Vegetarians: The MEAT Tree

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Tree That Give Meat Instead Of Fruit!

Friday May 16, 2003

By MICHAEL CHIRON

MANCHESTER, England -- Here's some good news that vegetarians can really sink their teeth into: Researchers have developed genetically engineered fruit trees that bear real meat!

Fruit from the new Meat Trees, developed by British scientists using gene-splicing technology, closely resembles ordinary grapefruit. But when you peel the large fruit open, inside is fresh beef.

"Our trees may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but it's really a simple, down-to-earth idea whose time has come," declares Dr. Vincent Tartley, director of agricultural bioengineering research for the UltraModAgri Group, which created the amazing trees.

"Vegetarians have been complaining for years that despite their moral convictions against consuming meat, they still crave the flavor of a good steak once in a while. Now they can have their cake and eat it too."

Although it's taken 12 years to develop the trees, the concept is simple.

"We take the genes from cattle that produce key proteins and splice them into the reproductive cells of grapefruit trees," he says. "When the seeds mature into trees, instead of producing ordinary citrus fruit, the pulp contains meat. You get the flavor, texture -- even the smell."

Those who've sampled the meat agree it tastes like the real thing.

"I was a bit skeptical at first when I sank my teeth into a hamburger after they told me it grew on a tree," says Londoner Mark Basker, 41, who participated in a consumer taste-test. "But it was juicy and delicious -- nothing leafy about it at all."

Meat grown on trees needs only sun, water and fertilizer and thus is more cost-effective than raising livestock, Dr. Tartley also points out.

Meat Tree products could be on the market in Great Britain by year's end and, pending USDA approval, on dinner plates in the U.S. by 2005.

Some fanatical vegetarians insist they could never eat meat -- even if it grew on a tree and no animals had to be killed. Others love the idea.

"My mouth is watering already," says a committed vegetarian of 20 years.

But religious leaders are uneasy about "trans-species genetic engineering." "Mixing animal and vegetable DNA to create a new species is playing God," argues Rev. Lawrence Bedlow, Britain's leading expert in medical ethics.

Here is the actual link to the article:

http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/...5309720008.html

As much faith as I have in Weekly World News ... for some reason, I just can't trust 'em on this one.

what the blood clot!

this is a joke right?

that's fucking disgusting.

I dont know, thats what I was wondering.

If it isnt, sheeit, bring on the bbq sauce!

Im fuckin hungry.

Boogie hands on this...........I'm sceptical.........

damn...its scary to think that someday cattle will be obsolete...not that the article is the most beliveable.

i don't trust an article with improper grammar...IN THE TITLE!

"Tree That Give Meat Instead Of Fruit!"

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great just like that.

anyone willing to do the cross reference research?

this is really interesting..a good read..thanks

bwahahahahaha!

meat on trees.....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

i pagliacci.

*believe*

I wish they would make the money tree already!

i had vegan food today, it was actually good.

this is the coolest god damn thing since SARS.

soilent green is people....................IT'S PEOLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

you can't be serious...

as a dude with 10+ years in the vegetarian game, i wouldn't touch the shit.

i call bluff...

i like the idea of killing an animal and eating it rather than picking it off a tree, but nah seriously if thats for real id give it a go...im down to try any food once...

hippie bash

we are living in the end times guys, be prepared

i think becoming vegetarian for animal rights is fucking retarded. if you dont like the meat industry, do something, start a fucking revolution. staying away from meat and leather isnt enough. go fuckin free some cattle and pigs and chickens. who cares if its against the law, its the right thing to do. i eat meat daily. i cant give a fuck about those animals, so im not gonna free them.

now back to the subject. im gonna get myself one of those trees. it would be great to go outside and pick some meat of the tree. im too lazy to go hunt a cow, or even to go to the market.

Originally posted by SPLINTER

i think becoming vegetarian for animal rights is fucking retarded. if you dont like the meat industry, do something, start a fucking revolution. staying away from meat and leather isnt enough. go fuckin free some cattle and pigs and chickens. who cares if its against the law, its the right thing to do. i eat meat daily. i cant give a fuck about those animals, so im not gonna free them.

now that the standard "not well thought-out" vegetarian bash is out of the way, let's get back to talking about meat trees.

the personal is political, brah.

Fuck vegetarians.

:rolleyes: idiot.

They've actually started to sell that stuff in some London supermarkets. Apparently it's proving quite popular.

Originally posted by Zee_Zee

meats word.

I hate to break it to ya, but you are using 'word' in the wrong context.

Unless you meant to say that meat had something to say, as in "meat's word is good to go"

give a fuck though....ill slaughter the cow and use every last part in a spiritual blessing.....

till then....lemme get some tree meat.

actually......

ill take my steaks off safeways shelf.

grapfruit steaks just aint right.

id really slaughter my own cows though. steaks and all the rest taste gooooooooooood.

"Batboy eats meat from tree and enjoys!!"