad that an animal is dead. If they didn't want to be eating bacon, Facon wouldn't exist. Vegetarians would look at it and go, "Oh, that's tasteless and wrong." Instead, they get a little moisture in their panties because they can finally enjoy eating pig flesh without hurting a pig. It's sick and wrong.