OrionWorks wrote:
What I'm trying to suggest is that test tube meat will never, EVER, no matter what they try engineering will taste like farm grown meat. They may get the product to taste and feel closer to the original flavors and textures, and that's ok, but they will never be able to create the original enchilada.
I think it is far too early in the development of this technology to make that prediction.
However, as long as we are speculating, let me make two counter-predictions. In the distant future, decades or centuries after the technology is perfected:
1. In vitro meat will taste far better than farm grown meat. By present day standards it will be as good as the finest Kobe beef, or whatever the best cut is. (I wouldn't know.) There will also be cheaper, tougher cuts suitable for stew or pot roast.
2. The most popular flavor will be the meat of Homo sapiens. - Jed
