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Healthy Pork? Pinach?

Posted by michael on from the other-green-meat dept.

L-Wave writes: "Just when you thought goats with spider genes was weird... Here is a story on Yahoo about scientists breeding pigs with spinach genes! Who thought getting a pork and spinach calzone could be so easy!"

28 comments

  1. More healthy, worse taste by Brandon+T. · · Score: 1

    From the article: Iritani said their meat would be ``more healthy'' than normal pork although it was too early to say whether it could be considered as healthy as spinach..
    Too bad "more healthy" is synonymous with "much worse tasting." Can you imagine spinach and pork mixed together? Yuck.

    Brandon Tallent

    1. Re:More healthy, worse taste by PD · · Score: 2

      When I eat I always separate my food into individual places. My pototoes are always separated from the stuffing which is also separate from the turkey. If I was faced with this kind of food, I don't know if I could even begin to eat.

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    2. Re:More healthy, worse taste by pubudu · · Score: 2
      Can you imagine spinach and pork mixed together?

      Yes, I can, and it's quite good. I don't have my father's recipe, but I found one here which looks tasty.

      The problem I see is of course the fact that pork and spinach recipes work because their tastes are married; that is, they are separate and then blend. I fear that this may taste like a half-pork half-spinach culinary disaster, like a soup that was put in the blender rather than simmered for hours.

      (yes, I know the resultant pig won't actually taste like spinach--whether it tastes like pork will be another matter--but will only make the goyim super-strong, like Popeye).

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    3. Re:More healthy, worse taste by Winged+Cat · · Score: 1

      Field cuisine: take foods X and Y which are supposed to be stored separate but served together, eat half a mouthful of each, and mix in your mouth. I hear it works well for coffee (powdered grounds + hot water)...

  2. Pork and spinach calzone? by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is one of those times where we have to ask "Is humanity really ready for a pork and spincah clazone?"

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  3. Super Pigs by MJArrison · · Score: 1

    The first thing it makes me think about is Super Pigs.

    At least it worked for Popeye.

  4. And of course it would be eaten with... by itwerx · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...a SPORK!

    1. Re:And of course it would be eaten with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But isn't Spork a Canadian Spam-like product?

  5. Bah, close but no cigar by Ledge · · Score: 1

    Wake me up when they figure out a way to grow strips of freshly fried bacon like spinach. Mmmm, bacon.

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  6. Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by mfarah · · Score: 2
    Spinach-enhanced pork will taste so bad, they'll have to do a new Popeye propaganda campaign to promote it among kids. However, this time it'll be a Popeye clone, with some of Brutus' genes thrown into the mix. What we'll have will be a bigger bearded Popeye that will rescue Olivia and then will hit her.



    (and as long as they're at it, they put a woman that's both intelligent and good-looking to replace Olivia, who lacks BOTH traits)

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    1. Re:Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by L-Wave · · Score: 1

      Not to be nitpicky, but its not "Olivia" its "Olive Oil" hehe, sorry, i watch too many cartoons =)

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    2. Re:Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by rebug · · Score: 1

      Not to by nitpicky about your nitpicks, but it was Olive Oyl.

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    3. Re:Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And Popeye's nemesis was Bluto, not Brutus. Brutus was Caesar's killer.

    4. Re:Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by ymgve · · Score: 1

      Actually, in some other countries those chacacters were named Olivia and Brutus. So you're both right.

    5. Re:Popeye's clones will promote this "food". by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think I remember seeing it as Olivia and Brutus in the coloring books while I was living in Germany.

  7. other taste sensation brough to you by GeneCorp! by digitalmuse · · Score: 1

    hmm, where else will this trend lead us? We already have green ketchup and artificially colored margarine-spread.
    How about some mix & match taste sensations!
    Liver & Onions Cereal (the kids love it!)
    Cod Cheeks & Brussel Sprouts (building health bones and halitosis)
    Chicken Nuggets & Scrambled Eggs (Free Salmonella Inside)

    the possibilities are endless... (and nauseating!)

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  8. Hmm by xinu · · Score: 1
    Is it just me or does it seem that scientists have lost sight of what they are trying to accomplish. I can see the conversations now:

    "Lets splice grow a dog with cat genes in it and see what happens... yeah, that would be cool. Then after lets put a turtle and a rabbit genes together..."

    Bunch of kids playin around with gene splicing, wtf...

  9. wasn't this an episode of Dilbert? by Synistyr · · Score: 1

    Uh oh.. look out for the tomeato! But seriously, is the world really in need of more spinach? You'd think all the piles you were forced to eat as a kid would have had an effect!

  10. Children, children by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Everyone knows that an elephant and a pigs DNA just don't splice. It's in the Loverboy song.

  11. What colour... by druxton · · Score: 1

    Of SPAM would this produce? As if regular spam weren't bad enough.

  12. Misleading by pubudu · · Score: 1

    This story wholly lacked the panache that I was led to expect by the mispelled title. Although, it did suggest that the panache was questionable...

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  13. Evolution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    In a lot of ways, we sit at a pivotal point in history. I picture some future archeologist studying a layer of rock where the fossil record went berzerk for a few millinia. The archealogist will then quickly gallop back to the hive, hoping his discovery wont upset the queen.

    And that's the good news.

  14. But when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are they going to make a chicken that has bacon within the chicken?

    Mmmmm...
    Bacon and Chicken. A winning combination!

    1. Re:But when... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Excellent point about the bacon and chicken. I think I may try roasting a chicken with strips of bacon toothpicked to it. Maybe even stick a few pieces inside with the stuffing. Yum, chicken!

  15. Re:other taste sensation brough to you by GeneCorp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    We already have green ketchup [heinz.com] and artificially colored margarine-spread [packagingdigest.com].

    Hate to break it to you, but all margarine is artificially colored. (Well, if it is yellowish.) Take oil and partially hydrogenate it (i.e. make margarine) and you will get a white-ish/tan-ish product. The Margarine companies then add yellow food coloring to make it look more like butter.

    Many years ago, some states (such as Wisconsin) had laws banning the sale of artificially colored margarine. (In Wisc. it was to protect the dairy industry.) So margarine was sold as a white mass with a small packet of yellow food coloring on the side which had to be mixed in to get a visually appealing product. (Wisc. has since rescinded that law.)

  16. Re:other taste sensation brough to you by GeneCorp by digitalmuse · · Score: 2

    I'm actually aware that in some areas, and at some times, margarine was un-colored. My mother and grandmother have mentioned in stories of mixing the yellow coloring packets into the stuff. And I remember signage in some of the corner cafe's in Brooklyn where I ate durring college there was signage regarding how everything served was real butter, and it mentioned the legal statue that governed this.
    I however was going for the simpler connotation, but you do bring to light a signifcant flaw to the metaphor.
    Thanks for reading.

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  17. Religous Dictates by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Does this mean the Jews will start eating pork?

  18. Wrong Topic by sulli · · Score: 1

    this should be in the spam category

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