Brachiosaurus Fossil wings

Could you imagine the wing platter?

Well they really wouldn’t be wings, they’re arms

But the bone structure is still similar

We would need a lot of oil, and what in the world are we going to season them with on this planet?

Its been talked about for years how related to chickens they are, we might as well try it, for scientific reasons of course

Back in the capsule James fishes out the .50 caliber rifle and studies the known anatomy of a T-rex. Shot placement is key, but it’s made much harder when no one has shot at one of these before. Sarah has found the soil around the landing site is a nice sticky clay that would lend itself well for pottery use, and proceeds to direct Anthony on building a large cauldron. Pete searches the site looking for useful seeds and grains so they can make oil and breading, never imagining a paleobotanist would have to try to figure out if prehistoric plants could be safe for human consumption.

You know we are going to need eggs, right?

Do you have any idea how hard that is going to be?!

Well we could see if we can find a nesting spot for Tyrannosaurus we just saw

Finding the nest is the easy part, not becoming prey while stalking a predator is what we are up against

Pete managed to find a few useful prehistoric plants for use on this cooking adventure. Oil was supplied by various Lauraceae, an ancestor to modern day plants such as cinnamon, avocado, sassafras and bay leaves. Some early palms were used as well as they needed quit a lot of oil for this culinary experiment.

Back from a scouting mission, James and Sarah made a plan on carrying the eggs back along with a way to get their tyrannosaurus.

Forty-eight hours later the dense prehistoric jungle is disturbed by the sonic waves of that high-powered rifle. The 24,000-pound predator leaped to its feet, took 3 strides toward the sound of the rifle and came crashing down. The crew were literally face to face with a prehistoric beast never seen by humans before. The awful stench of the carnivore overrode the smell of defecation filling the pants of these tired travelers.

Butchering the carcass was a project. In this ordeal 8,000 pounds need to be removed. The most important parts were the arms to be prepared like chicken wings weighing in at a staggering 750 pounds each. Back at camp a large fire was built under the cauldron of oil, and a crude crane was fashioned overhead. While the oil was brought up the “wing” was battered and breaded with the crude prehistoric ingredients the team was able to forage. And with a sizzle the largest ever limb was lowered into a vat of oil and fried for the next four and a half days.

Sustenance for that period was supplemented by other parts of the carcass, processing was done in smaller amounts to minimize time for each meal. On that final day, the crispy wing was hoisted out of the cauldron.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first ever Brachiosaurus Fossil Wings menu item!