# Evolutionary desserts for Darwin's b-day **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089 "2009-02-09T17:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/1 "2009-02-09T17:14:00Z")
So what are you all bringing to share at the big Darwin Day celebration you’ll be attending? The best idea I have had so far is to get a box of Turtles - the chocolate and caramel coated pecan clusters - and say they were Galopagos Tortoises. But I’d love to hear any other ideas of themed sweets for the big fella’s 200th. (Seriously - please tell me I’m not the only one going to a Darwin Day celebration!) ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/2 "2009-02-09T17:20:04Z")
Hot dogs— in honor of the HMS Beagle? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/3 "2009-02-09T17:42:00Z")
What occurs when regular lasagna evolves into a higher life form: [CHOCOLATE LASAGNA](http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/recipes/Chocolate_Lasagna.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/4 "2009-02-09T17:45:54Z")
Wasn’t Darwin a member of some society dedicated to eating as many different species as possible? Google is unwilling to yield results. edit: [the Gourmet Club](http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/04/10-fun-facts-about-charles-darwin/) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/5 "2009-02-09T22:49:10Z")
Shouldn’t one just throw ingredients together at random, and pick the dessert that fits the occasion best? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/6 "2009-02-09T22:59:19Z")
No, one should place all potential ingredients in the fridge, close it up, and walk away for a year (or more). Anything that walks out under its own power wins. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/7 "2009-02-10T03:48:14Z")
I was thinking layered jello, with different plastic figures in the layers. Dinosaurs at the bottom, domestic cats and dogs at the top! Ah, stratigraphy humor. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/8 "2009-02-10T15:02:34Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Shouldn’t one just throw ingredients together at random, and pick the dessert that fits the occasion best? > > Regards, > Shodan Well, more accurately, one should take a dessert, make a bunch of versions of it all slightly different, and pick the best version. Then use that version as a starting point to make a bunch of variations, picking the best one of those as the new starting point. Repeat the process a few hundred times and enjoy the final result. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/9 "2009-02-10T15:04:44Z")
Monkeybread! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/10 "2009-02-10T17:51:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Shouldn’t one just throw ingredients together at random, and pick the dessert that fits the occasion best? 😃 Good’n. I’m skipping dessert, and exercising instead. I want to be the fittest. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/11 "2009-02-10T17:53:15Z")
Right. A nice fruit salad, maybe with low-cal dipping sauce, labelled “For the Survival of the Fittest.” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolutionary-desserts-for-darwins-b-day/485089/12 "2009-02-10T19:29:07Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > Well, more accurately, one should take a dessert, make a bunch of versions of it all slightly different, and pick the best version. Then use that version as a starting point to make a bunch of variations, picking the best one of those as the new starting point. Repeat the process a few hundred times and enjoy the final result. Recipes imply teleology. Creationist! Regards, Shodan