Artificial meat - yuck. I wouldn't eat it. [General]
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Francis

2011 Sep 1
I rather have soylent green . . .

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afinekettle

2011 Sep 1
Uh, why? If it is chemically identical, what's with the hate?
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Francis

2011 Sep 2
@afinekettle, good point ! I've read about it before and they grow muscle cells in a thin layer on a plate of glass by bathing them in a nutrient solution. I suppose it could be nutritionally superior to muscle from regular animals . . .
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zymurgist

2011 Sep 2
Yeah, well, mechanically separated meat is chemically identical too but I don't like the idea of eating it either

I wonder if this would solve any ethical problems for vegetarians though
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tourist

2011 Sep 2
i'd eat it if they can also grow artificial fat... straight protein probably doesn't taste like much.