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I'm waiting for the technology to reach the point where we can create whole new meats. Like, imagine a world where pigs had never evolved, and then a scientist
by raldi 15y ago
I'm waiting for the technology to reach the point where we can create whole new meats. Like, imagine a world where pigs had never evolved, and then a scientist, working in a lab, invented bacon. They'd make millions and millions of dollars, and dramatically improve the lives of a billion fat people.
And even in our world, just think: There are meats out there, waiting to be invented, that are a thousand times more delicious than bacon.
- celoyd 15y agoI’m kind of hoping cultured human is delicious. I’m going to send a cheek swab to a PO box, and six weeks later a slab of my own pseudo-shoulder will show up packed in dry ice. My first experiment will be: 1 kg own cultured flesh 3 cups orange juice lime, kiwifruit, or pineapple juice to taste 1 clove of garlic, mashed pepper and salt to taste Combine and put in a saucepan on low heat without a lid. Let simmer until the liquids steam off and it begins to fry in the rendered fat (about 2 hours). At this point it should be very tender and break apart into threads. Serve over rice or in tacos.
- peteretep 15y agoThere's something a little terrifying about this, which I can't quite place.
- dodo53 15y agoWell cannibalism is a pretty strong taboo and probably we have evolved disgust reactions to it, but rationally if it hasn't killed anybody and doesn't cause any health issues (like BSE analogues) what's wrong with it?
- random_ind_dude 15y agoI think people do end up eating a little bit of others everyday. Won't some of the skin cells shed by humans everyday end up in the food they prepare?
- raldi 15y agoHe's mixing imperial and metric measurements in the same recipe.
- celoyd 15y agoThat’s an interesting. I rarely use actual measuring cups for main ingredients, so I was thinking of everyday cups, not the well-defined unit. So I guess my error was using an ambiguous unit, which is even worse than mixing units.
- thret 15y agoI've read that sci-fi story. Can't quite remember what it was called though.
- onemoreact 15y agoAfter a minor operation in the Army the doctor offered to my father to eat the little bit of himself that was cut out raw. He figured why not and said afterward it was like something between pork and beef, but not really that odd. PS: Now the real question would you pass up the same option?
- sliverstorm 15y agoI dunno, the reason bacon is delicious is because it's not meat, it's fat with some meat in it. I expect adjusting the constitution of the meat won't change people's enjoyment of bacon much.
- aaronblohowiak 15y agoIf you render the fat out of bacon, it is still delicious. Vegetarian "bacon" salt is still delicious, but not fat (and has a rabid fan base.) Fat is delicious, but bacon is not delicious because it has a high fat content.
- sliverstorm 15y agoOk, the high salt concentration helps too.
- DanBC 15y agoI don't know what USians or Canadians call bacon. I'm in England. You can get low-fat trimmed bacon, but even that has some fats. It's also salty. And it's often served with some sugars. (ketchup). This fat / salt / sugar combination is supposedly a great combination to make foods palatable. Here's a review of a book by a former FDA administrator: (http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227091.500-review-ithe-end-of-overeatingi.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227091.500-review-it...) (http://www.theendofovereatingbook.com/ http://www.theendofovereatingbook.com/)
- gerggerg 15y agoIt most certainly is. Vegetarian bacon, while good, does not taste like bacon. And bacon with all the fat removed does not taste like bacon. It may be good, but it's not bacon.
- dkersten 15y agoI know someone who used to keep pigs for meat for family and friends and have eaten some of the sausages and bacon. Pure meat and pure delicious.
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- JoeAltmaier 15y agoI think bacon comes pretty darn near the perfect fat-salt-sugar trifecta. It may not be possible to be more than 10% more delicious than bacon, if that.
- ugh 15y agoSo, what’s it with all the bacon love? I don’t get it. I love grilled chicken breast and beef tenderloin, the only thing bacon has going for it is that it‘s cheap, fast and easy to make.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoIts nearly the perfect ration of fat, sugar and salt, that triggers a craving. Not really the flavor.
- ugh 15y agoI still don’t get it. What’s so perfect about it? It’s bland and boring. Maybe it’s like chips to me? I love them but I know they are junk.
- gerggerg 15y agoThere already are artificial flavors, even artificial meat flavors. McDonalds french fries are sprayed with it. The reason he wants to make this a burger isn't because they've made artificial cow, it's because the artificial meat has the consistency of ground beef at best.