Hm, they purportedly carry it in the Whole Paycheck in Glastonbury CT, so I may give them a try. I tried quorn after patch testing it to see if I was allergic to it. I do like finding interesting foods to add to my diet. It looks like my nutritionist would approve, so if I like it I’ll wander the label past her to double check.
If we attain the level of technology necessary to make vat-grown meat, I suspect we might be able to make foods even more appealing. I’m looking forward to the time when fabricated spoo becomes available.
I probably would die in a world devoid of meat. I cannot eat soy (or other legume) products without getting sick. That said, I suspect that the trend will be more and more towards veganism.
I have my doubts. And even if it’s true, meat-in-a-vat is going to creep people out less than a brainless chicken. And while that doesn’t matter from an ethical perspective, it does matter from a marketability perspective.
Have doubts about what? That the ‘problem of suffering’ will be over? You are right of course, I was being hopelessly optimistic. But… checks and notices we aren’t in the pit so I’m going to restrain myself …people will always find some reason to complain about killing animals even if they are brainless and physically cannot suffer.
That it will be easier to create and keep alive brainless* animals than grow meat “from scratch”.
*Or more accurately, animals with only the bare minimum brain necessary to stay alive