Handburger

While reading the recent issue of Wired magazine i came across an article by Warren Ellis which i found quite unusual.

The article was talking about cannibalism and what if, human meat is the tastiest of all meats (being similar in taste to pork), not being the greatest fan of meat in the first place the thought of eating human meat makes me retch, so why would anyone want to do it?

Other cultures and in medieval times humans ate other humans mainly for mythical beliefs however eating another human being in this country is illegal as its cannibalism. There is a certain situation which makes this law void though, if you were stranded on an island with other people, some of which have already died then you are allowed to eat them if the only other option would be to starve and die. If you decide not to eat the others not so fortunate to still be alive and you end up dying then its considered suicide, as you had the choice not to starve but you chose to do so.

In this situation there is no way i can see myself being able to eat human meat as it just seems so wrong and disgusting, even if it is the "tastiest" meat, the thought of eating lamb or deer alone makes me feel sick enough.
I'm sure there would be plenty of people who would agree and also many others who wouldn't see the meat as being a human but just a means of survival and to be fair if there already dead why should they have to die too?

Seeing as human meat could be the tastiest of all and there is only one circumstance in which you can try it scientist have been doing experiments which allows them to make meat from the cells of the animal in which the meat would usually come from, creating artificial meat.
"A collagen matrix is impregnated with cultured muscle cells, thousands of them, all derived from a single muscle cell extracted from an animal. The meat then grows over the matrix, in sheets or blobs. There will be scenarios where the meat is "exercised" to gain the correct texture, either mechanically or through electronic stimulus."
This results in meat which has never been cut off a living thing or caused it any pain.

Using this technique, it may actually be possible to create human meat which everyone can try and taste, next time you go to a supermarket you may be buying human burgers rather than beef.