When meat is no longer "born"

[LeiZaK]

Meat Details

Although NASA engineers have cultured fish meat before, a new study preformed by Jason Matheny and his colleagues from the University of Maryland have discovered two possible ways to commercially 'grow' meat in laboratories.

Scientists would be able to culture cells from various animals on large sheets and then stack them on top of each other to increase the thickness of the meat. Another method included growing cells on beads which stretch according to temperature.

The benefits of this process would not only include meat with a greater nutrient content; but would also have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, free up additional land and reduce water consumption.

 

[dethman]

ew.

 

[Eli]

That is awesome...

It would be better than simply farming animals in SO many ways....

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

If it tastes good and is completely safe and healthy, I'm all for it.:thumbsup:

 

[Nimloth]

interesting...

would vegeterians be allowed to eat this "meat" ??

 

[Medicine Bear]

That's it. Now that we can "grow" our own meat I'm calling for bovine genocide. They produce way too much methane and must be killed now that we have a viable option to replace them.

DEATH TO ALL COWS!!!

 

[Kenazo]

Nifty, I'm sure eventually this will be the way most of our meat is produced. Of course it'll probably be quite a few years in the future.

 

[TWills]

I just looked at the title of this thread and was grossed out, scared to death of what I might find within...

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Nimloth
interesting...

would vegeterians be allowed to eat this "meat" ??

No, of course not.

It's not fundamentally different from any other meat - there's just a different medium supporting cell growth.

 

[meltdown75]

for some reason this makes me think of long rows of living, pulsating tables of meat. technically, it's alive... but when you pull out your meat cleaver and whack a chunk off, it doesn't feel anything. mmm, beefy.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
That's it. Now that we can "grow" our own meat I'm calling for bovine genocide. They produce way too much methane and must be killed now that we have a viable option to replace them.

DEATH TO ALL COWS!!!

:frown:

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
for some reason this makes me think of long rows of living, pulsating tables of meat. technically, it's alive... but when you pull out your meat cleaver and whack a chunk off, it doesn't feel anything. mmm, beefy.

Just as long as it doesn't look like the Horta from the original Trek series I don't care.

<Spock>Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!!</Spock>

 

[Eli]

I don't really like the idea of having to layer the thin sheets of meat together to increase thickness, though. As they say, it would only be suitable for products like chicken nuggets.

Why can't they grow bricks of meat instead of sheets, I wonder?

Imagine throwing a 2 x 1 x 1 foot slab of perfectly marbled steak onto a grill.... Boneless, of course...

 

[JoeKing]

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Meat should come from animals! So that each time we eat meat we eat a little bit of their souls.

mmmmmmm souls.....

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

mmmm...a 12" thick filet

 

[meltdown75]

you know what... if they start growing meat this way, someone is going to eventually grow a peice of ass this way. that's some messed up stuff.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: JoeKing
I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Meat should come from animals! So that each time we eat meat we eat a little bit of their souls.

mmmmmmm souls.....

Souls are overrated. I sold mine to Milhouse a long time ago

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't really like the idea of having to layer the thin sheets of meat together to increase thickness, though.

Why can't they grow bricks of meat instead of sheets, I wonder?

Imagine throwing a 2 x 1 x 1 foot slab of perfectly marbled steak onto a grill.... Boneless, of course...

You could make a meat sculpture with that

 

[So]

Originally posted by: JoeKing
I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Meat should come from animals! So that each time we eat meat we eat a little bit of their souls.

mmmmmmm souls.....

Soul-icious!

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Nimloth
interesting...

would vegeterians be allowed to eat this "meat" ??

No, of course not.

It's not fundamentally different from any other meat - there's just a different medium supporting cell growth.

I think the difference is whether a person is vegetarian for dietary reasons alone, or for moral reasons. If for moral reasons and not dietary, then I don't really see what the problem would be here, as an animal isn't being killed.

 

[jjones]

That's nice but I don't think lab meat will be replacing my porterhouses, new york cuts or rib eyes anytime soon.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't really like the idea of having to layer the thin sheets of meat together to increase thickness, though.

Why can't they grow bricks of meat instead of sheets, I wonder?

Imagine throwing a 2 x 1 x 1 foot slab of perfectly marbled steak onto a grill.... Boneless, of course...

You could make a meat sculpture with that

Kinda like this?

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: LeiZaK

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't really like the idea of having to layer the thin sheets of meat together to increase thickness, though.

Why can't they grow bricks of meat instead of sheets, I wonder?

Imagine throwing a 2 x 1 x 1 foot slab of perfectly marbled steak onto a grill.... Boneless, of course...

You could make a meat sculpture with that

Kinda like this?

No, more like this.

ack

 

[Nitemare]

I could go for some cheap lab grown Kobe beef

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
I could go for some cheap lab grown Kobe beef

I bet that is exactly what the whore from Colorado said