# FDA OKs genetically engineered pigs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116 "2020-12-15T17:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/1 "2020-12-15T17:44:55Z")
Some of them are probably smarter than many politicians especially ones in DC > **[FDA approves genetically engineered pigs](https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/14/22175060/fda-approval-genetically-engineered-pigs)** > > Genetically engineered pigs approved for food and medical use ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/2 "2020-12-15T17:57:19Z")
Will they have wings? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/3 "2020-12-15T18:06:02Z")
More to the point will they cleave at the foot and/or cheweth the cud? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/4 "2020-12-15T18:12:18Z")
A question asked in 1985 [The R-Strain | Turtledove | Fandom](https://turtledove.fandom.com/wiki/The_R-Strain) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/5 "2020-12-15T18:26:49Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Will they have wings? Pretty please? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/6 "2020-12-15T18:56:58Z")
Do pig wings taste like bacon? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/7 "2020-12-16T08:10:07Z")
And can they be taught to sing? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/8 "2020-12-16T13:42:28Z")
Will they be good wrestlers? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/9 "2020-12-16T13:44:32Z")
I, for one, welcome our new super-pig overlords. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/10 "2020-12-16T14:09:12Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Do pig wings taste like bacon? Some idiot will start selling “boneless wings” made out of spam. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/11 "2020-12-16T15:30:05Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Some idiot will start selling “boneless wings” made out of spam. And what’s wrong with that? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/12 "2020-12-16T18:49:58Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Do pig wings taste like bacon? > > ~VOW Or like “buffalo”, whatever that flavor is? As long as they’re bigger than chix wings I’m good. Now _that’s_ a question. Has anyone every seen buffalo-style _turkey_ wings & drumettes? If not, why not? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/13 "2020-12-16T18:58:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Now _that’s_ a question. Has anyone every seen buffalo-style _turkey_ wings & drumettes? If not, why not? - > **[It's Time to Make Buffalo-Style Turkey Wings a Thing](https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/it-s-time-make-buffalo-style-turkey-wings-thing/)** > > There's no reason why Buffalo turkey wings should be less popular than Buffalo chicken wings. They're even better than you may think. It’s taking longer than we hoped. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/14 "2020-12-16T19:05:27Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s taking longer than we hoped. More for ~~me~~ us. Thank you! I bake rather than deep fry\* mine at home, but they still ought to be great. Now to find a routine source for turkey legs. * * * \* There are only two devices I refuse to own or use for personal safety reasons: a chainsaw and a deep fryer. Never had a bad experience with either, nor personally knew anyone who did. But some inventions just scream "Run away! Run away!". These are them. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/15 "2020-12-16T21:14:51Z")
Pfft, when pigs fly. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/16 "2020-12-16T23:45:36Z")
I cast my synthetic pearls before them! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fda-oks-genetically-engineered-pigs/928116/17 "2020-12-17T13:58:53Z")
There was a SF movie not long ago where rich people had clones made for replacement parts. It was not very good , it had Ewan McGregor. The Island. Probably other books and movies with similar plots.