Bill Gates & Twitter Founders Put "Meatless" Meat To the Test

assertation (1255714) writes "Bill Gates and the founders of Twitter are betting millions that meat lovers will embrace a new plant-based product that mimics the taste of chicken and beef. Meat substitutes have had a hard time making it to the dinner tables of Americans over the years, but the tech giants believe these newest products will pass the "tastes like chicken" test. Gates has met several times with Ethan Brown, whose product, Beyond Meat, is a mash-up of proteins from peas and plants."

Comments

Re:The diffciulty in getting carnivores to switch

[HornWumpus]

You assert that your taste is the correct one. Fuck you.

Re:But the price?

[drinkypoo]

Once you've gotten to the point of trying to recreate meat then you've basically admitted your choices are all wrong.

I think vegetarianism is for people too dumb to comprehend the import of their teeth, let alone their digestive system, but your statement only makes sense in the way opposite of that which you claim. People try to recreate meat specifically because they believe that their choices are "all wrong" — notably, they find themselves choosing to eat meat. As a result, they decided to trick themselves into not eating meat.

Oh noes, it's only been 3 minutes since the last time I posted a comment? First beta, now this fucking shit. Is Dice trying to kill Slashdot? Because all the evidence suggests it.

Hmm, still three minutes. A minute is long enough to formulate a complaint about the idiots running Slashdot into the ground, but it's not long enough to write a comment?

Now it's been four minutes. Fuck you, Slashdot. Seriously, which of you fuckbags made this decision?

Re:I can't do it; I've tried before.

[Giant Electronic Bra]

Yeah, go to China and try the actual cooking there. Its nothing like what you're probably getting in the US.