Lab grown meat: yay or nay?

[GregW]

I doubt I would buy any except to find out the taste and texture. After all we eat mushrooms (fungus), Tofu (coagulated soy protein) along with cheese (processed milk solids sometimes with fungus), lobster (really big bugs) and God knows what all in existing processed and “natural” foods. Vat grown protein has been a staple idea in science fiction colonial stories for decades. What do you think the Star Trek replicators were serving?

[grimace8]

Originally Posted by GregW

lobster (really big bugs)

they do look like bugs from the ocean!

[tonythetuna]

Originally Posted by 70Ford

Reminds me of Quorn.
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Actually, the Quorn "Chicken Nuggets" are quite good. In fact,way better than any soy nuggets I have ever eaten.

[Happy in Wyoming]

The link to Yahoo is gone; here's a direct link to Reuters;

South Carolina scientist works to grow meat in lab | Reuters

I've thought about this for years. It would mean the end of so much suffering for animals without converting everyone to vegetarian food. It would mean the end of not only factory farming, but eventually all farming geared to meat production. There would be no more fear of running out of water in the West. The environment could recover, as it takes several poundsa of forage or grain to produce one pound of meat. The meat would taste better.

This would be science at its best.

[FreedomThroughAnarchism]

There's been a fairly major breakthrough in TVP (textured vegetable protein) lately, also.... though they are still trying to perfect the particulars of the process before it goes into production. The new process is designed to bring a "real meat" texture to TVP that it never had before, making it more palatable, as texture often plays an integral part in whether people like a certain food.

[HappyTexan]

This will give people their "perfect" pork chop and steak.