• What extinct animal would you eat?

    From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Mon Feb 2 21:16:12 2026
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    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like. But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.


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  • From Bobbie Sellers@bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Mon Feb 2 22:39:36 2026
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    On 2/2/26 21:16, Pluted Pup wrote:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.


    Saurians probably tasted just like chicken. Most likely a good marinade would be used.
    But time travel paradoxes do not exist because Time Travel
    will not exist. Otherwise we could have prevented the pollution
    which led to the Climate Change with resultant wild storms and
    expensive destruction.

    bliss

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  • From Thomas Koenig@tkoenig@netcologne.de to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 3 17:22:48 2026
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    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like. But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course. "A Statue for Father".
    --
    This USENET posting was made without artificial intelligence,
    artificial impertinence, artificial arrogance, artificial stupidity,
    artificial flavorings or artificial colorants.
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 3 20:18:26 2026
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    On 2026-02-03, Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:

    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.

    Squid.

    But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter:

    Rendered dinosaur fat (think goose fat) will do in a pinch.
    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 3 17:20:58 2026
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    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like. But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course. "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe. But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth. I would love to
    try it.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 4 13:43:56 2026
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    On 2026-02-03, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth. I would love to
    try it.

    That's just elephant. Mammoths are more closely related to Asian
    elephants than to the African ones. There are a range of other,
    less closely related, extinct proboscideans (mastodons, gomphotheres,
    etc.).
    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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  • From Cryptoengineer@petertrei@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 4 11:56:50 2026
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    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like. But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course. "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe. But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth. I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken.

    pt
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 4 19:49:12 2026
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    On 2026-02-03, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Saurians probably tasted just like chicken.

    I'd expect ostrich to be the closer analog.
    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 4 16:34:16 2026
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    On 2/4/2026 1:49 PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2026-02-03, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Saurians probably tasted just like chicken.

    I'd expect ostrich to be the closer analog.

    Or Emus.

    Lynn

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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 10 08:14:42 2026
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    On 2/2/26 22:16, Pluted Pup wrote:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.


    I am reminded of Robert Silverberg's 1967 book
    "Hawksbill Station".

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawksbill_Station#:~:text=Hawksbill%20Station%20is%20a%20science,Science%20Fiction%20in%20August%201967.

    So, dangerous prisoners were put in a time machine, and
    BAM sent back one Billion years into the Cambrian Period.
    One arrived, and was told "I hope you like seafood."
    Very simple life had evolved in the ocean.




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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 10 09:47:07 2026
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    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken.
    pt

    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.

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  • From ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan@tednolan to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 10 18:02:32 2026
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    In article <waKiR.536633$skXf.347260@fx12.iad>,
    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken.
    pt

    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    Elephant Stew:

    1 Elephant, diced...
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    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..
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  • From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 10 17:09:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 2/3/26 2:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like. But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course. "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe. But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth. I would love to
    try it.

    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.


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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Tue Feb 10 20:16:26 2026
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    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 08:17:48 2026
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    Verily, in article <10mgl9a$4rc$1@panix2.panix.com>, did
    kludge@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!


    Elephant meat might be similar. Have you tried it? I never have.
    --
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    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
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  • From Cryptoengineer@petertrei@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 13:06:06 2026
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    On 2/10/2026 12:47 PM, a425couple wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken. pt

    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    This was nearly 40 years ago in NYC - a restaurant in Greenwich Village
    was serving a 'Game Menu' of exotic meats.

    I had Lion, Alligator, and Rattlesnake as well as Elephant. All were
    from game ranches in Texas.

    Other unusual meats I've had include Buffalo (not so rare now),
    venison (ditto), (fermented) Shark, and Foal (the last two in Iceland).

    pt
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  • From Cryptoengineer@petertrei@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 13:11:06 2026
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    On 2/10/2026 8:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!
    --scott


    I've read that some Siberian frozen mammoths have been scavenged by
    modern dogs as they melt out of the permafrost.

    pt
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  • From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 19:15:09 2026
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    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:
    On 2/10/2026 12:47 PM, a425couple wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken. pt >>
    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    This was nearly 40 years ago in NYC - a restaurant in Greenwich Village
    was serving a 'Game Menu' of exotic meats.

    I had Lion, Alligator, and Rattlesnake as well as Elephant. All were
    from game ranches in Texas.

    Other unusual meats I've had include Buffalo (not so rare now),
    venison (ditto), (fermented) Shark, and Foal (the last two in Iceland).


    Back in the 1990s, I visited Copenhagen and ate at an
    Australian restaurant that served exotic meats. I had the
    Kangaroo, but they offered Emu and a few others.

    Growing up in the upper midwest, venison was a staple; my father
    worked for Swift Premium when I was a child, and he sold everything from sweetbreads (which I first had in Ostereich) to beef brain.
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  • From Thomas Koenig@tkoenig@netcologne.de to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 21:10:27 2026
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    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> schrieb:
    On 2/10/2026 8:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!
    --scott


    I've read that some Siberian frozen mammoths have been scavenged by
    modern dogs as they melt out of the permafrost.

    I think Solzhenitsyn wrote of an episode where scientists from a
    labor camp discovered a frozen mammoth and ate it "with relish"
    (because they were three quarters starved).
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  • From kludge@kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 19:30:42 2026
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    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <10mgl9a$4rc$1@panix2.panix.com>, did
    kludge@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!

    Elephant meat might be similar. Have you tried it? I never have.

    I went into the restaurant and asked for an elephant cutlet. But they
    said that for only one cutlet they couldn't possibly kill their elephant. --scott


    Note: this is a Ludwig Bemelmans reference.
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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  • From Tony Nance@tnusenet17@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 11 20:46:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 2/11/26 7:30 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <10mgl9a$4rc$1@panix2.panix.com>, did
    kludge@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!

    Elephant meat might be similar. Have you tried it? I never have.

    I went into the restaurant and asked for an elephant cutlet. But they
    said that for only one cutlet they couldn't possibly kill their elephant.

    "...How he got into my pajamas I'll never know."


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  • From Stephen Harker@sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Thu Feb 12 15:25:51 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> writes:

    On 2/10/2026 12:47 PM, a425couple wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than chicken. pt >> Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    This was nearly 40 years ago in NYC - a restaurant in Greenwich Village
    was serving a 'Game Menu' of exotic meats.

    I had Lion, Alligator, and Rattlesnake as well as Elephant. All were
    from game ranches in Texas.

    Other unusual meats I've had include Buffalo (not so rare now),
    venison (ditto), (fermented) Shark, and Foal (the last two in Iceland).

    pt

    In Civic, Canberra there is (or was) a restaurant where you could eat
    the Coat of Arms (Kangaroo and Emu) and also salt water crococile
    amongst others. You could claim that they might taste simiar to their
    extinct relatives. All were very pleasant, but I don't recall more on tase.
    --
    Stephen Harker sjharker@aussiebroadband.com.au
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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.books on Thu Feb 12 00:12:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:11:06 -0500, Cryptoengineer
    <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    I've read that some Siberian frozen mammoths have been scavenged by
    modern dogs as they melt out of the permafrost.

    Don't know about that but Solzhenitsyn wrote that he was familiar with
    one group of prisoners who had been ordered to work outside their
    camps and in the course of their work building roads and cutting trees
    found a mammoth which they ate. He claimed this story was based on
    something an ex-prisoner told him.
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  • From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Thu Feb 12 08:12:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    Verily, in article <10mj6vi$hac$1@panix2.panix.com>, did
    kludge@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
    Verily, in article <10mgl9a$4rc$1@panix2.panix.com>, did
    kludge@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!

    Elephant meat might be similar. Have you tried it? I never have.

    I went into the restaurant and asked for an elephant cutlet. But they
    said that for only one cutlet they couldn't possibly kill their elephant. --scott


    Note: this is a Ludwig Bemelmans reference.

    I thought you were going to say they were all out of those big buns.
    --
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    United States of America - North America - Earth
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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Thu Feb 12 15:02:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 2/11/26 10:06, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/10/2026 12:47 PM, a425couple wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to
    try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than
    chicken. pt

    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    This was nearly 40 years ago in NYC - a restaurant in Greenwich Village
    was serving a 'Game Menu' of exotic meats.

    I had Lion, Alligator, and Rattlesnake as well as Elephant. All were
    from game ranches in Texas.

    Other unusual meats I've had include Buffalo (not so rare now),
    venison (ditto), (fermented) Shark, and Foal (the last two in Iceland).
    pt


    Good for you.
    On our recent road trip (From near Seattle, northern route to Florida,
    and then bacK, via Phoenix, Las Vegas, Boise) we detoured through
    Badlands & I had a Buffalo burger. I've also had venison.

    We have eaten at
    Linger Lodge Restaurant & Bar
    (1,974)-+$20rCo30
    American restaurant-+En|
    Eccentric waterfront cabin with southern-style seafood eats, cocktails &
    live weekend entertainment.

    7205 85th St Ct E, Bradenton, FL 34202

    Our menu specialities include Florida grouper, alligator, frog legs,
    smoked meats & seafood, Bloody Mary's, burgers, and much more.

    Perhaps at here, you can see their "Road Kill Menu"

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Linger+Lodge+Restaurant+%26+Bar/@27.4126026,-82.4485493,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEPXi2r-4vO7fzAE!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAHVAwerCJs1VsPioivxxSHo9xx1QQSKsaijwLiW2LtbN0D74jaLlD1qFIfUpEH5hIRaQ72ECWZRk9NAIgCCz8IgIaMrl4B1yiBgBeckGRlh5uk6jt2FwticC1nCzHIC7dnhkI0xWfCyDCQ%3Dw146-h195-k-no!7i3000!8i4000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x88c339460fc106a5:0xd982b9a4368c14bb!2sLinger+Lodge+Rd,+Florida!3b1!8m2!3d27.4178539!4d-82.4598253!16s%2Fg%2F1tfjx1wl!3m6!1s0x88c339148519eeed:0x8f4c795be3babb5b!8m2!3d27.4123803!4d-82.4487149!10e9!16s%2Fg%2F1txc7tv8?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

    About the cheapest is "Flat Cat" for $1.65.
    "Chunk of skunk" is $1.95.



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  • From Paul S Person@psperson@old.netcom.invalid to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Fri Feb 13 08:30:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:02:04 -0800, a425couple
    <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
    <snippo, rare meats>
    Good for you.
    On our recent road trip (From near Seattle, northern route to Florida,
    and then bacK, via Phoenix, Las Vegas, Boise) we detoured through
    Badlands & I had a Buffalo burger. I've also had venison.
    Uh ... from Seattle all routes to Florida will be Northern, at least a
    bit, except perhaps going down I-5 to LA and then turning East.
    Or are you saying you went East on I-90 (which may be finished by now,
    I'm not sure) as opposed to I-80? I suppose those could be regarded as "northern" and "less northern".
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"
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  • From scott@scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Fri Feb 13 16:43:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> writes:
    On 2/11/26 10:06, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/10/2026 12:47 PM, a425couple wrote:
    On 2/4/26 09:56, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 2/3/2026 5:20 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Thomas Koenig-a <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> schrieb:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.

    Dinachicken, of course.-a "A Statue for Father".

    Maybe.-a But I never ate a mollusk that I didn't like.

    What I wonder about more than anything is mammoth.-a I would love to >>>>> try it.
    --scott


    I have eaten elephant meat. It was quite good. More beef than
    chicken. pt

    Thank you Cryptoengineer, for your informative post.
    The thread had made me curious about that.


    This was nearly 40 years ago in NYC - a restaurant in Greenwich Village
    was serving a 'Game Menu' of exotic meats.

    I had Lion, Alligator, and Rattlesnake as well as Elephant. All were
    from game ranches in Texas.

    Other unusual meats I've had include Buffalo (not so rare now),
    venison (ditto), (fermented) Shark, and Foal (the last two in Iceland).
    pt


    Good for you.
    On our recent road trip (From near Seattle, northern route to Florida,
    and then bacK, via Phoenix, Las Vegas, Boise) we detoured through
    Badlands & I had a Buffalo burger. I've also had venison.

    I once ate at a restaurant in Denver that served Rocky Mountain
    oysters. A bit chewy, like Octopus.

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  • From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.books on Sat Feb 14 15:02:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 2/12/26 12:12 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:11:06 -0500, Cryptoengineer
    <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    I've read that some Siberian frozen mammoths have been scavenged by
    modern dogs as they melt out of the permafrost.

    Don't know about that but Solzhenitsyn wrote that he was familiar with
    one group of prisoners who had been ordered to work outside their
    camps and in the course of their work building roads and cutting trees
    found a mammoth which they ate. He claimed this story was based on
    something an ex-prisoner told him.

    It wasn't a mammoth but ancient frozen creatures in
    a cave or stream or something, it's at the beginning
    of Gulag.


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  • From Pluted Pup@plutedpup@outlook.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Sat Feb 14 15:05:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 2/10/26 5:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
    Frozen Mammoth still exists, but it's not the
    same thing.

    Yuuck! Freezer burn after all those years! I want my mammoth fresh!

    If you develop synesthesia you could visit
    museums around the world and have yourself a blast!


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  • From The Horny Goat@lcraver@home.ca to rec.arts.books on Fri Feb 20 13:29:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:30:52 -0800, Paul S Person
    <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

    On our recent road trip (From near Seattle, northern route to Florida,
    and then bacK, via Phoenix, Las Vegas, Boise) we detoured through
    Badlands & I had a Buffalo burger. I've also had venison.

    Uh ... from Seattle all routes to Florida will be Northern, at least a
    bit, except perhaps going down I-5 to LA and then turning East.

    Or are you saying you went East on I-90 (which may be finished by now,
    I'm not sure) as opposed to I-80? I suppose those could be regarded as >"northern" and "less northern".

    I-90 runs straight E from Seattle and goes pretty much straight E
    through Montana as well.

    As you say, I don't know any Interstates besides I-5 running through
    Seattle going southbound though it's been 20 years since I went there.

    Since I'm in Vancouver there isn't much need to these days.

    (And for Americans who figure that thanks to Trump Canadians are
    avoiding spending $$$ in the US I'd reckon the relatively low state of
    the Canuck buck right now (it's about $1.35 Cdn -> $1.00 US) is at
    least as big a factor though to be sure Trump's economic policies
    though it spiked to $1.45 on Trump's inauguration day since he had
    pronounced that his super-tariffs would come into effect the day he
    was inaugurated. It was in the 1.20-1.25 as Biden left office and a 10
    cent swing in one day is big, 20 cents massive
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  • From Michael F. Stemper@michael.stemper@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.books on Wed Feb 25 15:54:14 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.books

    On 03/02/2026 00.39, Bobbie Sellers wrote:


    On 2/2/26 21:16, Pluted Pup wrote:
    I read a book about Ammonites, and wondered what
    they tasted like.-a But if you went back in time
    to try this seafood there wasn't anything that
    even resembled butter: I guess this is what is
    meant by the Time Travel Paradox.


    -a-a-a-aSaurians probably tasted just like chicken.-a Most likely a good marinade would be used.

    ObSFW:
    <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?68271>

    -a-a-a-aBut time travel paradoxes do not exist because Time Travel
    will not exist.

    More ObSFW:
    <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?50243>
    --
    Michael F. Stemper
    A preposition is something you should never end a sentence with.

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