# Would you eat a burger made from poop? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759 "2011-06-16T23:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/1 "2011-06-16T23:45:29Z")
[Would You Eat a Burger Made from Poop?](http://gizmodo.com/5812276/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop) > [@](#): > > [T]he Japanese extracted protein from human poop, mixed it with soya, added steak sauce and called it hamburger patties. Are you throwing up yet? Cause I did. > > Mitsyuki Ikeda, the mad scientist behind this foul mashup, says some people may have a psychological aversion to eating fake meat made from poop. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. For those too squeamish to click on the link, the good doctor Ikeda is actually holding up a baggie labeled “shit burger”. I have to admit that I haven’t watched the video yet, but in my defense I just ate dinner and I’d rather not taste it again. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/2 "2011-06-16T23:48:07Z")
not while I had at least one other option. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/3 "2011-06-16T23:53:46Z")
How do they make the buns? Pinch off a loaf? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/4 "2011-06-16T23:58:16Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > How do they make the buns? Pinch off a loaf? har! ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/5 "2011-06-17T00:03:48Z")
What is wrong with you people? If a situation were so desperate as to make reasonable a choice, off-menu, of feces, it’s so desperate that one might as well starve now, rather than later. Fuck no, I ain’t eating no shit burger. I ain’t even touching that shit. ETA I didn’t see the quoted segment on reply – yeah, I’d eat me some shit if it had nutritional importance, and, if I had my druthers, it were irradiated, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Severian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@Severian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Severian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/6 "2011-06-17T00:04:14Z")
I saw the video a couple days ago. It’s very difficult to get over the psychological hurdle, even though I’m sure it’s perfectly safe and sanitary. Mushrooms are grown in compost that’s partially comprised of shit too, and plenty of people eat those. However, until they figure out a way to filter out the little chunks of toilet tissue, I will not be partaking. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/7 "2011-06-17T00:06:54Z")
There’s only one possible name this should be marketed under. Soylent Brown. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/8 "2011-06-17T00:11:40Z")
No. No, no, no, no, no. The stuff still LOOKS like shit. I bet it SMELLS like shit. They say it’s more expensive, but may be brought down to the same price as real meat… so then WHY NOT THE HELL EAT REAL MEAT??? \>shudder\< ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/9 "2011-06-17T00:34:50Z")
Where’s the option for “I’d do it for ten million dollars, tax free?” ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/10 "2011-06-17T00:47:06Z")
> [@Severian](#): > > Mushrooms are grown in compost that’s partially comprised of shit too, and plenty of people eat those. _All food_ begins with organic material that has passed through digestive tracts. That’s a long way from eating shit. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/11 "2011-06-17T00:49:54Z")
> [@](#): > > or somebody put a gun to my head That’d do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/12 "2011-06-17T00:53:36Z")
Yeah I’d try it. It’s refined, reclaimed protein mixed with other stuff like soy, flavorings, etc. By definition you’d have to remove all the nasty stuff from it first to even make it a food. after that protein is protein, though I doubt I’d be tucking into it as a regular choice. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/13 "2011-06-17T01:04:40Z")
Wouldn’t be my first choice but for a dare or survival, no problem. Otara ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/14 "2011-06-17T01:05:49Z")
Real life channels a prank… this is way too similar to the “hamburger recycling program” that The Yes Men championed in a fake presentation to highlight the dismissive way that first world nations treat third world nations. If you’ve not seen the first Yes Men documentary, the presentation shown in the film is [on YouTube](http://youtu.be/_RRDLzxFXjY). ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/15 "2011-06-17T01:30:36Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > Yeah I’d try it. It’s refined, reclaimed protein mixed with other stuff like soy, flavorings, etc. By definition you’d have to remove all the nasty stuff from it first to even make it a food. after that protein is protein, though I doubt I’d be tucking into it as a regular choice. Exactly. Why does it matter where the protein comes from? A lot of food comes from things I would normally consider gross if I had to recover it. Seeing as I’m not a vegan, I don’t have a problem with that. I just bet it doesn’t taste any better than any other artificial protein source, so I wouldn’t eat a ton of it. But I’d try it, and not just to say I’ve tried it. Surely it will be like recycled urine, i.e., cleaner than the usual alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/16 "2011-06-17T01:41:22Z")
Man, and I thought last week was a real shit sandwich for me. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/17 "2011-06-17T01:44:17Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > There’s only one possible name this should be marketed under. > > Soylent Brown. You’re on a “roll”, buddy! :D:D:D Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/18 "2011-06-17T02:36:39Z")
Whatever they want to call it, it’s not a burger. Why would anybody make this or eat it? There are some truly dumb fucks in this world. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/19 "2011-06-17T02:50:55Z")
I wouldn’t eat it if it was made from my poop. What the bell was that guy thinking? He must have shit for brains. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/20 "2011-06-17T02:57:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I wouldn’t eat it if it was made from my poop. What the bell was that guy thinking? He must have shit for brains. I find his picture slightly disturbing, too. He looks way too serious. I’d be laughing if you gave me a poopburger to hold. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759.md?page=2)