Simpsons did it
But for real, I am super interested in the concept of cultivated meat. I’m no vegan, but if less animals need to be mistreated and murdered for my steak, I’m not going to complain.
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I mean I think in this case Norse mythology beat the Simpsons to this at least a few centuries before with Heidrun
The idea that a company can grow meat by just adding a few carbs and vitamins to a flask of cells is ridiculous. These synthetic meats are all fed fetal bovine serum. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is made by drawing blood from bovine fetuses via cardiac puncture at government-approved slaughterhouses. The collected blood is allowed to clot, then centrifuged to separate the serum from the red blood cells. The raw serum is then frozen and undergoes further processing, including sterile filtration, to become suitable for use in cell culture.
Any steak made this way would have to cost thousands of dollars.
The idea that a company can grow meat by just adding a few carbs and vitamins to a flask of cells is ridiculous.
Right now it is. The attention these projects are getting is intended to pique the interest of people who can help fund research into making the process more efficient and affordable.
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This is the best I’ve come up with: It’s Diet Meat. Just as Diet Coke is an approximation of the real thing, so too are cultivated meatballs.
I hope that wasn't meant to be a pitch for it. Diet Coke tastes like ass.
They simply taste a bit less meaty
See that's the disconnect - diet Coke doesn't taste like Coke that's less Coke-y, it tastes like Coke that had the sugar replaced with a scoop of Grandpa's ashes and a dash of betadine.
If we've made the meat equivalent to diet Coke, the best course of action is to just skip that nastiness and cook up some tofu or paneer or something.
If we've made the meat that's just a little less meaty, okay cool, I'll give it a shot.
...but those two are NOT the same thing.
Kinda agree, I might try the bacon if it's not prohibitively expensive. But an ethical source of pork fat would be pretty nice for any culinary focused vegetarian. But I actually liked the impossible stuff I hear people talk a lot of shit about, so I'm obviously no super tasting expert.
Tasting expert can only tell you what they taste, not if it's any good because that is entirely up to the individual. Some (arguably quite a lot) people love diet coke, does that make OPs statement wrong? I'd say no because that individual doesn't like diet coke, but that doesn't speak for everyone.
Never said they were wrong, but they are essentially saying if we don't get it perfect, then why try at all? That I disagree with. I'm with them on not liking diet Coke, but I like that it exists for whoever does like it.
Every Diet Coke drinker I've ever known has been a fat person who thinks they are addressing their weight problem by drinking Diet Coke, and doing literally nothing else.
In their defense, drinks are some of the worst offenders for excess calories, which is what drives weight gain.
Diet Coke isn't medicine or anything, but if you're drinking it when you would normally be drinking a normal Coke, then you just saved yourself a couple hundred calories.
Obviously not going to make up for a 3k calorie per day diet w/ no exercise, but it is a step in the right direction.
If you can make ethical bacon, you can also make ethical long bacon
I've been waiting for this for years. I can't wait to eat the first celebrity that donates some cells for a tie-in promo with Taco Bell. That shit is going to be so mid and our nightmare cyberpunk future is incomplete without it. XD
I would definitely donate some of my fat to taste myself
Possibly even more ethical since humans are capable of consenting
Jeffrey Dahmer is interested
One day they’ll breed an animal that makes it clear it wants to be eaten.
the Cow was the Dish of the Day at Milliways, which arrived when Zaphod Beeblebrox (accompanied by Arthur, Ford, and Trillian) requested to 'meet the meat'. It was described as a large dairy animal, a "large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type." It was said to have large watery eyes, as well as small horns and what might have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. The creature seems peaceful and at ease, and at one point is described to have "mooed."
The creature offers Zaphod and his party his shoulder, braised in a white wine sauce, then goes on to offer other parts of its body, having worked hard to fatten itself up through force-feeding itself for months. Eventually, after Arthur and Trillian have expressed their shock and Ford has expressed his disinterest, Zaphod requests four rare steaks and the Dish of the Day goes off to shoot himself, telling Arthur not to worry, as he says "I'll be very humane."[1]
Indeed what I was referencing.
Okja kind of has similar themes about a fictional animal bred for food.
Beyond Lies the Wub
So a show like that. Pig was basically wolverine and was prideful it was going to save humanity through its suffering. However, its meat was disgusting so no one wanted to eat turning the poor thing evil cursing humanity for rejecting his salvation.
One of the more emotional roller coasters experiences I seen for villian 🤣.
Kinda... creepy. Just the way this article is presented, I mean.
It almost sounds like "Now we can finally eat Max the dog and know exactly what he tastes like without really eating him! Isn't that right Max?" lol
But if this is just a weird way of saying "we have synthetic pork now" then kudos I guess
Give me celebrity human flesh. I want to know what steve Buschemi tastes of
Give me Musk and Bezos so I know what to expect when the revolution comes.
I expect they both taste like asshole
I'm just gonna stick to beans
Seems like half-assed lab grown meat. I'll wait till they figure out the real deal.
I can't tell from the article or Mission Barn's page whether they need a new sample for every batch, or just needed one sample to seed their bioreactors. I'm not sure (as someone who avoids meat for ethical and environmental reasons) if there's a big difference.
I'm actually happy with Beyond burgers/sausages when I do want meat taste, but nice to have more options. (Mozzarella and Parmesan are what I'd look for next, though Rebel Cheese is doing a good job with some more cheese-platter varieties.)
It may not be an every batch thing but you would need more samples at least eventually. Cells have division limits. While these are somewhat bypassed in these types of setups you do run into issues for longer term.
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