[sudo-discuss] "It Tastes Like Chicken" dep't: 3D-printed "phood"?

[Anca Mosoiu]

Haven't we already been eating this stuff in the form of "Power Bars", "Pink Slime", and the like?

Or is that stuff produced from actual foodstuff?

Anca.

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On Nov 6, 2013, at 5:41 PM, GtwoG PublicOhOne wrote:

> 
> This might be of interest to biohackers and food hackers, and 3D printer hackers:
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24825582
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> "French physical chemist Herve This says every foodstuff is made up of a basic chemical mixture - and so it's possible to create nutritious dishes from powders, oils and liquids that contain the building-blocks of food, rather than conventional raw ingredients...."
> 
> The video shows Professor This making up a fresh serving of something that could be cookie dough for Soylent Orange.  At the end of the video, with a bit of garnish, it even looks like futuristic sculpture on the plate. 
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> No need for farm animals, no need for vegetables, no need for fruit, and fortunately, no need for eating worms.  Professor This calls it "Note-By-Note cuisine" but I'd call it "phood."
> 
> Whoever invents a 3-D printer for using this stuff, like the food dispenser on Star Trek, is going to earn a fortune.  "Burger, medium, with a pickle.  Tea, Earl                                                     Gray, hot."  Or at least, "Phood, orange with blue swirls, spicy."  
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> -G.
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