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What would dinosaurs have tasted like?

Asked by josie (30934points) October 15th, 2010

Obviously, dinosaurs were long gone by the time human beings, and their hunter gatherer ways, came along. But I think everybody has seen science fiction movies where humans interact with dinosaurs. And the truth is, a few critters are still around that are regarded as having followed the dinosaur evolutionary track-allligators, crocodiles, birds etc. And they are certainly edible.
So I wonder. What would dinosaur have tasted like?
Would the meat have been red and dense like beef? Or light and pale like chicken?

I would bet on chicken.

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aprilsimnel's avatar

Probably like an alligator or crocodile, right?

eden2eve's avatar

Since they are purportedly ancestors of chickens, I vote for that. Maybe really old, tough chicken.

fundevogel's avatar

delicious.

erichw1504's avatar

A variant on chicken meat. I would be a little tougher, but hold more protein.

Mmm… raptor sandwiches!

Frenchfry's avatar

Chicken , I second @erichw1504

jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities's avatar

Their taste probably varied based on their diet. I don’t think I’d wanna eat a Tyrannosaurus Rex, but I’d probably go for a Stegosaurus burger. Mmmm, tastes Jurassicy.

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

What do you mean dinosaurs were long gone before humans? At the Creationist museum, people were like…totally riding ‘em…I bet they tasted like *&%$&.

LuckyGuy's avatar

The chicken we eat today is nothing like in the wild.
I vote for wild game turkey. I’ll have mine with a dash of Stegosauce and a plate of Ginko nuts on the side.

lucillelucillelucille's avatar

It would taste like Sasquatch ;)

Aesthetic_Mess's avatar

Tough I imagine. Like alligator.

josie's avatar

@Simone_De_Beauvoir Is there really a Creationist museum, or are taking advantage of my naivete? Where is it? I must go there.

fundevogel's avatar

@josie The country is filthy with em. The most famous one is in Kentucky.

ucme's avatar

Yeah i’m going to go with chicken too. I can here the old dears at the butchers now…....“Ooh I say Edna, look at the size of that cock! Gotta have me some of that!”

Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

@josie I’ve been saying for years that I must go there – it would be ridiculously fun but I’d probably get kicked out like yesterday.

cubozoa's avatar

I know you shouldn’t answer a question with a question, but….

Doesn’t the term “dinosaur” cover quite a wide range of animals? So, your question is a little like asking what a mammal tastes like.

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faye's avatar

I’ve also had alligator, kind of tough fishy chicken! And I’ve had turtle soup, really good, so maybe like those.

incendiary_dan's avatar

Maybe duck? I guess that depends on the particular species.

I’ve actually eaten snapping turtle, which I guess is basically a dinosaur. Different parts tasted drastically different. The neck was like tilapia. The “arm-pit”, my friend declared, was like turkey dark mean.

YARNLADY's avatar

It would depend on what they had been eating, I suspect.

El_Cadejo's avatar

Gamey and like other reptiles id imagine.

Paradox's avatar

@josie I think the creation museum is in Kentucky. Yes it’s real. Here is a video about it from youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxr6xzmDgxQ&feature=related

andreaxjean's avatar

I would the the meat would be darker than a chicken… kind of more like a turkey. Depending on how it’s cooked it might not be as dry as turkey can be. If you cook it, I’ll eat it. I’m always up for broadening my culinary palate.

seazen's avatar

A “Raptor Wrap” might taste like croc meat, n’est ce pas?

MissA's avatar

Ask me in a past life, past post or, at least a simultaneous one of which I’m not aware.

ZEPHYRA's avatar

Spaghetti with tangy cheese!!!!

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

Pork chops….......

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