Oh yes, it's a real thing, and some restaurants serve "frankenstein steaks" that are made using it. Basically, you take scraps of meat, sprinkle them with the magic dust, roll them up and refrigerate overnight, and you've got a whole piece of meat...
Here's a Youtube video of an experiment done by a sous vide fanatic - two roasts, one done the traditional way and the other glued together. The Moo Glue part starts at the 2:00 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA6TKxu8Vhk
There's also this one from a TV station in Australia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXXrB3rz-xU
Bon appetite! |