# Would you try ethical vat-grown human meat? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580 "2014-10-17T13:53:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/1 "2014-10-17T13:53:37Z")
Suppose they were able to make inexpensive vat-grown human meat, with guaranteed zero ethical or health concerns about eating it. Would you try it? Or maybe even eat it on a regular basis? My vote is “I’ll try to try it, but make no promises”. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/2 "2014-10-17T14:47:05Z")
Nope. Not a chance. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/3 "2014-10-17T14:51:12Z")
Nope. I hate people. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/4 "2014-10-17T14:51:39Z")
Now I’m wondering who here would try ethical vat-grown human _organ_ meats, if those were within their culinary palette already, with animal products. Human Haggis, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/5 "2014-10-17T15:14:55Z")
I seriously doubt that human (even ethically-vat-grown) would taste good enough to be more than a very niche product, and I don’t care that much. I’d rather eat vat-grown human than factory-grown insect protein, but I have a strong feeling the latter is much more likely to happen, and at least the bugs will be flavored and molded into something unrecognizable anyway. (Instead of Boca Burgers (vegetarian) we’ll have them “Made with Meal(worms)” ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/6 "2014-10-17T15:18:09Z")
What if I find it delicious and then the vat-meat company goes out of business? See, then we have problems… Best if I just never know. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/7 "2014-10-17T15:20:15Z")
I don’t think I’d ever try any vat-grown meat because it just sounds disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/8 "2014-10-17T15:20:29Z")
Fuck that shit. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/9 "2014-10-17T15:37:15Z")
No way, I’m too picky and unadventurous about my food. I haven’t even tried things like venison or duck. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/10 "2014-10-17T15:39:42Z")
IMHO - If it’s vat grown, it ain’t human - even if the “starter” cells came from a human. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/11 "2014-10-17T15:48:29Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > No way, I’m too picky and unadventurous about my food. I haven’t even tried things like venison or duck. I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum. I’d try it just to say I had. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/12 "2014-10-17T16:01:48Z")
I read somewhere that humans taste horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/13 "2014-10-17T16:06:20Z")
Stick to priest. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/14 "2014-10-17T16:06:32Z")
No. My copy of Joy of Cooking has no recipes. Plus, ewwwww. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/15 "2014-10-17T16:12:34Z")
I’d try regular human meat if the person died naturally. I see nothing ethically wrong with eating a non-murdered human. I haven’t tried it, and I can’t say I’d like it, but I wouldn’t dismiss the possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/16 "2014-10-17T16:15:30Z")
If Edgar Rice Burroughs has taught us anything, it’s that people shouldn’t be grown in vats. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/17 "2014-10-17T16:57:43Z")
I wouldn’t even eat vat-grown \*animal \*meat. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/18 "2014-10-17T17:14:01Z")
Would vat-grown human flesh qualify as vegan? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/19 "2014-10-17T17:19:23Z")
I’d wait for Vat-3. Less singing & shorter lines… =d&r= ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580/20 "2014-10-17T17:20:16Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’m on the opposite end of the spectrum. I’d try it just to say I had. Yup. ladyfingers they taste just like ladyfingers [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-try-ethical-vat-grown-human-meat/701580.md?page=2)