Jed sez: > The PETA prize turns out to be bogus. They will only give it to researchers > who have already succeeded and who are in a position to make billions. This > is like offering a prize for a working cold fusion generator. See: > > http://www.slate.com/id/2189693/ > > - Jed
A follow-up thought. IMHO, this goal of trying to create an exact replica of "meat" as it REALLY -should- taste, as if it had just been slaughtered right off the hook, is a ridiculous one. I regularly chew on BOCA brand veggie burgers. I consume vanilla SILK with my breakfast cereal. Both are soy products. Both advertise the claim that they mimic the taste of an original food group, like (BOCA) hamburger or (silk) milk. Neither does. In the long run, it's irrelevant. If the new products taste good, or at least taste interestingly good I don't care. It's all an acquired taste, just as eating slaughtered farm meat and drinking milk from cows for the first time was an acquired taste. This is not to say I'm against the mass-production of test tube meat. I'm certainly not. The process WILL become more relevant, even vital to our planet's self-interests, I'm sure of that. What I'm trying to suggest is that test tube meat will never, EVER, no matter what they try engineering will taste like farm grown meat. They may get the product to taste and feel closer to the original flavors and textures, and that's ok, but they will never be able to create the original enchilada. To which I say: get over it, America! Grieve for what you can't have, and then allow yourself to embrace what IS available. It ain't that bad. It might even be more nutritional as the manufacturing process will be able to better control production standards, eliminating unwanted, maybe even dangerous by-products. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
