American belief in the magical protective powers of pork may stem from still-circulated (and apocryphal) tales about the American general Jack Pershing either shooting Muslim rebel prisoners with pork-blood bullets or burying them with pork skins and therefore somehow pacifying a restive Philippine province with swine magic in the early 1900s.
This approach has the advantage that the tissue has a functioning system of blood vessels to deliver nutrients, so it should be possible to grow tissue cultures more than a millimetre thick the current limit.Henk Haagsman, a meat scientist at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands, is trying to make minced pork from cultured stem cells with the backing of Stegeman, a sausage company.
"Much of this is garden-variety economic development pork that's hiding behind stem cells," Mr. Brodsky said.
And when it comes to issues like pork barrel spending, immigration, and stem cell research, he is.
Another, more elaborate and more assertive but equally appealing, included lotus stems, bits of pork and tiny shrimp, fried shallots, chilies, mint, rau ram or Vietnamese coriander and fish sauce.
Despite several attempts, scientists have not been able to culture embryonic stem cells from cattle, pork, or chicken.
Animal-rights activists hope printers will squeeze out pork chops made from the lab-grown stem cells of pigs.
Lotus stem salad with slivered lettuces, garnished with pork and shrimp or tofu, is fresh and crisp, with a light, sweet dressing; it can also serve as a full meal.
My hopes stem from my memories of "3 Minutes of Pork and Shoving," the Heron/Hijack collaboration I saw at P.S. 122 in December 2006.
