Current Events > Cultured meat: yay or nay?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat

In the wake of all this plant based fast food meals

I only eat steaks made from cows that have received an honorary doctorate, although I will compromise and have a hamburger from a cow without one as long as there's a picture of it with a top hat and monocle.

Better than uncultured swine.

If I can get a burger made of ambiguous cow for the half the price of an actual cow, then hell yes.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If I can get a burger made of ambiguous cow for the half the price of an actual cow, then hell yes.

this. especially if the taste was the same or better.

If it costs more, and the only marketing angle is "guilt", then it's not going anywhere. Impossible/Beyond are still struggling to get any market traction, because it still costs too damn much.

Yay

TendoDRM posted...

Better than uncultured swine.

Damn, you beat me to it! :p

Very yay.

The bio-industry could downsize drastically. Aside from preventing a lot of animal harm, the environmental improvements would be colossal.

As for costs, cultured meat companies are constantly working on refining the production to the point where it will be affordable by the time it's expected to be approved in various first-world countries.
So far the only cultured meat that's publicly available are chicken nuggets in Singapore, which seems to be going ok so far.

I'm all for cultured meat. Way better than philistine meat.

Only 50 years away

Gosh darn NAY

DarthWendy posted...

Gosh darn NAY

It might be either that or resort to eating cricket powder in 2050...

All joking aside, if it tastes good and doesn't give you cancer more than normal meat, probably. Just get it right and I have no issue eating the science meat.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If it costs more, and the only marketing angle is "guilt", then it's not going anywhere. Impossible/Beyond are still struggling to get any market traction, because it still costs too damn much.

For what it's worth the impossible stuff is hella hard to distinguish from real meat, I've had it a bunch of times.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If it costs more, and the only marketing angle is "guilt", then it's not going anywhere. Impossible/Beyond are still struggling to get any market traction, because it still costs too damn much.

I would happily pay more if it was better for the environment and just as good. I simply havent found something just as good though.

Noumas posted...

It might be either that or resort to eating cricket powder in 2050...

https://i.imgur.com/6BKyj8x.gif

I think we should all take a cow to the opera.

DarthWendy posted...

https://i.imgur.com/6BKyj8x.gif

Lol I just saw this movie a few months ago. What was it again rats or human remains or roaches?

TheWizardOfOrz posted...

For what it's worth the impossible stuff is hella hard to distinguish from real meat, I've had it a bunch of times.

Is the idea really to mimic the taste of beef hamburger? I like their distinctive taste, just how I like chicken burger or turkey burger

HeWhoHasNoShadow posted...

I'm all for cultured meat. Way better than philistine meat.

I wouldn't want to eat biblical meat either.

TheWizardOfOrz posted...

For what it's worth the impossible stuff is hella hard to distinguish from real meat, I've had it a bunch of times.

Then you have bad taste buds.

Questionmarktarius posted...

If it costs more, and the only marketing angle is "guilt", then it's not going anywhere. Impossible/Beyond are still struggling to get any market traction, because it still costs too damn much.

the guilty conscience having meat consumer demographic is real

we out here, and we will pay a premium rather than go vegetarian

I'll be happy to try it if it's a cheaper alternative and won't break me when I need to go meat shopping but with the way things are it'll probably be way more expensive then real meat and probably even more expensive then vegan options.