Would You Eat A Lab Grown Burger

[ludwig]

Apparently one's been unveiled. I don't if it was behind a little curtain or something.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22885969

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23576143

[viv38]

I'd consider it.

[jim360]

If it tasted OK and was reasonably priced, yes, I would.

[paddywak]

I'd give it a try and,like jim,if it tasted ok and the price was right I'd be happy enough with it.

[Baldric]

I'd prefer mine to be born and raised on the gentle slopes of the
Newmarket Downs!

[naomi24]

I'd rather not.

[jim360]

Why not? Arguably such a burger would be healthier, bred as pure meat and free from the need to be treated with endless antibiotics and pesticides, etc., that naturally-reared animals risk-- and at least you would know where it came from!

[naomi24]

I know where my beef comes from.

[Arksided]

If it never went Moo or Neigh.. then its not a Burger. Not for me thanks I've tried Quorn.

[marval]

No thank you.

[naomi24]

Would you eat one, Ludwig?

[Captain Spod]

Like a shot.
Was it revealed from behind a beef curtain?

[joggerjayne]

Well, it's presumably been cultivated in controlled, hygienic conditions.

As opposed to a slice off a cow's butt.

[Arksided]

I love a bit of a cow's butt.

[Hopkirk]

I would be more likely to eat it than real beef

[ludwig]

// Would you eat one, Ludwig? //

I don't think so. I think If meat became so scarce or expensive that this was how it had to be produced, I'd just become a vegetarian.
It's not the same as a quorn chicken breast or something, ie artficial meat - it's real meat, but artificially grown, which strikes me as very weird.

[naomi24]

Me too.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

OMG Captain Spod, that made me cry laughing.

[jim360]

From the descriptions this sounds like something that could be promising in the future, and if it ever does progress I wouldn't say no. Mind, I doubt it will ever beat the real thing for flavour, at least not for a long time. How can it? Flavours are likely to be far too complicated for any lab to replicate exactly.

So, in practice I don't think I would choose a lab burger over Aberdeen Angus. But in principle I don't see a problem with it.

[Arksided]

Had to share this... stay with it, its what we can expect:

[pixie373]

Jim, they could always inject it with antibiotics and pesticides to get an authentic flavour?