Famous Israeli gastronome (美食家) Michal Ansky is a professional taster and a Master Chef judge. So when she was invited to the world’s first public blind taste test setting lab-grown chicken into competition against a conventionally raised product, she was confident that she would be able to tell the difference.
Surrounded by cameras at a restaurant bar, she tasted from two dishes, labeled A and B. A team of lawyers looked on, tasked with making sure that the tasting truly was blind. Even the chef who sautéed (嫩煎) the meat in sunflower oil—no salt, no seasonings—didn’t know which was which. Both were flavorless, Ansky noted, but she would bet her reputation that sample A was the real thing. It had a richer, more “chickeny” taste.
The tasting was hosted by a meat-tech startup SuperMeat at its in-house restaurant, The Chicken. Ever since 2013, when the first lab-grown hamburger was presented to the public with a $330,000 price tag, alternative-meat companies have been inching closer to a product that is just as tasty and nearly as affordable as the real thing, but without the climate impacts. One new study found high-income countries could cut agricultural emissions (排放物) by almost two-thirds by moving away from animal-based foods.
But one question remains: Would consumers be able to tell the difference? SuperMeat decided to put its product to the test without the deep frying and sauces that are usually used to mask a lack of flavor. Sample B had less flavor, so Ansky reasoned that it had to be the one grown in a lab. She was so convinced of her decision that when SuperMeat founder Ido Savir announced that it was in fact A that was lab-grown, she corrected him. “No,” she said. “A is the real chicken.”
A day later, I spoke to Ansky about the tasting. “It’s one of the only times in my life that I’m really happy that I was wrong,” she admitted.
【小题1】What do we know about the taste test?A.It was hosted by a chicken-themed restaurant. |
B.Food samples were made with different flavors. |
C.Michal Ansky was invited to the test for her reputation. |
D.Lawyers were involved to ensure the authority of the activity. |
A.lab-grown chicken tastes as good as raised chicken |
B.meat eaters turn a blind eye to the taste of chicken |
C.even a world-famous gastronome can make mistakes |
D.chicken should be cooked well to appeal to customers |
A.More chickeny taste. |
B.More affordable price. |
C.Less artificial flavor. |
D.Less carbon footprint. |
A.She wanted to ease her embarrassment. |
B.She saw a milestone in the food industry. |
C.She changed people’s opinion of her job. |
D.She believed in the power of making mistakes. |