# What did dinosaurs taste like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092 "2007-04-14T12:47:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/1 "2007-04-14T12:47:22Z")
So, what did they taste like? [link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20070413/tc_usatoday/yesterdaystrexistodayschicken) ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/2 "2007-04-15T00:20:07Z")
(This is too easy…) Chicken? Seriously, I would guess anywhere from mild like chicken to pretty gamey, depending on diet, biome and creature. I’ve had fried rattlesnake, and it was pretty mild, but I don’t have a desire to try stronger animals like deer and rabbit. Bottom line? It depends on what dinosaur you’re talking about. Now, what wine would go with apatosaurus a-la-king? And, shallots or garlic butter? Vlad/Igor ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/3 "2007-04-15T02:09:10Z")
[QUOTE=Vlad/Igor] (This is too easy…) Chicken? [/QUOTE] Hey, Isaac Asimov said it did, so it much be so. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/4 "2007-04-15T17:49:42Z")
Is there anything garlic butter doesn’t go with? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/5 "2007-04-15T17:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=Vlad/Igor] (This is too easy…) I don’t have a desire to try stronger animals like deer and rabbit. Vlad/Igor [/QUOTE] Had both of those often-- wild deer, not farmed, and hare. Both are delicious, and not particularly strong. The first time I had both I was 8 years old, and nothing about the taste turned me off, on the contrary. Back to the OP, my guess is chicken too, but we better make it a community cook-out. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/6 "2007-04-15T19:41:31Z")
Wouldn’t it be more accurate though, to say chicken tastes like dinosaur? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/7 "2007-04-15T20:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] Wouldn’t it be more accurate though, to say chicken tastes like dinosaur? [/QUOTE] Chicken _is_ dinosaur. So we already know what some dinosaurs taste like. The main question would be if tyrannosaurs tasted more like chicken, turkey, or duck ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/8 "2007-04-15T21:59:08Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Chicken _is_ dinosaur. So we already know what some dinosaurs taste like. The main question would be if tyrannosaurs tasted more like chicken, turkey, or duck [/QUOTE] I say ostrich. Triceratops now, \*that/i] tasted like duck. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/9 "2007-04-15T22:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=photopat] I say ostrich. Triceratops now, \*that/i] tasted like duck. [/QUOTE] I’ve had ostrich. Ick squared. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/10 "2007-04-15T22:10:24Z")
[QUOTE=Rysdad] I’ve had ostrich. Ick squared. [/QUOTE] Must not have been cooked right. I’ve had ostrich too, and it was one of the best meals I ever ate. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/11 "2007-04-15T22:10:33Z")
Maybe we can finally also decide what [Red Bull](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413050&highlight=red+bull) tastes like. Dinosaur! ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-dinosaurs-taste-like/400092/12 "2007-04-15T22:50:38Z")
Somewhere along the 8 in Arizona (Grand Junction? Or am I thinking of Colorado?) there’s a _huge_ ostrich farm/tourist trap. I had ostrich jerky a number of times in Tucson and it wasn’t too bad.