Lab grown meat!

[stephenMM]

Sure, I'd eat it. It would HAVE to taste better than those Morning Star hockey puck "sausages"! In the past, I ate some sort of fake chicken nuggets that were fungi that was lab grown in vats, can't remember the name of it. It actually tasted pretty much like chicken, at least w/ their packaged sauce on it. Which supports my theory that if you put enough sugar and salt on almost anything it will taste fine. The key is to heat and brown it in a regular oven, not a microwave.

I understand that "meat" is sold that doesn't come from factory farms and feedlots. But it's still the flesh of a living being that doesn't bother anybody and doesn't eat you. So you shouldn't eat it. That's only fair. Salmon are exempt, as I ain't skeered of no fish. A fast moving 1600 lb cow though is something different.

If we-who-are-temporarily-at-the-top-of-the-food-chain don't watch out (see 1600 lb cow above for one of the many exceptions to that), it could be "Revenge of the Cows/Chicken/Pigs Gone Wild". If you live in Louisiana, anything, anything at all that isn't fast enough to get off the plate is OK.

[sheena12]

A few years ago, I said that I would not try it, but was not against it, as long as animals are not harmed. Now I would try it, but to my knowledge, it's not available.

[OutdoorLover]

I would certainly try it. Farm animals are typically treated quite poorly by farmers, and lab grown meat would eliminate the animal cruelty concerns. So far though, imitation meats have been considerably more expensive than real meats, which makes them more of a boutique produce than a mass market product.

Investors were piling into plant based meat makers because they were upcharging egregiously and seemed to have unlimited growth potential. But then sales leveled off and the investors exited. Forgetting about this phenomenon as a stock market darling and just thinking about them as a business that's trying to make a positive impact on the world, as they purport to be - they have got to get down at least to price parity to truly be a mass market product.

[justanokie]

I don't see the point. Why would a vegan or a meat eater choose these products? They are fake highly processed foods that are probably about as heart healthy as a box of cheerios.

Originally Posted by OutdoorLover

Farm animals are typically treated quite poorly by farmers, and lab grown meat would eliminate the animal cruelty concerns.

Really? I dunno, I think most farm animals fair much better than wild animals. Most farmers are intensely interested in making sure their animals are well fed and healthy. In fact most of a farmers time is spent growing food for their animals to eat, and treating sick ones.

[Don in Austin]

"my theory that if you put enough sugar and salt on almost anything it will taste fine..." Won't taste fine to me. I detest excess sugar and salt. Sad to say much of the American public has become used to excess sugar and salt as crutch for flavorless processed foods.

[Peggy Anne]

I like the idea for carnivore animals, sanctuary, rehab, wild animals disabled. Anything that reduces animal slaughter, and meat consumption.