Pyrian on 2/11/2023 at 07:01
Unforeseen consequences in...
Starker on 2/11/2023 at 07:48
Pleistocene Park unfortunately doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
mxleader on 2/11/2023 at 09:53
Has anyone tasted the meat from one of the mammoths they've found? Is it really worth resurrecting an animal if it doesn't taste good?
Pyrian on 2/11/2023 at 16:02
I think it's past its expiration date, despite being frozen.
mxleader on 2/11/2023 at 16:24
Maybe just a nibble then?
Azaran on 2/11/2023 at 16:40
Yeah, if you keep meat frozen past a certain time (sometimes as quickly as 1 year), the ice crystals break down the molecules and it becomes unpalatable.
I once forgot a steak in my freezer for a couple years, and when I found it, it looked beige :eww:
mxleader on 2/11/2023 at 17:14
Quote Posted by Azaran
Yeah, if you keep meat frozen past a certain time (sometimes as quickly as 1 year), the ice crystals break down the molecules and it becomes unpalatable.
I once forgot a steak in my freezer for a couple years, and when I found it, it looked beige :eww:
I was joking, although I've heard that some people that have excavated mammoths have actually tried the meat but I can't verify it. My parents and grandparents were the type to keep meat and other things in the deep freeze for far too long and then expect us to eat it. Also, it may not taste good after a few thousand years but the Selous Scouts, Rhodesian war were trained how to properly cook rotted monkey meat when they were out in the bush on operations where resupply options were limited. So maybe you could try some boiled then pan fried wooly mammoth.
Nicker on 2/11/2023 at 18:01
I remember an article about stone age refrigeration methods. Apparently our ancestors would clean out the entrails of large game, stuff them with excess meat and large stones, then submerge them in cold/likely to freeze-over ponds. Experimental archaeologists who replicated the method, reported that the meat was low in bacterial counts but has a distinct "blue cheese" flavouring.
I wonder if that's why the local pub promotes the blue-cheese dips on bargain wing night.
mxleader on 2/11/2023 at 18:17
That's pretty wild. I'd be down for some mammoth wings.
Nicker on 2/11/2023 at 20:10
Duck and cover.
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