Has anyone tried man-made meat?

[funksouljon]

Curious if anyone here has a review. I want to try it just to say I have, but I have zero interest in it as a regular source.

Even if they make it completely indiscernible from real meat, the tin foil hat me says "what else are they going to put in it?" I read a piece about how they expect to be able to incorporate medicine etc into the meat at some point. Just the thought gives me the heebeegeebees.

 

[PerkyForHerky]

What is man-made meat? Is it only gay to eat if I lock eyes with it?

 

[KitingHigh]

I've had a veggie burger if that counts.

 

[Nolomite]

There is a company that makes "the Impossible Burger" - totally plant-based, but selling at primo burger places. I had a dust-up with them over their prices combined with their mission to save the planet.

Excerpt from their mission statement:
" But using animals to make meat is a prehistoric and destructive technology. Animal agriculture occupies almost half the land on earth, consumes a quarter of our freshwater and destroys our ecosystems. So we’re doing something about it: We found a way to make meat using plants, so that we never have to use animals again. "

The problem is that if you see an Impossible Burger substitution option is typically $3, on a burger that already costs in the $15 range.

https://impossiblefoods.com/mission
The are not going to save the planet by selling $20 burgers,


But back to your point - if they can create a McRib out of 22 chemicals + pink slime pork, they can certainly start putting Xanax or Viagra analogs in - whatever works best during product tests

 

[funksouljon]

What is man-made meat? Is it only gay to eat if I lock eyes with it?

Close, but nope.

Ignore the obviously pro lab meat for sake of "what is man-made meat" answer.


Or Article.
https://www.wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat/

 

[NDallasRuss]

But back to your point - if they can create a McRib out of 22 chemicals + pink slime pork, they can certainly start putting Xanax or Viagra analogs in - whatever works best during product tests

I'd pay $20 for the Xanax/Viagra burger.

 

[NDallasRuss]

What is man-made meat? Is it only gay to eat if I lock eyes with it?

I may or may not have experimented with man-made meat back in college.

 

[PerkyForHerky]

Close, but nope.

Ignore the obviously pro lab meat for sake of "what is man-made meat" answer.

View embedded media

Or Article.
https://www.wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat/

So the fake meat is bland and looks like hell? I'd rather eat real food. Let Kenya and the other poors get the fake meat, IDC. Assuming they can afford it.

 

[funksouljon]

So the fake meat is bland and looks like hell? I'd rather eat real food. Let Kenya and the other poors get the fake meat, IDC. Assuming they can afford it.

I was following a podcast on it and they said originally it didn't have the right texture or look so it wouldn't appear to be a steak but was easy to make into hamburger. But they have made leaps and bounds over the last 10 years and can now get fat to marble in just like a real steak. They say it is improving and they are figuring out the compounds pretty rapidly to not just make it taste like steak, but can add flavoring / sauce into the meat itself.

The first burger one company created cost $3000 to make, in the last 10 years they have a single burger down to $10. And are continuing to make it more affordable.

 

[DFSNOLE]

What is man-made meat? Is it only gay to eat if I lock eyes with it?

Perky, welcome to the Locker Room. Please understand that it is not as free flowing as HROT. There are pinned guidelines above. Thanks.

 

[KitingHigh]

I was following a podcast on it and they said originally it didn't have the right texture or look so it wouldn't appear to be a steak but was easy to make into hamburger. But they have made leaps and bounds over the last 10 years and can now get fat to marble in just like a real steak. They say it is improving and they are figuring out the compounds pretty rapidly to not just make it taste like steak, but can add flavoring / sauce into the meat itself.

The first burger one company created cost $3000 to make, in the last 10 years they have a single burger down to $10. And are continuing to make it more affordable.

That's still gonna be a no for me dawg.

 

[Nole Lou]

No way.

My daughter is vegetarian though, and she had a burger at one place that was like no other veggie burger we'd ever seen. I forget what it was called, but it was somehow formulated at like the molecular level but with the building blocks from plant sources instead of animal sources. Supposedly.

Not quite lab grown as this describes, but sort of half way between here and there I guess. It looked like an actual burger. She said it was kind of good, but it had been so long since she'd had a real hamburger, that she doesn't remember enough what a real hamburger tastes like to say how close it was. She said the meat-like texture did kind of creep her out, it was what she vaguely remembered a hamburger being/tasting like.

 

[SoddyNole]

I may or may not have experimented with man-made meat back in college.

Boneless tube steak maybe?

 

[Dr. Nole]

I think I saw a movie about this “man made meat”

 

[RunRonnieRun]

Boneless tube steak maybe?

I assure you, it wasn’t boneless.

 

[funksouljon]

I think I saw a movie about this “man made meat”

Yep, it is definitely the stuff of science fiction. Not terribly different than the idea of food replicators on StarTrek. Which does make me wonder, where does the source matter come from for the food replicators?

 

[Dr. Nole]

Yep, it is definitely the stuff of science fiction. Not terribly different than the idea of food replicators on StarTrek. Which does make me wonder, where does the source matter come from for the food replicators?

From the people wearing red shirts...

 

[BelemNole]

I accidentally had one of those Impossible Burgers once. Was not impressed.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

The lab grown meat is different from the Impossible Burger.

I would happily eat a lab grown burger. The reasons are multiple... no cattle slaughtered, less water waste, no cattle ranch methane emissions... and eventually, cheaper.

Like CO2, methane is a greenhouse gas except that it's 23 times more harmful. On a per cow basis the greenhouse emissions are equal to driving the average (ie non-hybrid) car 7800 miles.

I get the bravado of "heck yea, I'm eating a cow, 'Merica!" but at some point you're thumping your chest at the expense of your children and grandchildren's quality of living.

It's astounding to me how many people have been convinced to act in the opposite of their own self interest with no rationale beyond basically saying "I'm gonna do it just 'cause, don't tell me what to do." It's childish.

 

[funksouljon]

From the people wearing red shirts...

 

[Dr. Nole]

The lab grown meat is different from the Impossible Burger.

I would happily eat a lab grown burger. The reasons are multiple... no cattle slaughtered, less water waste, no cattle ranch methane emissions... and eventually, cheaper.

Like CO2, methane is a greenhouse gas except that it's 23 times more harmful. On a per cow basis the greenhouse emissions are equal to driving the average (ie non-hybrid) car 7800 miles.

I get the bravado of "heck yea, I'm eating a cow, 'Merica!" but at some point you're thumping your chest at the expense of your children and grandchildren's quality of living.

It's astounding to me how many people have been convinced to act in the opposite of their own self interest with no rationale beyond basically saying "I'm gonna do it just 'cause, don't tell me what to do." It's childish.

There we go....

 

[KitingHigh]

The lab grown meat is different from the Impossible Burger.

I would happily eat a lab grown burger. The reasons are multiple... no cattle slaughtered, less water waste, no cattle ranch methane emissions... and eventually, cheaper.

Like CO2, methane is a greenhouse gas except that it's 23 times more harmful. On a per cow basis the greenhouse emissions are equal to driving the average (ie non-hybrid) car 7800 miles.

I get the bravado of "heck yea, I'm eating a cow, 'Merica!" but at some point you're thumping your chest at the expense of your children and grandchildren's quality of living.

It's astounding to me how many people have been convinced to act in the opposite of their own self interest with no rationale beyond basically saying "I'm gonna do it just 'cause, don't tell me what to do." It's childish.

Ostrich is actually a very tasty red meat.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Ostrich is actually a very tasty red meat.

I know. I've had it.
The fam was yummy!!!

 

[Dr. Nole]

View embedded media

Oh my...that is such an under appreciated film. So funny....thank you!

 

[funksouljon]

Oh my...that is such an under appreciated film. So funny....thank you!

Totally agree. Im not BIG into Star Trek, but like it enough. That movie was such a great spoof.

 

[Dr. Nole]

 

[surfnole]

I think they sell it at Subway in their cheap subs when it says "meat product". WTH is that?

 

[Gonolz]

Is krab meat classified as man made meat? I've heard it is very popular, especially among the toy train crowd.

 

[FSU_UCLA]

No way.

My daughter is vegetarian though, and she had a burger at one place that was like no other veggie burger we'd ever seen. I forget what it was called, but it was somehow formulated at like the molecular level but with the building blocks from plant sources instead of animal sources. Supposedly.

Not quite lab grown as this describes, but sort of half way between here and there I guess. It looked like an actual burger. She said it was kind of good, but it had been so long since she'd had a real hamburger, that she doesn't remember enough what a real hamburger tastes like to say how close it was. She said the meat-like texture did kind of creep her out, it was what she vaguely remembered a hamburger being/tasting like.

That's the Impossible Burger. The molecule that makes meat taste and look like meat is called "heme," and in meat, it comes from the myoglobin protein that makes red meat red. It's also the molocule in hemoglobin that makes blood red. For the impossible burger, they isolate the heme from leghemoglobin protein in soybean plants.

It makes for a remarkably good meatless hamburger. I've had several different variations from fast food to fancy, and I was impressed each time. At Fatburger, where you can see them slap the patty on the grill, it's most impressive. They look like actual raw hamburger, and they "bleed."

 

[Gonolz]

That's the Impossible Burger. The molecule that makes meat taste and look like meat is called "heme," and in meat, it comes from the myoglobin protein that makes red meat red. It's also the molocule in hemoglobin that makes blood red. For the impossible burger, they isolate the heme from leghemoglobin protein in soybean plants.

It makes for a remarkably good meatless hamburger. I've had several different variations from fast food to fancy, and I was impressed each time. At Fatburger, where you can see them slap the patty on the grill, it's most impressive. They look like actual raw hamburger, and they "bleed."

Your bloodlust is disturbing.

 

[FSU_UCLA]

Your bloodlust is disturbing.

I do love some good chunks of pig blood curd in my hot pot.