How they'll finally force me to become a vegetarian.

[JVS]

http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/japanese-scientists-creates-meat-out-of-feces/

It's being called the "poop burger". Japanese scientists have found a way to create artificial meat from sewage containing 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.

(more at link)

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Holy Shitsnacks!

(sorry, I've decided I'm just going to keep posting this every time the topic comes up)

http://www.babarshouse.com/@Archer/Images/charpics/Pam2.jpg

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. lol n/t

[Cal33]

24. You don't seem to understand that Mother Earth has been doing the above all along.

What do you think happens to all those who have been buried six feet under over the millennia?
The coffins (mostly made of wood) eventually rot, and what was left of the bodies have long since
decayed and have been used up by insects, bugs and plants. Have you never heard of the saying cows
eat grass, we eat the cows, and when we die we are buried and push up the grass..."?

Do you know how small an atom is? It takes many millions of them placed in a line to make one inch.
And this is only one-dimensional. Bodies are three-dimensional. millions x millions x millions
to equal one cubic inch. A cubic inch of material has an astronomical number of atoms.

There is also another saying that what you don't know won't hurt you. I don't think this saying is
always true, but in the present case, you haven't been hurt yet, have you?

Mother Earth is the greatest recycler. If she weren't, she would have died out a long time ago. It's
not very far from the truth to say that in the matter that's making up your physical body, there isn't one
single atom or molecule that hasn't been a part of every other creature that has ever lived on earth.

[Warren DeMontague]

27. I don't?

How do you get that from me saying "Holy Shitsnacks!"?

[Cal33]

29. Sorry, I hit the wrong thread. :)

[librechik]

2. What makes me want to say "Only the Japanese?"

oh yeah, google Japanese and poop.

[JVS]

4. First thing I though was "Somebody's been watching The Human Centipede too much!"

[eShirl]

3. It's the other dark meat?

:puke:

[Buns_of_Fire]

17. You mean Poork? nt

[eShirl]

19. And Poofurkey for Thanksgiving.

[nykym]

5. Soylent Green

or brown.

[edbermac]

6. Shit-eating grin?

:9

[Lucky 13]

7. That is horrific.

WHY would anyone even try to do this?

[JVS]

10. Why would anyone fund this research?

[Odin2005]

23. Recycling is bad? gotcha.

[undeterred]

8. I'm sorry you can't consider the really positive attributes of broccoli.

And artichoke hearts.

[Odin2005]

22. I love artichokes, but I think broccoli and cauliflower are nasty.

[Cal33]

26. It so happens that broccoli is possibly THE vegetable with the

most different kinds of cancer-fighting chemicals. Cauliflower comes close, being in
the same family as broccoli. You may not like them, but it's healthy to just chew
them well and swallow while watching tv. :)

[WinkyDink]

9. I give no credence to this story.

[sudopod]

12. How could you?

[HopeHoops]

13. Dude. If you get a McBurger, chances are you're already consuming poop.

You're DEFINITELY consuming shit, but only because that's all they serve.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. All commercially available ground meat - All Of It - contains feces Right Now.

Why not cut out the middleman, or, er, cow... as it were?

YAY POOPBURGERS! You already eat them!

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. At least we won't have to hear PETA kvetching about "factory farms" anymore.

We'll have NEW "factory farms," to wit:

:hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts: :hurts:

(The pay's not much, but I get all the Metamucil I want...:thumbsup:)

[flvegan]

16. One of us. One of us.

:hi:

[Raine]

18. Yup, the more the merrier!!!

:bounce:

[demwing]

20. The YesMen did this exact same stunt as a parody

Are you sure the story is authentic?

[Odin2005]

21. I think this is pretty cool and very smart.

There is nothing objectively wrong with this, don't let your "ick" reaction make you ASSUME this is bad.

[LoZoccolo]

25. Someone told me years ago that the Japanese had made "shit bacon". n/t

[tilsammans]

28. Gives a whole new meaning to . . .

Shit Sandwich.

:puke: