Comments on: Meat futures redux – just leave the brains out http://futurismic.com/2008/04/18/meat-futures-redux-just-leave-the-brains-out/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jon http://futurismic.com/2008/04/18/meat-futures-redux-just-leave-the-brains-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14056 jon Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:48 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3204#comment-14056 i'm not sure that would make me any less queasy than taking a tour of the local slaughterhouse to see where my meat comes from now. as long as a steak still looks (and tastes) like a steak from its neat packaging at the supermarket, i'd probably just put its origins out of my mind once again. i’m not sure that would make me any less queasy than taking a tour of the local slaughterhouse to see where my meat comes from now. as long as a steak still looks (and tastes) like a steak from its neat packaging at the supermarket, i’d probably just put its origins out of my mind once again.

]]> By: Reesa Brown http://futurismic.com/2008/04/18/meat-futures-redux-just-leave-the-brains-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14010 Reesa Brown Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:47:06 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3204#comment-14010 Thanks for the brain-stimulating topic! I ended up writing a post about my thoughts spawned from what I read here over at http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/04/18/vat-me-baby Thanks for the brain-stimulating topic! I ended up writing a post about my thoughts spawned from what I read here over at http://dreamcafe.com/words/2008/04/18/vat-me-baby

]]> By: Jeremy http://futurismic.com/2008/04/18/meat-futures-redux-just-leave-the-brains-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14002 Jeremy Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:10:19 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=3204#comment-14002 That reminds me of the story my college friend kept trying to convince us of: that he had a video of a farm that supplied KFC with its "boneless chicken wings," where all the chickens were born without any bones. Lumps of flesh they were, I suppose. PZ brings up a good point: one of the reasons veal is so desired is the calf's lack of movement and muscle-building. Anyways, other people in the world eat stranger things than a mammal with no nervous system. Try Vietnamese boiled turtle or boiled duck embryo you eat with a spoon. THAT's strange. We may not be able to eat it, but our descendents could. That reminds me of the story my college friend kept trying to convince us of: that he had a video of a farm that supplied KFC with its “boneless chicken wings,” where all the chickens were born without any bones. Lumps of flesh they were, I suppose.

PZ brings up a good point: one of the reasons veal is so desired is the calf’s lack of movement and muscle-building. Anyways, other people in the world eat stranger things than a mammal with no nervous system. Try Vietnamese boiled turtle or boiled duck embryo you eat with a spoon. THAT’s strange. We may not be able to eat it, but our descendents could.

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