

BBC journalist cooks up own flesh to see what it tastes like

Ever looked at yourself and wondered what you taste like?
Wonder no more, thanks to BBC presenter Greg Foot, who recently tackled the question for the online series The Secret of Everything.
Under anaesthetic, the journalist had a piece of his thigh removed on the show with the aim of cooking it and analysing it in a lab.
Foot found it was quite similar to chicken breast, and had muscle fibres not far away from that of beef.
He was not able to actually eat himself, as it is illegal to eat human flesh, even your own, in the UK, but in the lab the cooked skin was analysed to judge what it would taste like, based on its smell.
At first Foot seems unimpressed with the aroma of his cooked leg meat, but later said it "smells quite nice."
He equated it to being similar to "beef and ale stew."

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What he was able to do was closely replicate his flesh by making up a combination of meats based on the data analysis of his cooked thigh.
The resulting burger was "beefy, a bit lamby, and pretty good", he said.
Other big questions tackled by The Secret of Everything include what happens to the human body when you get shot, what it's like being buried alive, and can you dig to Australia.

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