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(I refuse to call them Franken-foods. That is a scare tactic by dumbfucks like Greenpeace who think such food is unsafe.)

So, anyway, I figure genetic engineering for foods shouldn't just be limited to, say, increasing yields and making grapples. Let's make other stuff!

Like mine: combine the spicyness of the cayenne pepper with the salty, yet wholesome taste of the mushroom. Cayenne mushrooms would be incredibly awesome.

So, what's yours?

We've been genetically altering foods for thousands of years. Tomatoes used to be the size of a cherry, but we selected them and made them grow larger and larger.

Though I would bring back some the Aztec wheat, it went extinct. Otherwise...
I'd take peanuts and cross-breed them with the growth genes of the pumpkin and grow 1000 pound peanuts for people.

I'd engineer beef cattle who's meat tastes like pork or shellfish in order to make money selling Kosher bacon and lobster.

(I refuse to call them Franken-foods. That is a scare tactic by dumbfucks like Greenpeace who think such food is unsafe.)

So, anyway, I figure genetic engineering for foods shouldn't just be limited to, say, increasing yields and making grapples. Let's make other stuff!

Like mine: combine the spicyness of the cayenne pepper with the salty, yet wholesome taste of the mushroom. Cayenne mushrooms would be incredibly awesome.

So, what's yours?
I would make something more worth-while. Take for example, John Stewart's lastest installment of "What Are We Doing to Pigs?" We should take very popular (and usually unhealthy) foods and genetically modify the fuck outta them so that those same foods are now healthy, and a pretty greenish tint.

Applies to animals now o.o!?

How about having an animal that's waste is actually meat or something good? Instead of poop....it will be hamburger meat or something along the lines. It'd shut Greenpeace up. XD

I would make something more worth-while. Take for example, John Stewart's lastest installment of "What Are We Doing to Pigs?" We should take very popular (and usually unhealthy) foods and genetically modify the fuck outta them so that those same foods are now healthy, and a pretty greenish tint.
Not so sure about the greenish tint, but yes, we should definitely make all foods healthy. Imagine eating a burger that has the same good nutrition as a plate of salad!

Applies to animals now o.o!?

How about having an animal that's waste is actually meat or something good? Instead of poop....it will be hamburger meat or something along the lines. It'd shut Greenpeace up. XD
McDonalds have been doing this for years.

Not so sure about the greenish tint, but yes, we should definitely make all foods healthy. Imagine eating a burger that has the same good nutrition as a plate of salad!
FYI, salad is not all that good for you. The lettus (typically romain), has very little nutritional elements in it, and the salad dressing can somethimes make it worse than a burger. If we could make that burger as good for you as broccolli, then we may be onto something.

FYI, salad is not all that good for you. The lettus (typically romain), has very little nutritional elements in it, and the salad dressing can somethimes make it worse than a burger. If we could make that burger as good for you as broccolli, then we may be onto something.
My salad is made from spinach leaves. =/

My salad is made from spinach leaves. =/
I could really use a barfing smilie right about now.....

I could really use a barfing smilie right about now.....
I don't use dressing either.

I don't use dressing either.
What the hell's wrong with you?:confused:

I've always wanted vegetables to taste like chocolate, and for a long time I've thought it'd be cool to code 'em up that way. Mmmmm...

Different veggies could taste like different percentages of cocoa-flavor, so there'd still be variety.

Fergi America']I've always wanted vegetables to taste like chocolate, and for a long time I've thought it'd be cool to code 'em up that way. Mmmmm...

Different veggies could taste like different percentages of cocoa-flavor, so there'd still be variety.
I vaguely remember the Co-op doing this. Chocolate flavoured chocolates etc.

Chocolate flavoured chocolates etc.
Wait, wha???

Wait, wha???
Yea, didn't you know chocolate flavoured chocolate is a rarity? :p

Ok, Ok, so I meant chocolate flavoured carrot ;)

Bacon, beef jerkey, and whatever goes into Slim Jims. Ultimate beef snack.

Yea, didn't you know chocolate flavoured chocolate is a rarity? :p

Ok, Ok, so I meant chocolate flavoured carrot ;)
For real? If so, who's/where's this "Co-op" and where do I get some of these choco-carrots?

Fergi America']For real? If so, who's/where's this "Co-op" and where do I get some of these choco-carrots?
Co-op is a cooperative supermarket 'chain' in the UK. I don't know if they still do the different tasting vegetables.

Co-op is a cooperative supermarket 'chain' in the UK. I don't know if they still do the different tasting vegetables.
Those bastards.

(I refuse to call them Franken-foods. That is a scare tactic by dumbfucks like Greenpeace who think such food is unsafe.)

So, anyway, I figure genetic engineering for foods shouldn't just be limited to, say, increasing yields and making grapples. Let's make other stuff!

Like mine: combine the spicyness of the cayenne pepper with the salty, yet wholesome taste of the mushroom. Cayenne mushrooms would be incredibly awesome.

So, what's yours?

I have to ask, do you eat raw mushroom and or caynee pepper. if not
here's a better way to combine the two , cook them together, and I recommend using the organic variety (so far I haven't found any GM food product that tastes better than the original ).
Course I have nothing against GM food I get that if I want he organic variety and I'm willing to pay more its there for me.
just a thought
Steven

Vegetables that tast of coca-cola(any other leading soft drink will do).

Get the kids eating them

Vegetables that tast of coca-cola(any other leading soft drink will do).

Get the kids eating them
I'd rather see bacon that is nutrisious like vegies.

Tomacco..."it tastes like Grandma!".

Definitely tea plants and lemon. It would save so much time.

Tobacco that would taste and be good to eat, it would end smoking.

I want an apple with air bubbles in it structured in such a way that, when I bite into it, it sounds like the apple is screaming in agony, and if they could make the juice run red, that would be doubleplusgood.
I mean, yeah, it might seem really stupid and inane, but I've always been turned off by the fact that plants don't have the capacity to feel pain. I'd eat so much healthier if my fruit screamed while I ate it.

I want an apple with air bubbles in it structured in such a way that, when I bite into it, it sounds like the apple is screaming in agony, and if they could make the juice run red, that would be doubleplusgood.
I mean, yeah, it might seem really stupid and inane, but I've always been turned off by the fact that plants don't have the capacity to feel pain. I'd eat so much healthier if my fruit screamed while I ate it.
Best idea you've had.....today.

Hotdogs in banana peels.

doughnut jelly.

We've been genetically altering foods for thousands of years. Tomatoes used to be the size of a cherry, but we selected them and made them grow larger and larger.
Yea that is considered GE too, but I think most people associate our modern type of GE w/stuff like gene splicing 'n related techniques.

New idea: popcorn flavored brocolli. I love brocolli, but sometimes I get bored with the taste. Now, with popcorn flavored brocolli, it's new all over again!

Also: combine bananas, apples, pineapples, and kiwis. We'll call it a Bappwi.

I'd combine two tasty foodstuffs into a seemingly innocuous dream food that actually turns out to be slightly toxic. That'll teach those people who think GM foods shouldn't be tested in the same way as medicine to make certain they're safe.

We could always tweak cows into producing chocolate milk or something. But ew, then we'd have chocolate cheese.

I'd love to see juicy steaks that are really plants too.

How about a line of sexual foods? We can genetically engineer cucumbers to produce small amounts of viagra and other stimulants. :)
(I chose cucumbers for visual marketablity. :D )

How about caffeine apples? You can get your morning caffeine fix, but eat healthy too instead of, or at least in addition to, drinking coffee.

How about Turkeys that prepare and cook themselves?

How about a line of sexual foods? We can genetically engineer cucumbers to produce small amounts of viagra and other stimulants. :)
(I chose cucumbers for visual marketablity. :D )
You'd have to be very specific in your modifications to actually enable it to work.

Barastan: Nah. Far too complicated. =/

We've been genetically altering foods for thousands of years. Tomatoes used to be the size of a cherry, but we selected them and made them grow larger and larger.

Exactly.

Tobacco that would taste and be good to eat, it would end smoking.

Tomacco!

And it looks like someone's beat you to it![/quote]. (And according to [url=http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,61091,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3]Wired (http://www.snpp.com/news/tomacco.html) it did produce nicotine in the tomato leaves, but the fruit wasn't tested.)

Personally, I want to engineer a chilli pepper to break the million Scoville Heat Units mark. (The hotest yet is the Dorset Naga (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2113507,00.html), at 923,000 SHUs.)

Barastan: Nah. Far too complicated. =/

I didn't realise there were any limits :D

Tomacco..."it tastes like Grandma!".

LOL @ The Simpsons! :)

Yea, didn't you know chocolate flavoured chocolate is a rarity? :p

Ok, Ok, so I meant chocolate flavoured carrot ;)

I wish my chocolate tasted like chocolate!:(