Next time you are in Japan .... skip the hamburgers !!!

[okc63avanti]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/17/japanese-scientists-create-meat-from-poop/

[Chris Pile]

Leave it to the Japs to do something no one really wants done.

[PlainBrownR2]

Cool!! I love the Biology and biochemistry aspect of how it's done(it's part of my major, go figure, lol), but like the researcher said there's that wee psychological barrier that needs to be overcome for most people to eat it, or not tell them until after they ate it . The science of it is interesting in that most of the fecal matter is toxin, undigestable items(seeds, corn kernals), dead cells, and E. Coli. What they probably did was research the basic components of meat, and then generated the basic components found in meat using the bacteria, and then processed it, purified it, and then bon appetite. He said that the "meat" had fewer calories and was leaner. That was probably because what he created does not have the quantity and quality of the proteins and minerals that regular meat usually contains. Plus it couldn't be any better or worse than was comes through McDonalds, heigh hooooo .

I would also add that if I were traveling to Japan, I'm going for rice, saki, sushi, and the taste of local culture, rather than the regular beef burgers that I find here, but that's just me. Along the lines of getting reprocessed burgers, Puffer fish anybody?.

[JDP]

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...eat-from-poop/

NASA might be interested on long space flights since they have been recycling urine for years.

http://www.space.com/6733-astronauts-drink-recycled-urine-celebrate.html

[Dads Baby]

Like I really needed a reason to not eat Japanese cuisine!

[StudeDave57]

What is it about those Golden Arches, anyway?!?!?!?!?!?!

When I visited Fiji back in 1998 aboard the USS Cowpens (CG-63) we had to make a very brief stop for fuel there on our way home. I don't know why, but most folks who got off the ship made a beeline for the Golden Arches!!! I have often wondered what it was about those burgers- I wonder if maybe I didn't sample some of their early offerings??? But even after the first folks in line told the others of the 'odd taste' the burgers had- they bought one anyway...


It was sorta the same way with Sailors aboard the USS Coral Sea (CV-43) in Spain and France when I visited in 1989, but it wasn't about the odd tasting burgers- it was the novelty of buying a beer with their Big Mac!!!

[okc63avanti]

We ate at the McDonald's a few years back in Rome, Italy (one of the largest in the world) the burgers there didn't taste as good as they do here in the US, but then again even those here in the US are not very good.

[Warren Webb]

Two times I can remember getting a form of food poisoning was once when in London I bought a hot dog from a street vendor in the shadows of Big Ben. The second time was ordering fried chicken at a chinese resturant. Now I know better.

[PlainBrownR2]

what is it about those golden arches, anyway?!?!?!?!?!?!

When i visited fiji back in 1998 aboard the uss cowpens (cg-63) we had to make a very brief stop for fuel there on our way home. I don't know why, but most folks who got off the ship made a beeline for the golden arches!!! I have often wondered what it was about those burgers- i wonder if maybe i didn't sample some of their early offerings??? But even after the first folks in line told the others of the 'odd taste' the burgers had- they bought one anyway...


It was sorta the same way with sailors aboard the uss coral sea (cv-43) in spain and france when i visited in 1989, but it wasn't about the odd tasting burgers- it was the novelty of buying a beer with their big mac!!!

I eat it mostly because it's quick, cheap, and if I'm traveling, close and convenient, which would be part of the reason half of those guys made a beeline for the McD's. It's a cheap and easy meal for me when I go for a week or a few days to the Zone or International Meets, even if the food is a little above a greasy spoon. The other half is since the McD's here, sells different stuff than say, the McD's in Pittsburgh, you just gotta try the novelty of having something that isn't sold anywhere else .

On that note, I do miss the bowls of soup they used to sell at the McD's here, that was some good stuff .

[okc63avanti]

On that note, I do miss the bowls of soup they used to sell at the McD's here, that was some good stuff .

I miss being able to buy a regular hamburger, fries and a drink for $1.00 not on special but when that was the regular pricing everyday ( it's been like +/- 40 years ago)

[JDP]

OK, now you've done it. I'm thinking of animal style In-N-Out burgers and they are on the other coast.

[dictator27]

On a European trip ten years ago my wife, son and I were staying in a little resort town abouit 60 miles south of Venice. Whilst out for a walk we got caught in a sudden downpour and took refuge in a restaurant called the American Bar. To pass the time we had something to eat. All of the items on the menu were named after American movie stars. My son ordered a hamburger. He took one bite and said it tasted funny. When we looked at it, the reason was obvious. It was a ham burger! The restaurant had taken the name literally.

Terry

[Bob Bryant]

I miss being able to buy a regular hamburger, fries and a drink for $1.00 not on special but when that was the regular pricing everyday ( it's been like +/- 40 years ago)

It was around 1957-58 that a McD opened in my college town. As I recall they had the "All American" which was a burger, shake, and fries for either 45 or 49 cents. That left more money for other beverages later in the evening.