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Scientists Develop Nutritious Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon

Posted by Soulskill on from the diet-companies-everywhere-go-out-of-business dept.

cold fjord writes: According to a New Zealand Herald report, "Researchers at Oregon State University have patented a new strain of succulent red marine algae that tastes like bacon when it's cooked. The protein-packed algae sea vegetable called dulse grows extraordinarily fast and is wild along the Pacific and Atlantic coastlines. It has been sold for centuries in a dried form around northern Europe, used in cooking and as a nutritional supplement. ... Chris Langdon has created a new strain of the weed which looks like a translucent red lettuce. An excellent source of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants, the "superfood" contains up to 16 per cent protein in dry weight. ... It has twice the nutritional value of kale." Langdon says, "When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And it's a pretty strong bacon flavor."

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  1. Shut up.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..and take my money!

  2. New Zealand Herald? by monkeyxpress · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do stories from the US have to be routed through the New Zealand media now?

    Time, Huffingtonpost, even the Daily Mail are running this story, and the original press release is here:

    http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/...

  3. Meanwhile. . . by Idou · · Score: 5, Funny

    The researchers who have invented bacon that tastes like seaweed are having trouble generating the same amount of buzz. . .

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  4. Ridiculous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm all for these kind of foods, but this is NOT what patents were intended to do, and the economic result is negative for society as a whole, not positive. By granting and enforcing this patent, government is setting a precedent where eventually all crops will be patented -- because all crops are the result of selective breeding, and have been since human beings first settled down and became farmers thousands of years ago. Granting a patent on the results of selective breeding is every bit as corrupt and absurd as granting a patent on human DNA.

  5. Re:Tastes Like Bacon. I can see it now ... by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Soylent Green tastes funny... Oh look, the box says "May contain clowns".

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  6. Re:It needs the right marketing. by the_other_chewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    How does one "activate" an almond?

    Nutlear reactors.

  7. Re:Dubious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's sooooo expensive.

    How expensive is it?

    You'd have to really bring home the bacon to afford it.

    (Sorry, I couldn't kelp myself)