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Hekate

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156. IF vat-bred meat becomes affordable, there will be a considerable length of time for people...

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 12:27 AM

Apr 2015

...to get used to the idea, during which the population of food-animals can be consumed while ranchers breed fewer of them. I can see a considerable amount of resistance coming from ranchers, though.

Food animals will never become extinct, though. We've coexisted with them for tens of thousands of years, and some people will always want to eat the real deal and will be willing to pay a premium for the pleasure.

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The end of the cow [View all] packman Mar 2015 OP

Please don't udder those words again. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #1

I agree. The steaks are too high. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #4

He'll loin pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #5

Already milking this thread, eh? TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #6

Yeah. You got a beef with that? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #8

Keep it civil or you'll get a hide pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #11

You know you are going to get Aerows Mar 2015 #66

I'm rested and ready, hoping not to get tanned pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #103

Or beaten Aerows Mar 2015 #104

What a cowincidence pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #105

What a rare ooocasion Aerows Mar 2015 #106

Don't have a cow, man LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #12

Don't go off in a hoof treestar Mar 2015 #30

No need to be jerky about it pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #33

Nah, probably a Jersey tough guy sounding off. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #47

The 'Barn to Lose' tattoo is a dead giveaway pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #48

Yep, that and the shoulder holstein. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #50

Heavy cowliber, no doubt pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #51

A Whopper, for sure. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #52

Preferred for flanking mooneuvers pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #54

It won't help much when he's in the pen TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #57

Of course getting shanked is alway a possibility..... TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #72

Sadly, that's what can happen when you're pasture prime pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #73

He'll be ready to meat his maker, when the time comes. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #74

First he has to get through St. Peter's grilling pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #75

If he chooses a short loin, the weight won't be too bad. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #91

He cud easily get stalled pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #107

Nah, beef tips pretty well, he'll get right in. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #108

Cow-tipping isn't allowed in heaven, silly pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #109

I stand corrected, not for the past ure or so. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #110

Yeah, it's now either a haynous sin or a gravyous one pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #111

It is serious, I veal the same way. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #112

As the Bible says: To err is human; to forgive, bovine pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #113

Zzzzz. Biblical quotes make my eyes graze over. Sorry. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #114

"The best quote from the Bible!" -- Rachel Meadow pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #115

Whoa! She is out standing in her field. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #116

I see by her outfit that she is a cowgirl... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #118

She was hoping she wouldn't be spotted. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #120

She tried to stay mo-bile at first... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #121

Breeders Digest proclaimed it a boon to farmers. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #125

God knows the farmers already have their hands full dealing with tournedos pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #127

Dairy farmers always find a whey to get the job done. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #130

At bottom they always have that dairy air about them pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #132

You folks are all so cudd-ly thucythucy Apr 2015 #133

Nice to know I don't have to feel like the Lone Ranger pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #135

That flies in the face of everything I was taught. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #134

Can I get a ha-rump? ... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #136

Sure, butt being Bossie won't do any good. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #137

What this thread needs is more cowmedy... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #138

Yeah, it's bin kind of corny. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #139

And hard to stomachs pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #142

Stalling around like this upsets most of them. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #144

Mad cows will get upset over anything! That's why they're called mad cows. Duh! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #145

At least, that's what I herd pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #146

I'm pretty tense - a slow drive in herford would be so relaxing 'bout now... TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #147

Actually, I think I'll just make a few pies and hit the hay instead. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #148

Don't get TOO relaxed. We saw what happened with the chickens... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #149

Oh, my Heavhens! How awfowl! TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #150

No need to go off half-cocked... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #151

Nevertheless, I intend to keep abreast of this pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #154

They're all making hash of this topic, but PETA should find it mooving Hekate Mar 2015 #96

Uh-oh. Someone's in a bad moo-d this morning. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #13

No bull pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #14

Well don't hoof it Aerows Mar 2015 #67

It's time for all good men and women to stay and come to the aid of their cowntry pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #124

Try switching to de-calf. I herd it's great for your nerves. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #20

What brand? pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #25

Hmmm. Nothing rings a bell at the moment. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #43

Take your time and ruminant on it a little longer pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #45

Thanks, I just don't want to make a misteak. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #46

I know you wouldn't steer me wrong pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #61

It's always butter when it comes from a friend Aerows Mar 2015 #68

You curd be right. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #71

I might be whey-zy Aerows Mar 2015 #77

No way. Chuck Full o' Nuts was always a fave. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2015 #70

My favorite brand is Chateau pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #140

Hate to horn in, but the science still sounds calf-assed. DirkGently Mar 2015 #21

"Pucky, pucky, pucky." pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #22

How many here know who this is.... haikugal Mar 2015 #32

I loved the Smothers Brothers show hifiguy Mar 2015 #53

yes, it brings back memories KittyWampus Mar 2015 #65

The Filet-o-Fish is made in a lab, has to be. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #2

It's more unsettling for some people to think of slaughterhouses LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #3

That's why I went vegetarian vt_native Mar 2015 #7

I did too. LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #10

Dltto. Me too. n/t RebelOne Mar 2015 #78

Right, I'd rather have cloned meat Warpy Mar 2015 #9

If they are going to clone meat, they'd better clone the GOOD stuff! MADem Mar 2015 #27

Thankyou for charring pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #34

In this medium rare opportunities arise for so doing!! MADem Mar 2015 #35

Well done sir! n/t Paper Roses Mar 2015 #39

Hee hee...! nt MADem Mar 2015 #40

I'd be rounding up the options Aerows Mar 2015 #64

um Kali Mar 2015 #101

Indeed... hlthe2b Mar 2015 #15

I remember the terrible smell from the slaughterhouse in Chicago pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #152

Thought someone would have posted this by now packman Mar 2015 #16

The seems more appropriate muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #24

Some are REALLY ready for the revolution pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #28

I think I'll wait for the GMO spaghetti *and* meatball trees. hunter Mar 2015 #17

...Cowabunga!!!!!! yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #18

Gives a whole new meaning to 'surf & turf' :) nt pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #41

I figured this would happen a few years ago krispos42 Mar 2015 #19

Might come in handy on as long mission to Mars..... Historic NY Mar 2015 #23

Mmmm Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #26

If it's as good as a real ribeye steak, then I would eat it over a regular one. FLPanhandle Mar 2015 #29

Bull. Orrex Mar 2015 #31

You got a beef with this? hifiguy Mar 2015 #55

Not a lean enough argument Aerows Mar 2015 #76

Well done. Orrex Mar 2015 #79

Rather rare, isn't it? n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #81

Actually, I didn't think that you had a steak in this discussion at all. Orrex Mar 2015 #84

The gristle I possess Aerows Mar 2015 #85

That's the most offal comment I've read all day. Orrex Mar 2015 #93

Liver with it. n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #94

Of all the unmitigated gall... Orrex Mar 2015 #98

Hay, don't knock unmitigated gall... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #119

Nice shot, but you only grazed her pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #86

Not my fault. she mooved at the last second. Orrex Mar 2015 #92

You must be kidney me :) n/t Aerows Mar 2015 #95

Not me. The cows won't be mad! Hekate Mar 2015 #99

Give a man a lb of flesh and you feed him, give him tissue culture HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #36

All for it. Maybe they can fashion bones from recycled plastic and... cherokeeprogressive Mar 2015 #37

Yippee! Can slig be far behind? S_B_Jackson Mar 2015 #38

IT'S PEOPLE!!! madinmaryland Mar 2015 #42

I am waiting for the lab grown human flesh AngryAmish Mar 2015 #44

And you know this how? hifiguy Mar 2015 #56

You didn't notice the fava beans and chianti on his breath? pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #58

from the family photo album AngryAmish Mar 2015 #59

Interesting family. hifiguy Mar 2015 #60

No way. At picnics we have fried chicken? AngryAmish Mar 2015 #69

If the worst objection you have to it is "it's not natural" NuclearDem Mar 2015 #49

Can't speak for packman Aerows Mar 2015 #63

Hello steaks Aerows Mar 2015 #62

These comments are killing me!! arcane1 Mar 2015 #80

Who here believes that the 1%ers are going to eat cloned meat? NOBODY Pooka Fey Mar 2015 #82

Economic justice? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #83

Feed animals like cows are slaughtered, not "murdered". "Best practices" for that slaughter improves Pooka Fey Mar 2015 #87

I still eat meat. But I'd be very happy to quit having other animals die for that Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #88

Humanely raised, humainly slaughtered, raised by small independant ranchers and farmers Pooka Fey Mar 2015 #89

We're not carnivores. We're omnivores. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #90

This thread needs more cowbell. How will we get cowbell without cows? Hekate Mar 2015 #97

Oh, don't be so Bossie! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #122

Don't eat it then; real or fake. Avalux Mar 2015 #100

we sure live in interesting times Kali Mar 2015 #102

Now this is interesting... Lancero Apr 2015 #117

"Natural or organic?" Somehow I don't think so, but I'd like to know about Kosher! Hekate Apr 2015 #123

Grass fed or grain fed? TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #128

I suppose natural would depend on how stringent a definition you use. Lancero Apr 2015 #155

IF vat-bred meat becomes affordable, there will be a considerable length of time for people... Hekate Apr 2015 #156

Food species as a whole wouldn't become extinct, though some breeds will. Lancero Apr 2015 #157

Probably nowhere near extinct, just drastically fewer in number. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #158

So, everything will be filet mignon? LOL TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #126

Not much ground to stand on there pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #129

LOL TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #159

excellent replacement for all the cheap beef meals, cheap ground beef 'chubs' & pink slime. Sunlei Apr 2015 #131

Interesting. So "food replicators" - ala Star Trek - could jonno99 Apr 2015 #141

I'm sorry, Dave... pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #143

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