When in Japan, try to steer clear of this new delicacy the sh!t burger. Yes, that's exactly what Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher from the Okayama Laboratory, is calling his new creation.
He came up with the concept after Tokyo Sewage asked him to find a way of using up the city's waste. Ikeda found that human excreta which filled up the system, was packed with protein because of all the bacteria." His research team extracted the proteins to create an artificial steak, which is turned red with food colouring and flavoured with soy.
The 'meat' is currently 10 to 20 times more expensive than an average beef burger due to research costs, however Professor Ikeda hopes to bring costs down over time. The team claims that in initial tests, people reported it was delicious and tasted like beef. Our chefs react to the crap-in-a-bun idea: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor says, It's all sh!t . People should focus on coming up with ways to grow more fresh produce (vegetables and fruits) using natural resources rather than spending time on this, unless we are in a very desperate situation and this is the only way out.
Chef and restaurateur, Rahul Akerkar, adds, The idea sounds like sh!t . It's absurd, and I don't think it is something that this guy will be able to sell.
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He came up with the concept after Tokyo Sewage asked him to find a way of using up the city's waste. Ikeda found that human excreta which filled up the system, was packed with protein because of all the bacteria." His research team extracted the proteins to create an artificial steak, which is turned red with food colouring and flavoured with soy.
The 'meat' is currently 10 to 20 times more expensive than an average beef burger due to research costs, however Professor Ikeda hopes to bring costs down over time. The team claims that in initial tests, people reported it was delicious and tasted like beef. Our chefs react to the crap-in-a-bun idea: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor says, It's all sh!t . People should focus on coming up with ways to grow more fresh produce (vegetables and fruits) using natural resources rather than spending time on this, unless we are in a very desperate situation and this is the only way out.
Chef and restaurateur, Rahul Akerkar, adds, The idea sounds like sh!t . It's absurd, and I don't think it is something that this guy will be able to sell.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...burger-a-new-delicacy/articleshow/8925375.cms
