# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/41 "2011-06-18T07:00:09Z")
I would drink urine, but I wouldn’t eat shit.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/42 "2011-06-18T07:30:02Z")
Why not? The video says it tastes like beef. Sounds okay to me. I liked the soy-ish burgers in school lunches, I imagine this is pretty similar. The only issue is that it has to be cooked to a high temperature to kill the bacteria. I’d be loath to have one prepared by a non-chef, for that reason. And in general I prefer my meat medium. Pooburgers would have to be well-done every time. But yeah, I’d try one if they were around here. It’s definitely an innovative technique. GREAT science. It may turn out that technology like this is what enables humanity to keep growing while still feeding everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/43 "2011-06-18T07:35:55Z")
Yes. I eat at Burger King at least twice a week. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/44 "2011-06-18T08:28:51Z")
I voted “Sure, why not? What’s the big deal?” but I’m not actually that cool about it. It would actually be a bit of a pride thing. I tell everyone I’m the least picky eater they’ll ever meet. Apart from a very few ethical exceptions, I’ll eat anything that’s food. I’d be disappointed in myself if I refused a burger just because it happened to be made from human excrement. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759/45 "2011-06-18T09:14:33Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > _All food_ begins with organic material that has passed through digestive tracts. > > That’s a long way from eating shit. It’s not in principle different, though – a couple of chemical reactions applied to shit to make food. Think of a cow eating the grass that was fertilized by her own dung – same thing, essentially: our burgers already are shit burgers. Few people have qualms about drinking refined sewage water, too. And dammit, I wanted to be the one to make the ‘I’ll have the #2 with fries’-pun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/585759.md?page=2)