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i'll have a petri-patty-melt please
With all the frenzy that Thanksgiving brought, this may have been the news story that fell through the cracks. Reuters reports that hamburgers will soon be made in a petri dish. Yes, you heard us right. Scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands are trying to figure out how to produce meat in a laboratory to solve world hunger.
It is expected that the first lab-grown meat will be ready sometime in the next 12 months, but it won’t come cheap. Mark Post, a vascular biologist on the research team, told Reuters it would cost roughly 250,000 euros (around $345,000) for the first man-made burger.
What is it exactly? According to Reuters, “In-vitro or cultured meat is a real animal flesh product, just one that has never been part of a complete, living animal — quite different from imitation meat or meat substitutes aimed at vegetarians and made from vegetable proteins like soy.” The actual “meat” sounds and appears quite unappetizing. It’s colorless and doesn’t contain fat; it’s all muscle and lacks the flavor of meat. But Post is confident he will create something in his laboratory that will rival the real thing.
i'll have a petri-patty-melt please
With all the frenzy that Thanksgiving brought, this may have been the news story that fell through the cracks. Reuters reports that hamburgers will soon be made in a petri dish. Yes, you heard us right. Scientists at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands are trying to figure out how to produce meat in a laboratory to solve world hunger.
It is expected that the first lab-grown meat will be ready sometime in the next 12 months, but it won’t come cheap. Mark Post, a vascular biologist on the research team, told Reuters it would cost roughly 250,000 euros (around $345,000) for the first man-made burger.
What is it exactly? According to Reuters, “In-vitro or cultured meat is a real animal flesh product, just one that has never been part of a complete, living animal — quite different from imitation meat or meat substitutes aimed at vegetarians and made from vegetable proteins like soy.” The actual “meat” sounds and appears quite unappetizing. It’s colorless and doesn’t contain fat; it’s all muscle and lacks the flavor of meat. But Post is confident he will create something in his laboratory that will rival the real thing.
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This sounds disgusting.
Reminds me of the time that KFC (or some place like that?) was accused of cloning headless, featherless chicken-meat-like blobs of flesh.
Obviously the KFC situation was a total myth, but people bought it.
Seriously.
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My vote is: just feed the hungry normal fucking food. I can't see any reason why this would be a better alternative.
2011: East Troy, WI 1 & 2; Toronto ON 1 & 2; Hamilton ON
2012: Berlin, Germany 1& 2; Stockholm Sweden; Oslo Norway; Copenhagen Denmark
2013: Wrigley Field- Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA 1 & 2; Hartford, CT; Vancouver BC; Seattle, WA.
2014: Cincinnati, OH; St. Louis, MO; Moline, IL; Milwaukee, WI
2016: Wrigley Field- Chicago 1&2