Comments on: T. Rex: The other white meat? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2008/11/26/t-rex-the-other-white-meat/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:47:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: What's New About Hadrosaur Goo | Dinosaur Tracking http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2008/11/26/t-rex-the-other-white-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-565 What's New About Hadrosaur Goo | Dinosaur Tracking Wed, 06 May 2009 14:08:26 +0000 http://dinosaur.smithsonianmag.com/?p=293#comment-565 [...] it now seems that this view is not exactly right. In very exceptional circumstances , remnants of dinosaur soft tissue can be preserved, and a recently published paper in the journal Science throws new support to this controversial [...] [...] it now seems that this view is not exactly right. In very exceptional circumstances , remnants of dinosaur soft tissue can be preserved, and a recently published paper in the journal Science throws new support to this controversial [...]

]]> By: The Great Latke Hamantash Debate | Food & Think http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2008/11/26/t-rex-the-other-white-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-252 The Great Latke Hamantash Debate | Food & Think Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:54:48 +0000 http://dinosaur.smithsonianmag.com/?p=293#comment-252 [...] The debate also owes its origins to the festive Purim tradition of mocking serious rabbinical studies. (See, for instance, the discussion of whether dinosaurs are kosher, mentioned at Smithsonian’s Dinosaur Tracking blog.) [...] [...] The debate also owes its origins to the festive Purim tradition of mocking serious rabbinical studies. (See, for instance, the discussion of whether dinosaurs are kosher, mentioned at Smithsonian’s Dinosaur Tracking blog.) [...]

]]> By: frog2prince http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2008/11/26/t-rex-the-other-white-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-222 frog2prince Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:58:56 +0000 http://dinosaur.smithsonianmag.com/?p=293#comment-222 Hey, at least the uniformitarians/Darwinians know how to take a thoroughly scientific, observable, prima facie invalidation of their entire world-view with such good humor. Finger-lickin' and rearend-kickin' good indeed. Hey, at least the uniformitarians/Darwinians know how to take a thoroughly scientific, observable, prima facie invalidation of their entire world-view with such good humor. Finger-lickin’ and rearend-kickin’ good indeed.

]]> By: Michael Stearns http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2008/11/26/t-rex-the-other-white-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Michael Stearns Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:13:42 +0000 http://dinosaur.smithsonianmag.com/?p=293#comment-221 "Should you, therefore, find a dinosaur steak listed on your menu you should refuse it on the grounds of kashrut and due to the age of the meat." LOL I would /assume/ the results would be the same, but did they carry this experiment out with just the T. Rex or are any other dinos potentially on the plate? Naturally the predators like T. Rex are already very bird-like (that they would even HAVE drumsticks is telling, you would assume that in a cartoon they would be cooked like chicken without any scientific basis), but what about sauropods and ceratopsians and that sort, who--based purely on their physical appearance and ecological niches--have more in common with beef? Wouldn't it be more interesting and surprising in an "oh I didn't think about that" way if it went against an already made assumption, such as confirming that a Flintstones' "Bronto-Burger" is less Big Mac and more Grilled Chicken? This is important! “Should you, therefore, find a dinosaur steak listed on your menu you should refuse it on the grounds of kashrut and due to the age of the meat.”

LOL

I would /assume/ the results would be the same, but did they carry this experiment out with just the T. Rex or are any other dinos potentially on the plate? Naturally the predators like T. Rex are already very bird-like (that they would even HAVE drumsticks is telling, you would assume that in a cartoon they would be cooked like chicken without any scientific basis), but what about sauropods and ceratopsians and that sort, who–based purely on their physical appearance and ecological niches–have more in common with beef? Wouldn’t it be more interesting and surprising in an “oh I didn’t think about that” way if it went against an already made assumption, such as confirming that a Flintstones’ “Bronto-Burger” is less Big Mac and more Grilled Chicken?

This is important!

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