Burger, please!

Skybird · 08-05-13, 04:19 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23529841

Okay, I do not like burgers, but for the sake of the headline...

Why not, if they get the aromes right one day and it is at least ecologically not more costly than natural beef.

Still a long way to go, no doubt. But I have no reservations against it just because it is artifical. If taste and sensory stimulus is fine, then it is fine. If it lacks, then they still have work to do.

However, this was minced meat. A solid peace of meat like for a steak - I could imagine that is still some very different business.

mapuc · 08-05-13, 04:43 PM

Not the first time I have heard of this artificial burger.

However one word came into my mind-food replicator(from ST TNG)

It's just a matter of time, when Burger King, McDonalds a.s.o only serve those kind of burgers

Markus

Wolferz · 08-05-13, 04:57 PM

At $330,000.00 a sandwich, I'll pass. LOL

mapuc · 08-05-13, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

At $330,000.00 a sandwich, I'll pass. LOL

The price will drop a lot in the future, when they have made it possible to mass produce this product.

It's like the potato, the first always cost a lot..the rest I presume you know

Markus

vienna · 08-05-13, 05:30 PM

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At $330,000.00 a sandwich, I'll pass. LOL

Gee, this was probably a Pentagon project...

<O>

WernherVonTrapp · 08-05-13, 08:34 PM

I can see it now, "Lab Burgers" at the "Ristorante Scientifica".

I'll have the Milkweed salad please.

BossMark · 08-06-13, 01:52 AM

Err no thanks......

Betonov · 08-06-13, 02:43 AM

Why not, it's still meat grown outside the cow.

Jimbuna · 08-06-13, 06:18 AM

Me neither...prefer the real thing.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-06-13, 07:00 AM

Maybe we can take the beef from real cattle, and then patch them up with the lab grown tissue. No more slaughterhouses!

Wolferz · 08-06-13, 07:13 AM

I like cows.

They taste great!

TarJak · 08-06-13, 07:15 AM

If you are going to eat artificial meat then there are much cheaper ways of doing it. Soy burgers etc. I get the technical exercise but the cost to produce compared to growing a few beans and turing that into a burger is way out of proportion. For my tastes,; Kill me a cow!

Skybird · 08-06-13, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

Maybe we can take the beef from real cattle, and then patch them up with the lab grown tissue. No more slaughterhouses!

But that is what the whole story is about!? They used stem cells from a living cow and let them grew in the lab.

I am quite certain that they will go all the way, and that it will become affordable. Just give it time.

Any ecological or economical side-effects currently are hard to predict precisely. Just one thing is certain: man is an omnivore, not a pure carnivore or vegetarian. Our jaw and teeth and our digestion system - especially the part that we lack, compared to our cousins in the world of big apes! - tell that story quite clearly, even if many vegetarians actively close their eyes before that, for ethical concerns. The ethical argument - not bringing suffering to animals - I can understand and accept. The biological one, I refuse to take serious anymore (I did in the past, but information input forced me to correct my former views from long time ago).

Herr-Berbunch · 08-06-13, 07:31 AM

Wolferz · 08-06-13, 07:48 AM

Well, he's gotta eat too!

08-05-13, 04:19 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,683 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Burger, please! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23529841 Okay, I do not like burgers, but for the sake of the headline... Why not, if they get the aromes right one day and it is at least ecologically not more costly than natural beef. Still a long way to go, no doubt. But I have no reservations against it just because it is artifical. If taste and sensory stimulus is fine, then it is fine. If it lacks, then they still have work to do. However, this was minced meat. A solid peace of meat like for a steak - I could imagine that is still some very different business. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

08-05-13, 04:57 PM	#3
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	At $330,000.00 a sandwich, I'll pass. LOL __________________ Tomorrow never comes

08-05-13, 08:34 PM	#6
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	I can see it now, "Lab Burgers" at the "Ristorante Scientifica". I'll have the Milkweed salad please. __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Err no thanks...... __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,751 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Me neither...prefer the real thing. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-05-13, 04:43 PM	#2
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,543 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Not the first time I have heard of this artificial burger. However one word came into my mind-food replicator(from ST TNG) It's just a matter of time, when Burger King, McDonalds a.s.o only serve those kind of burgers Markus

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Why not, it's still meat grown outside the cow.

08-06-13, 07:00 AM	#10
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Maybe we can take the beef from real cattle, and then patch them up with the lab grown tissue. No more slaughterhouses! __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

08-06-13, 07:13 AM	#11
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	I like cows. They taste great! __________________ Tomorrow never comes

08-06-13, 07:15 AM	#12
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	If you are going to eat artificial meat then there are much cheaper ways of doing it. Soy burgers etc. I get the technical exercise but the cost to produce compared to growing a few beans and turing that into a burger is way out of proportion. For my tastes,; Kill me a cow!

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08-06-13, 07:48 AM	#15
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Food for Dowly Well, he's gotta eat too! __________________ Tomorrow never comes