No but seriously I often think about what Cambrian cuisine would taste like. Maybe it would be completely bony and inedible and taste horrible… But if I know anything about seafood, and I do, then there is good probability that it is either magnificently delicious or could be used well in soup or a stew!
Just imagine, trilobite soup with garlic and cream. Hallucigenia skewer with cherry tomatoes and zucchini. Frutti di mare!
One of their living distant relatives, the velvet worm, is readily eaten by invasive hedgehogs and rats. Hedgehogs are insectivores and rats will eat just about anything but the article I read mentioned they shoot “bitter, sticky slime” so yeah that probably leaves a taste. I would expect anomalocaris would have similar chemical defenses to velvet worms so expect an unfamiliar astringent or ammonaical flavor if you do someday get the chance.
No but seriously I often think about what Cambrian cuisine would taste like. Maybe it would be completely bony and inedible and taste horrible… But if I know anything about seafood, and I do, then there is good probability that it is either magnificently delicious or could be used well in soup or a stew!
Just imagine, trilobite soup with garlic and cream. Hallucigenia skewer with cherry tomatoes and zucchini. Frutti di mare!
One of their living distant relatives, the velvet worm, is readily eaten by invasive hedgehogs and rats. Hedgehogs are insectivores and rats will eat just about anything but the article I read mentioned they shoot “bitter, sticky slime” so yeah that probably leaves a taste. I would expect anomalocaris would have similar chemical defenses to velvet worms so expect an unfamiliar astringent or ammonaical flavor if you do someday get the chance.
Cambrian cuisine would have to exclude the garlic, tomatoes and zucchini though. No land plants yet. And no mammals so no cream.
But otherwise, totally agree! If it lived in these times I would be up for these dishes.
Had to look up hallucigenia but they sure do look like they’ll provide an interesting texture to a dish.
The five eye-stalks are considered a delicacy in some parts of the ocean!