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As if the you eat at Mcdonalds is any better
poop. Human poop. Aren't you glad to know that? You're welcome.
You can thank the little bit of code that gives you the first sentence or two when you pause over the link in the menu.
Read on if you want to know the full, um, scoop.
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Somehow this feels like a Vonnegut plotline: population boom equals food shortage. Solution? Synthesize food from human waste matter. Absurd yes, but Japanese scientists have actually discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces.
Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, has developed steaks based on proteins from human excrement. Tokyo Sewage approached the scientist because of an overabundance of sewage mud. They asked him to explore the possible uses of the sewage and Ikeda found that the mud contained a great deal of protein because of all the bacteria.
The researchers then extracted those proteins, combined them with a reaction enhancer and put it in an exploder which created the artificial steak. The “meat” is 63% proteins, 25% carbohydrates, 3% lipids and 9% minerals. The researchers color the poop meat red with food coloring and enhance the flavor with soy protein. Initial tests have people saying it even tastes like beef.
Inhabitat notes that “the meatpacking industry causes 18 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions, mostly due to the release of methane from animals.” Livestock also consume huge amounts of resources and space in efforts to feed ourselves as well as the controversy over cruelty to animals. Ikeda’s recycled poop burger would reduce waste and emissions, not to mention obliterating Dante’s circle for gluttons.
The scientists hope to price it the same as actual meat, but at the moment the excrement steaks are ten to twenty times the price they should be thanks to the cost of research. Professor Ikeda understands the psychological barriers that need to be surmounted knowing that your food is made from human feces. They hope that once the research is complete, people will be able to overlook that ugly detail in favor of perks like environmental responsibility, cost and the fact that the meat will have fewer calories.
Waste not; want not.
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No, I am not ting you.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrend...meatoutoffeces
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Seriously? What the is wrong with the Japanese? Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD do it.
As if the you eat at Mcdonalds is any better
Yeah, their food is pretty crappy.
I try not to fart around when I am there.
Sometimes I sit on the stool and eat at McDonalds.
But their food is fast when you just gotta go.
"The scientists hope to price it the same as actual meat"
What the ? "Hmmm, I have $10, should I cook a meatloaf or a loaf for dinner tonight?" Why in the world would anyone choose to buy poop instead of beef if they cost the same?
ing stupid.
I would have trouble feeding that to my dog; who the heck would eat that knowing what it was?
I'm glad I don't live in China; I'm sure they'll jump all over this (they already have problems with street vendors using cardboard pulp in dinner rolls).
you lefty
Maybe that radiation IS in the food supply...........
If they start going ape on New Godzilla sagas, I'll have all the proof I need.
is this discussion open to the public?
Soylent Green is people . . . 's poop!
I'll bet McDonald's will be buying the patents!
@ the fridge in the story being labled " burger"
i have yet to read the complete research but people who are immediately turned off by this do not understand science. this is similar to extracting water from sewage to deal with water shortages. no one wants to drink water from human waste but H2O is H2O no matter where you get it. if there is a process to purify water, the source does not matter. the end product will be as pure as obtaining water from a freshwater well or mountain rivers.
Didn't they do this in The Human Centipede?
o man viva rivals lefty with hilarious one liners!
Meh.
It's presented better at least
ing Japs. Nuke them and this is how they react?
i've eaten some goooood before, but never literally.
Bear Grylls hasn't stopped smiling since hearing about this.
Just a matter of time before the hits the fan.
i'd like to smack the eating grin off his face.
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