# My alma mater has developed seaweed that tastes like bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341 "2015-07-16T17:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/1 "2015-07-16T17:42:23Z")
[Oregon State University develops seaweed that tastes like bacon](http://koin.com/2015/07/14/osu-develops-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/) > [@](#): > > NEWPORT, Ore. (KOIN) — You’ve heard — and possibly used the line — about a certain food that “tastes like chicken.” > > Oregon State University researchers have gone one better: they’ve patented a new strain of seaweed that, when cooked, tastes like bacon. > > A “succulent red marine algae called dulse” grows very fast, has a lot of protein and, well, tastes like bacon when it’s cooked, an OSU release said. Now that is research I can support. A magical plant that grows bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/2 "2015-07-16T17:45:22Z")
if this is true…Seaweed already tastes salty and meaty so I can see it happening. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/3 "2015-07-16T20:21:34Z")
This just might get me to eat my vegetables. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/4 "2015-07-16T20:28:37Z")
Great news for the Muslim community! ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/5 "2015-07-16T20:45:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Great news for the Muslim community! Not to mention for our porcine friends. Free the even-toed ungulates! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/6 "2015-07-16T20:54:32Z")
I’ll believe it when I see it. On my plate. Piles and piles of delicious baco-seaweed. SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/7 "2015-07-17T03:33:28Z")
I suppose it would be too confusing to call it “Beaver Bacon.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/8 "2015-07-17T03:55:40Z")
Hopefully it’s not just some vegan guy who hasn’t had bacon in 20 years claiming it tastes like bacon. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/9 "2015-07-17T03:58:29Z")
What about mouth feel? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/10 "2015-07-17T04:38:57Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > What about mouth feel? My mouth feels dubious about it. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/11 "2015-07-17T16:49:08Z")
> **[New Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon When Fried](https://www.iflscience.com/engineered-nutricious-and-delicious-algae-tastes-bacon-29483)** > > New Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon When Fried > [@](#): > > An algae that tastes like bacon, has high nutritional value AND is a source of protein? Sounds like the stuff of science fiction but it’s real – it’s dulse. > > Professor Chuck Toombs has been working with scientists at Oregon State University (OSU) to engineer and harvest a unique variety of dulse that, when fried, tastes just like the fatty, delicious meat but with greater health benefits. > > “Dulse is a super food, with twice the nutritional value of kale,” Toombs said in a statement. “And OSU has developed a variety that can be farmed, with the potential for a new industry on the Oregon coast.” I’m skeptical but this could be the greatest breakthrough since… since forever! ETA: I probably should have put this in Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/12 "2015-07-17T17:09:32Z")
I’ll bet ten pounds of bacon it does not, in fact, taste like bacon. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/13 "2015-07-17T17:23:54Z")
“Dulse – People don’t know it’s not bacon.” “IT’S BACONNNNNNN!” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/14 "2015-07-17T17:23:59Z")
Because there’s only one thing that tastes like bacon and that’s bacon. ETA: wow, scooped by less than a minute! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/15 "2015-07-17T17:28:30Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > [New Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon When Fried | IFLScience](http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/engineered-nutricious-and-delicious-algae-tastes-bacon) > I’m skeptical but this could be the greatest breakthrough since… since forever! > > ETA: I probably should have put this in Cafe Society. There already is a thread there. > **[My alma mater has developed seaweed that tastes like bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762474)** > > Oregon State University develops seaweed that tastes like bacon Now that is research I can support. A magical plant that grows bacon. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/16 "2015-07-17T17:30:29Z")
As I posted in the other thread: “Dulse – People don’t know it’s not bacon.” “IT’S BACONNNNNNN!” ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/17 "2015-07-17T17:58:14Z")
First thought: can we dry it like nori and make bacony sushi? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/18 "2015-07-17T18:37:21Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Hopefully it’s not just some vegan guy who hasn’t had bacon in 20 years claiming it tastes like bacon. I just had some vegan friends do that with their vegan sloppy joes at a party a few days ago. Umm…no. If you wanted to call it sloppy risotto masala, then I’d be ok with it, but sloppy joe it was not. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/19 "2015-07-17T19:04:15Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > There already is a thread there. > > [My alma mater has developed seaweed that tastes like bacon - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762474) Oops. I guess this one can be closed or merged. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-alma-mater-has-developed-seaweed-that-tastes-like-bacon/725341/20 "2015-07-17T19:07:02Z")
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