Comments on: Live to Eat: Part 2 of 2 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/live-to-eat-part-2-of-2/ Miscellaneous musings from my perch. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: lcarrigg http://www.lisecarrigg.com/live-to-eat-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-59 lcarrigg Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:16:55 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=228#comment-59 Very interesting stuff. Synthetic meat, you say? I am trying to wrap my little pea brain around the implications. If I could eat meat all day and night without the ethical or health implications, would I? ... Very interesting stuff. Synthetic meat, you say? I am trying to wrap my little pea brain around the implications. If I could eat meat all day and night without the ethical or health implications, would I? …

]]> By: Jeff Till http://www.lisecarrigg.com/live-to-eat-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jeff Till Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:47:04 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=228#comment-58 You should look into the Cambridge firm that is synthesizing meat from DNA in a petri dish. Essentially they take primo steak cells from the cow and grow a perfect steak in a dish. No cow killing, no methane farts, and they can control health attributes. Once this thing is out, all moral implications will twist to the point where nobody will think it is OK to kill again for a meal. Our kids will think we are cruel aliens, like when you hear about our parents who had people pump their gas for them or had their milk delivered by a guy with a donkey except X10. You should look into the Cambridge firm that is synthesizing meat from DNA in a petri dish. Essentially they take primo steak cells from the cow and grow a perfect steak in a dish. No cow killing, no methane farts, and they can control health attributes. Once this thing is out, all moral implications will twist to the point where nobody will think it is OK to kill again for a meal. Our kids will think we are cruel aliens, like when you hear about our parents who had people pump their gas for them or had their milk delivered by a guy with a donkey except X10.

]]> By: Jeff Till http://www.lisecarrigg.com/live-to-eat-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Jeff Till Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:40:05 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=228#comment-57 90% of Huck's calories come from popsicles, but he eats vegatables, meat, fruit, etc. too. 90% of Huck's calories come from popsicles, but he eats vegatables, meat, fruit, etc. too.

]]> By: Meganne http://www.lisecarrigg.com/live-to-eat-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Meganne Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:04:40 +0000 http://www.lisecarrigg.com/?p=228#comment-56 We've cut down our red meat consumption to 2x a month, but frankly if a meal doesn't have some kind of meat in it, which now means chicken or turkey products (the organic, no-antibiotic, lovingly-tucked-in-at-night kind), it doesn't feel like a meal. I try to get around that with soup night, but I've got a carnivore child and that girl is definitely caveman material. She will eat meat anywhere, anytime. It's a bit frightening to me.<br><br>My friend's son loved meat so much that one time he bit into a tofu pup and burst into tears because he had thought it was going to be a hot dog. We've cut down our red meat consumption to 2x a month, but frankly if a meal doesn't have some kind of meat in it, which now means chicken or turkey products (the organic, no-antibiotic, lovingly-tucked-in-at-night kind), it doesn't feel like a meal. I try to get around that with soup night, but I've got a carnivore child and that girl is definitely caveman material. She will eat meat anywhere, anytime. It's a bit frightening to me.

My friend's son loved meat so much that one time he bit into a tofu pup and burst into tears because he had thought it was going to be a hot dog.

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