Hatrack River Forum: Meat Trees

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Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :

Yum

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

:Confused that it isn't dated April 1st:

Posted by IvyGirl (Member # 6252) on :

Is this a dobie? If it is, I can't figure of what original...
FG

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Ha ha ha! Look at the source in the upper right hand corner. Really had me going there for a minute...

Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :

Actually this is a case of me not checking my sources thoroughly enough, or really reading anything more than the body. [Embarrassed]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

Snopes rocks!!!

Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :

But it was on the Internet so it must be true!!!1

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Just think...

Chick peas
Liver lillies
Real beefsteak tomatoes

Well, this could make me become a vegetarian!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :

Heh, just earlier today at dinner, Alex, my Scottish stepdad, was saying that if a friend of his from Scotland came to America to visit, he would want to let him eat a bunch of the food around here (I guess Scottish people don't have a variety of food....?), but that the friend guy was a vegetarian, so it wouldn't work well.

And I said, "Well if they learned how to grow meat..."

Heh...heh heh...heh...

*cough*

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

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And I said, "Well if they learned how to grow meat..."

They'd create haggis all over again!

I'm not ready for that. Is anyone, really?

[Angst]

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

My sister had a coworker who tried to convince her that Kentucky Fried Chicken was forced to change it's name to KFC by the FDA because meat grown from a culture in a petri dish isn't legally chicken. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Minor tangent: When Bruce Campbell was on location in New Zealand during Xena and Hercules, someone asked him if they had KFC in the States. He said, "Yeah, the K stands for Kentucky."

Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :

Despite this being a WWN story, I expect this kind of thing a decade or so down the road. We are rapidly approaching the point where this kind of thing is feasible, and it might be a much more efficent way to produce meat, with virtually no waste. Of course, I don't doubt the first offerings will not be exactly meat, more like a protien-rich meatfruit. Trying to engineer more complete meals or even medicine in the form of fruit is already underway. Do a google search for "nutraceutical".

Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :

It was that expectation which caused me to fall for it.

I also fully expect a few "bioethicists" (or bioluddites) to whine about playing God.