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ArtHippo

Edwardsville, KS

December 2007

JUN 17, 2011 05:34 PM

I never thought I'd live to see something like this but here we are. A Japanese scientis has found a way to make steak out of, drum roll please, poo. Yeah, poo.

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.

Yum. Food coloring makes all the difference.

Seriously, this is pretty cool but i"m sure the poo jokes will just pile up. Oops, I just dropped one.

Coyotemike

USA

May 2006

JUN 17, 2011 05:42 PM

Still better than MacDonalds.

ckdexterhaven

USA

December 2005

JUN 17, 2011 05:43 PM

ArtHippo said:
Seriously, this is pretty cool but i"m sure the poo jokes will just pile up. Oops, I just dropped one.

Wipe that shit-eating grin off of your face.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JUN 17, 2011 05:44 PM

Soylent Green was made out of people, after all.

ArtHippo

Edwardsville, KS

December 2007

JUN 17, 2011 06:09 PM

Coyotemike said:
Still better than MacDonalds.

Tell me about it. I eat at McDonaldss about once every 8 or 9 months. About an hour after I do, I remember why I don't eat there more often.

ArtHippo

Edwardsville, KS

December 2007

JUN 17, 2011 06:12 PM

ckdexterhaven said:

ArtHippo said:
Seriously, this is pretty cool but i"m sure the poo jokes will just pile up. Oops, I just dropped one.

Wipe that shit-eating grin off of your face.

*heads for the toilet paper*

FellOnEarth

Temecula, CA

April 2006

JUN 17, 2011 09:29 PM

FellOnEarth

Temecula, CA

April 2006

JUN 17, 2011 09:42 PM

Pause it at 1:34. Yes, you saw that right.

semiretiredpunk

USA

March 2007

JUN 17, 2011 11:52 PM

I can actually see this being a viable alternative to starving due to overpopulation in a couple hundred years.

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RudieCantFail

Baton Rouge, LA

January 2006

JUN 17, 2011 11:59 PM

semiretiredpunk said:
I can actually see this being a viable alternative to starving due to overpopulation in a couple hundred years.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

I can see it having applications in deep-space travel, but I'd go vegan before I ate poo-meat.

Otoki

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

JUN 18, 2011 12:52 AM

I would totally try this. It's probably just as bad for you as other processed "meats" made from soy or wheat gluten, but it's a fantastic concept. If it's affordable it could be used to curb hunger in areas where starvation is common.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 18, 2011 12:53 AM

Why can they not use the poop to fertilize food instead of making food directly from poop?

I'm not eating fucking poop, I don't care. And I don't think poor people should be made to eat poop.

Calico

New Zealand

April 2007

JUN 18, 2011 01:08 AM

^^^Yes.

Read this book and figure out a better way to use poo than feeding it to the poor.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JUN 18, 2011 01:10 AM

Thistle said:
Why can they not use the poop to fertilize food instead of making food directly from poop?

I'm not eating fucking poop, I don't care. And I don't think poor people should be made to eat poop.

I don't quite know the answer to your first question, although it's definitely one to be asked.

But note that more than a few cities draw water from sources that include "recycled water" in them i.e. rivers with sewage plants upstream.

semiretiredpunk

USA

March 2007

JUN 18, 2011 01:20 AM

Speaking of feeding it to the poor, I wonder how expensive this process is. It might not be a viable alternative after all.
If used for fertilizer, it better be sterilized somehow.
No point in getting e. coli.

Calico

New Zealand

April 2007

JUN 18, 2011 01:25 AM

semiretiredpunk said:
Speaking of feeding it to the poor, I wonder how expensive this process is. It might not be a viable alternative after all.
If used for fertilizer, it better be sterilized somehow.
No point in getting e. coli.

The process of thermophilic composting destroys any pathogens.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 18, 2011 01:39 AM

semiretiredpunk said:
Speaking of feeding it to the poor, I wonder how expensive this process is. It might not be a viable alternative after all.
If used for fertilizer, it better be sterilized somehow.
No point in getting e. coli.

Poop is used for fertilizer all the time. It's often called manure, and it's usually the shit of cows and other animals, but E. coli lives in their intestines too.

TheFuckOffKid - your link is not clear, are you talking about using recycled water to drink or in other applications such as watering lawns and crops? If the former, I also find that gross, but since we're all drinking the same water that at some point has been drunk and pissed out by someone/thing in history but has hopefully been purified or filtered to some extent since, I find that less immediately repulsive. Assuming no one is being made ill by this water.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JUN 18, 2011 01:52 AM

I did mean treated sewage getting into water supplies from which drinking water is drawn. And that, yes, as you say, all water is essentially recycled.

semiretiredpunk

USA

March 2007

JUN 18, 2011 11:37 AM

semiretiredpunk said:
Speaking of feeding it to the poor, I wonder how expensive this process is. It might not be a viable alternative after all.
If used for fertilizer, it better be sterilized somehow.
No point in getting e. coli.

Poop is used for fertilizer all the time. It's often called manure, and it's usually the shit of cows and other animals, but E. coli lives in their intestines too.

I knew that.

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

JUN 18, 2011 01:25 PM

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.

What, no corn?

Otoki

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

JUN 18, 2011 03:18 PM

So this is actually ten times as expensive as regular meat, thus negating any benefit I can see for considering this a good solution to hunger. I know sewage can be used for fertilizer, but can it also be used for energy? That would be nifty.

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

JUN 18, 2011 05:23 PM

Otoki said:
So this is actually ten times as expensive as regular meat, thus negating any benefit I can see for considering this a good solution to hunger. I know sewage can be used for fertilizer, but can it also be used for energy? That would be nifty.

Not cheerleading for this, but I don't imagine it would stay at that cost if it went into full production.

Otoki

SUICIDEGIRL

Minnesota, USA

JUN 18, 2011 05:57 PM

TheFuckOffKid said:

Otoki said:
So this is actually ten times as expensive as regular meat, thus negating any benefit I can see for considering this a good solution to hunger. I know sewage can be used for fertilizer, but can it also be used for energy? That would be nifty.

Not cheerleading for this, but I don't imagine it would stay at that cost if it went into full production.

Meh, the more I think about it, the more I dislike it as a concept. I mean, if we're going to use this to feed people, I'd rather they were eating nutritious food that's good for them rather than food that has the right "nutrients" but isn't necessarily good for them. I really don't like the idea of feeding people something that could have negative effects on their health (processed food) if we could instead use this material to help grow more healthy food (food that isn't processed to death). If the point is to feed people, I feel like we should feed them something they're not going to pay for later.

Thistle

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 18, 2011 09:05 PM

No one would ever suggest that the rich eat shit as a solution to their overconsumption problem.

RudieCantFail

Baton Rouge, LA

January 2006

JUN 18, 2011 09:12 PM

Thistle said:
No one would ever suggest that the rich eat shit as a solution to their overconsumption problem.

Sometimes I suggest that the rich simply eat shit.

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