I was reminded of tiny cows from a National Lampoon magazine spoof back in the mid-70’s when I was a reader of such adolescent material (ok, I still think they’re funny). They discussed breeding tiny cows that, when gutted and grilled, fit nicely between hamburger buns—one cow per burger. Imagine the stronger marketing initiative McDonald’s could exploit: instead of the weak, “Over 100 Billion Burgers Sold”, they could tout the more memorable, “Over 100 Billion Cows Slaughtered.”
Yes, I know the difference between a cow and a steer—but, cow sounds funnier.
Well for one, the link in the OP’s post has a pic that instantly turned me off.
I would rather eat Ramen noodles the rest of my life than ingest what is pictured.
Secondly, while I endorse their research and understand the logic behind it, just no way am I eating that.
Salt and pepper and a hint of cilantro added would still make me gag up yesterday’s breakfast.
I do hope that I’m not coming across as some sort of bleeding heart vegetarian, because I most certainly am not! I like to swallow the flesh of beasts as much as anyone else. It’s not my fault God evolved me such that meat-eating was essential to my ancestral monkey relatives (pretty clever juxtaposition of theism and Science if I do say so myself).
In fact, if it were up to me, we’d be eating vegetarians, too. They say free range, corn-fed vegetarians have very sweet meat!
It doesn’t look that different from a tiny piece of raw white-meat chicken. (Or perhaps more like raw squid.) I fail to see what’s so horrifying about it, unless you’re horrified by the sight of raw meat in general.
The killing of animals doesn’t bother me as much as their lives up until that point. Since everything dies, if it is killed humanely (electrocuted, or a bolt to the nervous system) that is more humane than a long decline from old age in many ways.
The problem is more keeping them in tormenting conditions until death. Either way, I’m looking forward to in vivo meat. It will be (ideally) cheaper, healthier, more sustainable, less polluting and more humane.
There is a guy that lives near me that breeds smaller breeds of cattle. He originally bred them as pets but there are a couple local butchers that offer beef from these cows. He has named the different types after cities located in South King county including Kent (Kentshire), Auburn (Auburnshire), Covington (Covingtonshire) and Burien (Burienshire). I have tried the meat on a couple occasions, I didn’t find anything special about it.
