In-vitro beef patty

[pooh]

From Yahoo news-


By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger.

The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers.

The burger is the result of years of research by Dutch scientist Mark Post, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht, who is working to show how meat grown in petri dishes might one day be a true alternative to meat from livestock.

The meat in the burger has been made by knitting together around 20,000 strands of protein that has been cultured from cattle stem cells in Post's lab.

The tissue is grown by placing the cells in a ring, like a donut, around a hub of nutrient gel, .......
Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger (http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-cook-worlds-first-vitro-beef-burger-132520674.html)

[graciegirl]

It may be commonplace some day Pooh. But for me and my squeamishness, I want to believe that all burgers come from Publix. I just don't want to THINK about their origin much.

I know who is gonna respond to this.

[Patty55]

This just seems wrong.

[jblum315]

Yes, the $325,000 burger was taste-tested and was pronounced less than tasty

[CFrance]

Yes, the $325,000 burger was taste-tested and was pronounced less than tasty

They said it was very bland, and not enough fat for flavor. NPR called it a Petrie Patty!

[pooh]

I wondered how it tasted......now I know. In theory, this seems a great idea, but the stuff has to taste good, too. Fat cells might be added to the mix, or also " grown" and then mixed with the muscle meat to satisfy taste buds.

[gomoho]

I just don't like it:cryin2:

[BritParrothead]

It looked disgusting!! The only thing on the plate I would have eaten was the lettuce & tomato!

[Schaumburger]

Just topic was just discussed on WGN radio in Chicago. According to one commentator, this process will probably not become commercially viable for about 20 years. So don't truck over to your favorite burger joint tomorrow and ask for one. :)

[senior citizen]

Just topic was just discussed on WGN radio in Chicago. According to one commentator, this process will probably not become commercially viable for about 20 years. So don't truck over to your favorite burger joint tomorrow and ask for one. :)


Don't plan on it. I can't even imagine trying it.

Now, you are from the Midwest where the great beef is grown......
You must know where to get the best of the best burgers, for sure.

Lest they be forgotten , those great Iowa "loose meat" or whatever they are called, sandwiches.........simple but good; I tried one of the recipes a few years ago. An old fashioned favorite from Iowa.

[CFrance]

It looked disgusting!! The only thing on the plate I would have eaten was the lettuce & tomato!

Be careful what you say! that lettuce and tomato are probably GMO.:grumpy:

[Villages PL]

I know who is gonna respond to this.

Who? :confused:

[Schaumburger]

Don't plan on it. I can't even imagine trying it.

Now, you are from the Midwest where the great beef is grown......
You must know where to get the best of the best burgers, for sure.

Lest they be forgotten , those great Iowa "loose meat" or whatever they are called, sandwiches.........simple but good; I tried one of the recipes a few years ago. An old fashioned favorite from Iowa.

Senior, the loose meat sandwich you are referring to is the "Maid-Rite" sandwich. In my hometown of Dubuque, IA, there is a little Maid-Rite restaurant right next to the bagel shop I eat at when visiting my dad.

My dad worked at a meat packing plant called the Dubuque Packing Company from 1952 to 1992 when he retired. The last few years he worked in the "beef kill" department so the making of meat products supported my parents and myself and my sisters. If anyone is familiar with Plumper hot dogs or Fleur De Lis hams, those were made at the plant my dad worked at. The plant closed about 15 years ago after Hormel tried to make a go of it for the last few years. I believe Fleur De Lis hams are still sold at a few stores in the Chicago area. I think Hormel is now producing the Fleur De Lis hams.

[senior citizen]

Senior, the loose meat sandwich you are referring to is the "Maid-Rite" sandwich. In my hometown of Dubuque, IA, there is a little Maid-Rite restaurant right next to the bagel shop I eat at when visiting my dad.

My dad worked at a meat packing plant called the Dubuque Packing Company from 1952 to 1992 when he retired. The last few years he worked in the "beef kill" department so the making of meat products supported my parents and myself and my sisters. If anyone is familiar with Plumper hot dogs or Fleur De Lis hams, those were made at the plant my dad worked at. The plant closed about 15 years ago after Hormel tried to make a go of it for the last few years. I believe Fleur De Lis hams are still sold at a few stores in the Chicago area. I think Hormel is now producing the Fleur De Lis hams.

Yes, the real name was "Maid Rites". Now I remember. Thanks.

We'd see the signs for Dubuque while traveling west.

Small world. Our daughter in law's mom's Irish side of the family settled in Burlington, Des Moines County Iowa after coming down from Minnesota and prior to that from Ireland...............we're talking the 1830's here....and earlier in Minnesota.....Later, her branch moved to California.

Her dad's family came much earlier from Bavaria Germany in the 1700's to the east coast and then migrated up to Canada and across to British Columbia and then down to California. I'll have to get back to working on our two baby grandaughters' genealogy..........

[Villages PL]

From Yahoo news-


By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger.

The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers.

The burger is the result of years of research by Dutch scientist Mark Post, a vascular biologist at the University of Maastricht, who is working to show how meat grown in petri dishes might one day be a true alternative to meat from livestock.

The meat in the burger has been made by knitting together around 20,000 strands of protein that has been cultured from cattle stem cells in Post's lab.

The tissue is grown by placing the cells in a ring, like a donut, around a hub of nutrient gel, .......
Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger (http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-cook-worlds-first-vitro-beef-burger-132520674.html)

The article says, "protein from stem cells" and "no fat". But the article didn't mention "blood". Beef contains blood and that's why it has a high iron content. If you look at fresh ground beef it's red. I'm just wondering if it might need both blood & fat to have the same full flavor as a regular hamburger. :)

[DougB]

It probably had more blood and fat in it than a White Castle gut bomb.

[shcisamax]

Be careful what you say! that lettuce and tomato are probably GMO.:grumpy:

So right you are...and have you noticed that the EU has now banned GMO's? Europe is so far ahead of the US in everything "food". They get the smaller portion concept, they have a passport for every food animal that goes into the food chain so that every drug that goes into that animal is accounted for and doesn't end up in us. They banned US horse meat because the US horses are not raised for human consumption and can be given over 130 different drugs that the FDA has listed not for human consumption..some of which are given all the time. US horses are not fit to eat.
I wonder when America will get smart about what we are putting in our bodies and what we will allow corporate greed to get away with at the expense of our population.

[CFrance]

So right you are...and have you noticed that the EU has now banned GMO's? Europe is so far ahead of the US in everything "food". They get the smaller portion concept, they have a passport for every food animal that goes into the food chain so that every drug that goes into that animal is accounted for and doesn't end up in us. They banned US horse meat because the US horses are not raised for human consumption and can be given over 130 different drugs that the FDA has listed not for human consumption..some of which are given all the time. US horses are not fit to eat.
I wonder when America will get smart about what we are putting in our bodies and what we will allow corporate greed to get away with at the expense of our population.

Also, in France at least (and maybe Italy, but don't quote me on Italy), by law the country of origin has to be listed on every food, whether in outdoor markets or indoor grocery stores.

[Villages PL]

It probably had more blood and fat in it than a White Castle gut bomb.

I went to a White Castle over 50 years ago. I believe at that time you could get 4 hamburgers for a dollar. They weren't very good but they were priced right.

[pooh]

This stem cell burger also raises questions in some faiths where certain foods are prohibited......

Religions asking if test-tube burgers allow them to keep the faith (http://news.yahoo.com/religions-asking-test-tube-burgers-allow-them-keep-175004602.html)

[Schaumburger]

This stem cell burger also raises questions in some faiths where certain foods are prohibited......

Religions asking if test-tube burgers allow them to keep the faith (http://news.yahoo.com/religions-asking-test-tube-burgers-allow-them-keep-175004602.html)

Very interesting article. My dad worked in a meat packing plant in Dubuque, IA for 40 years that produced kosher beef. The slaughtering process was overseen by on-site rabbis who lived in Dubuque from Sunday through Thursday, then drove home to Chicago each Friday morning to be home with their families for the Jewish Sabbath. If the beef was not slaughtered properly according to Jewish law, it was diverted to the "non-kosher" part of the plant for regular processing. Most of the rabbis were from the Chicago suburb of Skokie and the Rogers Park or West Rogers Park neighborhoods of Chicago, and the rabbis gave my dad directions on how to get me from Dubuque to the Rogers Park campus of Loyola University in Chicago when I enrolled there in 1979.

Is it true that goat meat is the only meat that is not prohibited by any of the major religions?