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Eagerly anticipating the Aspartame of meat. 2 pounds of bacon, 0 calories.
by cheapsteak 13y ago
Eagerly anticipating the Aspartame of meat. 2 pounds of bacon, 0 calories.
- snogglethorpe 13y agoYeah, but aspartame also tastes awful... I suppose meh-tasting-guilt-free bacon is something, but, well... meh. TT
- mortenjorck 13y agoNot really an analogous comparison. Aspartame is a more complex molecule synthesized to mimic certain properties of monosaccharides. Many would say it is inferior in taste to what it purports to replace. Cultured beef, however, should be more or less the same cocktail of organic compounds that make up a dead cow. How these compounds are mixed, the proportions to which they appear, and what shapes they take are the interesting variables here, and could, with enough control, make something "better than real." I'd draw instead the comparison to synthetic diamonds. Same stuff, potentially unnaturally flawless results.
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- SoftwareMaven 13y agoBacon is so chock full of good-for-you things I'll take it exactly as it is. But I'm definitely OK if Wilbur doesn't have to have an early demise after an inhumane existence to produce it.