Eating a Xenomorph

Um, yeah. Strange topic, I know, but...the other day, my brother and I were discussing what Xenomorph meat would taste like.

I'd imagine it'd be very tough. It'd also be very sour due to the whole "acidic blood" thing. Although it really depends on how you prepare it, I suppose.

What do you guys think?

edited 14th Jan '11 9:06:52 AM by DrFurball

Indigestible, if we're obeying any sort of real-life chemistry.

edited 14th Jan '11 10:14:00 AM by Yej

After removing the acidic blood and any other harmful toxins, it'd all depend on how you prepared it I guess. A Xenomorph beef stew might safest. But they seem like very lean and muscular critters, might be difficult to find the best meat. Maybe the haunches?

Heating it up won't cook it, acid won't digest it, tooth and claw won't break it.

You'd have a better time trying to chew a diamond coated in tarmac.

Maybe they don't even have what we would call meat. Maybe you can cook what ever is inside that phallus-shapped head?

Uh, fire kills Xenomorphs if you're talking about Ridley's Alien. Its annoying how they're no where near as invincible as the fandom makes them out to be.

Anyway, you could cook them, you could cut them, as they have been shown to be able to be cut and punctured. But digestion, probably not, unless their acid is actually some sort of base, but given how they work by impregnating other species to reproduce, I'm going to guess you can't digest them, and whatever they taste like wouldn't be worth what they would cause your bowels.

edited 14th Jan '11 8:36:03 PM by Cider

Except the engine blast and the molten lead (well technically that's Alien 3 and so...completely in canon) did kill it immediately. It was probably uncomfortable but I think it will take more than a fan oven at 200C to make Bug War Bouillabaisse.

If you ate one, you'd probably end up like John Hurt.

Aren't they silicone-based life forms?

Xenomorphs would most likely have to be carbon-based since their hosts all are (parasite and host would need compatible biochemistries). The other wiki suggests that if silicon based life is possible, it may only be able to exist in "environments with very high temperatures or pressure".

edited 15th Jan '11 2:36:12 PM by Nonapod

I thought "eating a xenomorph" was slang for fellatio.

They are silicon based creatures.

Not carbon based. So think of eating...wet chewy plastic that you cannot digest.

I don't think there's enough silicon in a human to make a xenomorph, even a baby.

You fail (semi-)organic chemistry? It's not as though carbon-based chemistry automatically makes everything feel or taste like ash.

Hitting a Xeno with fire doesn`t kill it. It just bugs them and they don`t like it. I`m not here to advocate their invincibility, but they are harder to kill than some people give them credit for.

On topic, the acid would kill you no matter what. You could not eat them.

Uh, fire kills Xenomorphs

The films disagree. They don't really seem to give that much of a shit beyond OH FUCK GUYS UNCOMFY.

What you need to kill Giger's Alien is a explosive, armour-piercing rounds. Preferably 10mm. Or more. Probably go for more, just to be on the safe side.

In response to the OP, I think an Alien's flesh (or equivalent thereof) would be pretty much indigestible. Given their resistance to damage, regeneration rate, acidic blood and all the factors we don't know about, I'd consider consuming their flesh somewhere between risky and suicide.

All of this only makes xenomorph stew the most manly meal ever.

son of a... that was the same thing I was going to say

The films did an about face. Flamethrowers were shown sufficient in killing Aliens in the second movie(Aliens). It was even suggested it would work in the first movie, its just the crew never actually hit the alien with a flamethrower there because it was too stealthy.

Alien was originally dangerous because it was hard to track and intelligent. It was hard to kill because it would spray you with acid and kill you with it, not because its hide was particularly tough. Then all the sudden they aren't smart creatures, their stupid hiveminded drones and the queen's the only one who can think. They aren't hard to kill because of intelligence, or numbers or acid blood, its because they're "Too Fast" Or "Too Tough" for guns that would kill elephants.

No I'm not one of those bitter fans who wished the whole series died after the second movie, honest. And eating one would give constipation and no nutritional value.

• cough* When something has HF for blood, expect it to not just be absolutely inedible, but also toxic. And that's if you remove the blood; if it still has its body fluids at all, you might as well put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. It will be less painful.

Seriously, why would anyone even think for a moment xenomorph would be edible?

Flamethrowers were shown sufficient in killing Aliens in the second movie(Aliens). It was even suggested it would work in the first movie, its just the crew never actually hit the alien with a flamethrower there because it was too stealthy.

Dude, the first Alien ended up in the thrusters of the escape shuttle and that did jack all. Then the one in the third film was doused with molten lead and was just a bit pissed off.

Also, in the second film, we only see a chestburster get destroyed by a flamethrower. Any other flamethrower deaths are offscreen and can't be confirmed. And are extremely dubious, concerning the above point.

Yeah, Single-Issue Wonk to the extreme.

Different sources say different things. The films themselves are fairly consistent, whereas most of the EU material likes to treat Aliens as mooks. At least the first and third Alien Vs Predator games are pretty kind to them.

HF can't be used as blood if chemistry still applies. If chemistry doesn't apply, then IMO, all bets are off.

Depends on the body chemistry of the aliens. HF theoretically could be used as an organic solvent if the main structure of the organism is heavily fluorinated polymers ( think living teflon ).

Of course you know they're gonna taste like chicken.

Chicken that can melt you, but still...

The real question is, "Why would you want to eat one?"