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Title: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: Ben on March 31, 2023, 08:17:09 AM: They have made mammoth meatballs.

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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-meatball-was-made-with-woolly-mammoth-dna-180981908/

I can't help but think of one of my favorite "Better off Ted" episodes:

https://youtu.be/HnXfLGcENnI
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: Kingcreek on March 31, 2023, 09:45:00 AM: Any good recipes? Painted on cave walls maybe?
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: WLJ on March 31, 2023, 10:14:11 AM: Mammoth balls?
Watch out for the pits
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: HankB on March 31, 2023, 01:46:43 PM: I can think of some more . . . unsettling . . . cultured meat dishes made with other DNA sequences.
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: Perd Hapley on March 31, 2023, 03:27:21 PM: Quote from: Ben on March 31, 2023, 08:17:09 AM
They have made mammoth meatballs.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-massive-meatball-was-made-with-woolly-mammoth-dna-180981908/

I can't help but think of one of my favorite "Better off Ted" episodes:

https://youtu.be/HnXfLGcENnI

I still miss BOT.
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: dogmush on March 31, 2023, 03:36:35 PM: I know the article says that it's not meant to be eaten, and that it is supposed to show the impact of food production blah blah blah.

Not gonna lie, I kinda want to eat it.
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: RoadKingLarry on March 31, 2023, 03:40:59 PM: Quote from: dogmush on March 31, 2023, 03:36:35 PM
I know the article says that it's not meant to be eaten, and that it is supposed to show the impact of food production blah blah blah.

Not gonna lie, I kinda want to eat it.

That's what the gynecologist said just before he lost his job.
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: 230RN on April 01, 2023, 08:19:13 AM: Are they actually inedible for some reason? I'm fond of saying "protein is protein" when the subject of odd foods comes up, but what's the deal with "not meant to be eaten?" Did they DNA-replicate some kind of nasty while they were replicating the "meat?"

Fascinating (but a bit scary) scientific achievement.

Terry, 230RN
Title: Re: Mammoth Meatballs Are Back on the Menu, Boys!
Post by: Ben on April 01, 2023, 08:35:03 AM: Quote from: Perd Hapley on March 31, 2023, 03:27:21 PM
I still miss BOT.

Yeah, they got the Firefly treatment. Honestly, they should have had a run as long as The Office. They were at least as witty.