While artificial meat may be Ok for Mince / “filler” – a bit like Quorn is (or as it claims it is) I think it will be some time before they can “grow” a T bone steak in a lab

It could start as pellets which you put in a machine add water and out comes shaped meat.

Haven't they already done this? I watched a programme on processed food the other day that said that in the 60s they didn't think people of the future would have enough meat, so they designed a substitute. The result was Quorn. As there was still plenty of meat about, they decided to market it at vegetarians instead.

As a seasoned kebab eater, all you'd need to do in order to enjoy your vat o' meat would be to drink 8 pints of Guinness. That's that problem sorted then.

Well quorn on its own is tasteless. It needs sauces or spices to make it edible. I think that they are discussing using an altogether new process that does not even need soil or soya.

It is, but they do put the flavours into their products. My wife's vegetarian, so I do end up eating a fair bit of it and I really don't find it too bad. The scotch eggs are actually nicer than real ones.

Being a fan of the real ones, I may have to seek out the artificial ones now, based on that recommendation.

Mark

What you really want to seek out are these ones. Om nom nom nom nom.

Feeling the pressure now! When I say real ones, I mean the processed kind, obviously, not the handmade ones (not that I've ever found anywhere to buy handmade ones).

Worth a try anyway!

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