taking 'processed' meat to another level

[Guest guest]

Hot dogs and baloney are highly processed, but at least they are made

(at least partly) from a once living animal. Here's an article

entitled

" Burgers from a lab? US study says it's possible " , about making

cultured meat in a lab.

http://news./news?tmpl=story & cid=585 & e=1 &

u=/nm/20050707/sc_nm/science_meat_dc

Here's a sample:

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" Writing in the journal Tissue Engineering, Matheny said scientists

could grow cells from the muscle tissue of cattle, pigs, poultry or

fish in large flat sheets on thin membranes. These sheets of cells

would be grown and stretched, then removed from the membranes and

stacked to increase thickness and resemble meat.

Using another method, scientists could grow muscle cells on small

three-dimensional beads that stretch with small changes in

temperature. The resulting tissue could be used to make processed meat

such as chicken nuggets or hamburgers.

" There would be a lot of benefits from cultured meat, " Matheny said in

a statement. " For one thing, you could control the nutrients. "

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After all, consumers can't make Cheerios or Twinkies at home or buy

them directly from a farmer, why should meat be any different? NOT!

Jan