Synthetic meat

[CrazyCatLady]

I think I know where most people will go on this one.

But would you eat this 'synthetic meat' if it made it's way onto the market?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972018

 

[AeryFairy]

Okay, printing meat is a new one. Usually you hear about test tube meat and the like.

My answer is no, I wouldn't eat it. It has its origins in an animal - you need to have an animal to get the cells to make this version. However, I approve of it as an alternative to the 'regular' kind of meat - I'd rather the people that eat hundreds of meaty meals a year used a product that harmed significantly less animals. It's unlikely that everyone in the world will convert to veg*nism, so this sort of thing would be the next best thing, I guess.

Although I don't know how many omnis would go for it. Most of them will likely think it's "icky".

 

[Alice-Bee]

No, I dont think I would. Reguardless of its production its still from an animal.
Addtionally I feel that my tastes have changed. Meat is not something I miss, even though I eat faux meats I have no desire to 'taste' meat again.

 

[ledboots]

Maybe as a new vegetarian I would have tried it, but I honestly don't miss actual meat.

 

[AuburnLavender]

Okay, printing meat is a new one. Usually you hear about test tube meat and the like.

My answer is no, I wouldn't eat it. It has its origins in an animal - you need to have an animal to get the cells to make this version. However, I approve of it as an alternative to the 'regular' kind of meat - I'd rather the people that eat hundreds of meaty meals a year used a product that harmed significantly less animals. It's unlikely that everyone in the world will convert to veg*nism, so this sort of thing would be the next best thing, I guess.

Although I don't know how many omnis would go for it. Most of them will likely think it's "icky".

I agree with Aery here that I'd rather see 'meat eaters' eating this than 'actual' meat however I wouldn't personally buy and eat this. As a new vegetarian I haven't missed meat as of yet, gimme a couple of years and I might, and I'm loving the new range of meals I've discovered!

 

[Lord Snot]

I would have to ponder this a LONG time to establish exactly whether eating it would fit into my ethical stance. For many reasons I think it's different to every other ethical debate I've though about (eating rescue hen's eggs, honey, 'freegan' meat etc) and isn't as clear cut. Six years on I still struggle with meat cravings.

 

[RabbitLuvr]

I would have to ponder this a LONG time to establish exactly whether eating it would fit into my ethical stance. For many reasons I think it's different to every other ethical debate I've though about (eating rescue hen's eggs, honey, 'freegan' meat etc) and isn't as clear cut. Six years on I still struggle with meat cravings.

This.

 

[CrazyCatLady]

I don't think that I would...I never liked meat in the first place.
But it would be great to see this on the market taking the place of even part of the demand for real meat.
I don't think it would be very popular though. Unless it was much healthier. It won't appeal to meat on a compassionate level I don't think. And meat can be so cheap these days I don't think it would be able to compete on that front xxx

 

[Freesia]

I would welcome an alternative to how things are currently happening, I would be happy to go to an omni's house and find this cooking in their kitchen, rather than what they are cooking at the moment. Whether I would eat it or not to me is a side issue. I would especially love to feed it to carnivorous pets and get them to be "vegetarians" like me. : )

 

[mlp]

I would welcome an alternative to how things are currently happening, I would be happy to go to an omni's house and find this cooking in their kitchen, rather than what they are cooking at the moment. Whether I would eat it or not to me is a side issue. I would especially love to feed it to carnivorous pets and get them to be "vegetarians" like me. : )

It would indeed be great for carnivorous pets.

 

[SummerRain]

I'm not sure how I'd feel about it. From an ethical point of view I haven't really figured it out. There are persuasive arguments from either side, and actually I think at this very early stage it's hard to make up an opinion. Does this sort of research involve animal testing? If so I couldn't support it, even if the end result was ethical to my mind.

I'm inclined to say "what's the point?" because I don't miss meat, and so it seems kind of pointless to me. But that's not an ethical reason not to eat it, and also lots of people (vegetarians and non vegetarians alike) DO want to eat meat, which is clearly the point, just not one I relate to. The carnivorous pets point is also a good one. Hmm.

I think there might well be other issues involved. These type of things are often hailed as being environmental breakthroughs but I struggle to see how producing meat in a lab is going to be environmentally friendly... I get that it will use less land/etc, but surely it would use more energy? Plus, so far, everything made like this has been reported to be very unappetising, it may well never really taste like meat since it would not have been "used" in the same way meat from an animal has.

So yes, a big ol' "I don't know" from me.

 

[thefadedone]

Nope wouldn't eat it. There are some things I do miss, but fortunately there are vegan substitutes for all those things. I find them just as good, if not better than the real thing.

 

[beancounter]

I think I know where most people will go on this one.

But would you eat this 'synthetic meat' if it made it's way onto the market?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20972018

I never liked the taste of meat, so no, I wouldn't eat it.

Heck, some veggie burgers try to taste like real meat. It completely grosses me out.

 

[Lord Snot]

I'm very envious of all of you that lost/never had a taste for meat

 

[mlp]

I liked meat, and some of it quite a lot. Decades later, and I still remember the taste of my favorites.

 

[Spang]

[poem]
I would not eat synthetic meat
Not today, not in a month
Not any time of the day or week
[/poem]

 

[Alice-Bee]

I do not like it Spang I am!

 

[Freesia]

I'm not sure how I'd feel about it. From an ethical point of view I haven't really figured it out. There are persuasive arguments from either side, and actually I think at this very early stage it's hard to make up an opinion. Does this sort of research involve animal testing? If so I couldn't support it, even if the end result was ethical to my mind.

I'm inclined to say "what's the point?" because I don't miss meat, and so it seems kind of pointless to me. But that's not an ethical reason not to eat it, and also lots of people (vegetarians and non vegetarians alike) DO want to eat meat, which is clearly the point, just not one I relate to. The carnivorous pets point is also a good one. Hmm.

I think there might well be other issues involved. These type of things are often hailed as being environmental breakthroughs but I struggle to see how producing meat in a lab is going to be environmentally friendly... I get that it will use less land/etc, but surely it would use more energy? Plus, so far, everything made like this has been reported to be very unappetising, it may well never really taste like meat since it would not have been "used" in the same way meat from an animal has.

So yes, a big ol' "I don't know" from me.

From what I read it is made from a biopsy of tissue from an animal, which lives on.

If it ends factory farming then I am all for it.

 

[Spang]

I deleted the haiku. I did not like it Spang I am.

 

[Lord Snot]

From what I read it is made from a biopsy of tissue from an animal, which lives on.

If it ends factory farming then I am all for it.

Do they just need one biopsy and then they have the cultures they need, or do they need to take tissue from an animal for every bit of meat they make?

I should stop being lazy and look it up myself, I know...