[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Itse

Well, when was the last time you ate an animal you raised yourself?

I mean most people get their meat from the supermarket, pre-packed in plastic. The experience of meat to most people is already as far removed from anything to do with animals as possible. A lot of people have an instant 'eww' reaction if they somehow run into something that reminds them that the meat was actually from an animal.

Personally this sounds very cool to me, strictly from a culinaristic viewpoint. The things we could do to this stuff. There is only so much you can feed to an animal that has a beneficial effect to the meat and would be financially viable; not to mention how heavy that experimentation process is. (And not going into the ethical side of it.)

I would imagine that once they have the technique down, there will be whole new areas of culinarism wholly dedicated to creating completely new types of meats never even thought possible before. Top restaurants could propably have their signature meats. The possibilities are endless.

The point about eating "human" flesh is very interesting also.

I am trying to get my meat (beef and pork) from a butcher I trust. He slaughters the animal and knows where it comes from. I have had a tour of his place and trust what he says. You can taste the difference between his beef and a large store's beef.