When meat is not murder

"Researchers have published details in a biotechnology journal describing a new technique which they hailed as the answer to the world's food shortage. Lumps of meat would be cultured in laboratory vats rather than carved from livestock reared on a farm."
Which would certainly be okay by me, provided the footprint of -what should we call it?- cultured non-animal meat? was acceptable in global terms. Not all vegetarians would be happy.
"The Vegetarian Society is concerned that while this has the potential to decrease the number of meat-producing animals in factory farms, there are still a number of question marks regarding the origins of the cells and the method of harvesting.
It won't appeal to someone who gave up meat because they think it's morally wrong to eat flesh or someone who doesn't want to eat anything unnatural,"

And the killer comment?
"I suppose if they're going to make chicken nuggets with it, then it's probably not going to taste much different."
And it will be a more appetising prospect than the way the meat for those nuggety things is currently 'harvested'!
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | When meat is not murder: [:vegetarianism:]