Esau. Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Good morning! I swear I had a better thread title planned, but wake & bake & forget. Japan scientist synthesizes meat from human feces Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces. Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria. The researchers then extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer and put it in an exploder which created the artificial steak. The “meat†is 63% proteins, 25% carbohydrates, 3% lipids and 9% minerals. The researchers color the poop meat red with food coloring and enhance the flavor with soy protein. Initial tests have people saying it even tastes like beef. Inhabitat notes that “the meatpacking industry causes 18 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions, mostly due to the release of methane from animals.†Livestock also consume huge amounts of resources and space in efforts to feed ourselves as well as the controversy over cruelty to animals. Ikeda’s recycled poop burger would reduce waste and emissions, not to mention obliterating Dante’s circle for gluttons. The scientists hope to price it the same as actual meat, but at the moment the excrement steaks are ten to twenty times the price they should be thanks to the cost of research. Professor Ikeda understands the psychological barriers that need to be surmounted knowing that your food is made from human feces. They hope that once the research is complete, people will be able to overlook that ugly detail in favor of perks like environmental responsibility, cost and the fact that the meat will have fewer calories. Waste not; want not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 1-2-3... Not it!"I'm not eating it, you eat it...He likes it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I hear McFeces Meals are in the works, a bargain at only 200 yen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Inhabitat notes that “the meatpacking industry causes 18 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions, mostly due to the release of methane from animals.†Livestock also consume huge amounts of resources and space in efforts to feed ourselves as well as the controversy over cruelty to animals. Ikeda’s recycled poop burger would reduce waste and emissions, not to mention obliterating Dante’s circle for gluttons.The scientists hope to price it the same as actual meat, but at the moment the excrement steaks are ten to twenty times the price they should be thanks to the cost of research. Professor Ikeda understands the psychological barriers that need to be surmounted knowing that your food is made from human feces. They hope that once the research is complete, people will be able to overlook that ugly detail in favor of perks like environmental responsibility, cost and the fact that the meat will have fewer calories.Now the part about Dante might be read in exactly the opposite fashion here. We might instead be creating the conditions whereby his nightmares become our only choice. I can see a time when it will be inexcusable to eat anything other than waste, as taking from other forms of life unnecessarily will be equated with violence against all of life itself. We make jokes about cities looking like cancer from space, and we tell our enemies to eat shit, and we do everything in our power to make them both happen to ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 those fucking japanese ... always one step ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I totally remember this from some show in the 80's like 'That's Incredible' or something.... I think they were shit burgers then but same deal....anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Sooooooooo, would this be considered a vegetarian alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 I'd be wanting free-range shitburgers.Or for weekends, maybe "Heady Festival-Lot Portapotty Shitburgers" - that'll really get you out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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