Food Theory: What Does a 10,000 Year Old Meatball Taste Like? (Mammoth Meatball)

[@CitySlicker34]

Alright, now we need 10,000 year old bread an marinara sauce, then we have a prehistoric meatball sub

[@sonicthehedgehog1606]

Caveman style

[@KiwiCannibalism]

​​​​@@sonicthehedgehog1606 are you the real sonic

[@KiwiCannibalism]

​​​@@sonicthehedgehog1606 if your im a huge fan

[@thesansthatasked]

Lol

[@haruhitomaeda4802]

Ancient preserved cheese and bread was found once while excavating ancient building ruins, so we’re closer to achieving that than we thought.

[@ikee1596]

We are this much closer to having actual dino nuggies

[@christianlugata7485]

Best comment ever😂😂😂

[@steakinbacon8593]

You really want some KFD don’t ya lmao.

[@FizzFloat]

BRO DINO NUGGIES

[@ryuudraco592]

Sadly not. The reason we can have mammoth meatball is because we can get it's DNA, dinosaurs even something like a T-Rex has no DNA we can extract

[@ikee1596]

@@ryuudraco592 If we can find a perfectly preserved borealopelta, then I'll wait for the next dino discovery for these nuggies!!

[@craftylittleguy]

I love how they sounded so sad that they went extinct and then immediately were like "So we brought them back and made food!"

[@tornadodee148]

only for them to say "but we didnt taste it tho"

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Somehow, I have a feeling that there won't be enough Mammoth Meatball for everyone to try... Just a hunch.

[@Phoenix-io5xg]

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric they cloned the baby mammoth, to make more

[@emanuelrojas2]

Wondering if our ancestors are smiling upon us?

[@imalright48]

would you rather we have Jurassic Park?

[@yakovdavidovich7943]

I've met African missionaries who lived in places where natives could eat elephant, and they have claimed that the trunk meat was excellent. One told me about when he was a child that his missionary father would get trunk steaks from villagers, and he said it would be a round steak the size of the plate, but with two holes, where his mother would put the sides (e.g., mashed potatoes and peas)!

[@Ornzora]

That sound like a fancy plate, a fancy delicious eatable plate !

[@Andyatl2002]

Reminds me of Skyrim

[@shaynecarter-murray3127]

Based on your deductive descriptions of likely flavor elements, Id bet Mammoth would be mos similar in flavor to wild boar...which is rich, earthy, and so pungent that even frozen boar meat will scent up your freezer. Also delicious.

[@Chorutowo]

Oh hey, I just did a report on this for a biotech class. Funny to see food theory talk about it. Its crazy how this process works, infact the company that made the meatball actually said they planned to clone dodo meat, but we haven't sequenced the genome properly yet

[@athing8523]

Dodo nuggets incoming 😂

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

you’re the only real person who’s made a comment that i have seen in this comment section so far

[@echotrash466]

@@CrystalDoggoIsMissing Lude bots every which way.

[@Hopalongtom]

The fun thing with dodo meat, according to sailers logs, the dodo wasn't particularly tasty, they were just tame and uncaring, so it was easy to keep them on ships, and they were used as a dipping meat to extend the flavour of turtle!

[@Speedracer6]

Wonder if they'll go the giant tortoise meat. Apparently that was so good, it was impossible to transport because the ship crews kept eating them

[@abhishiktatalukder3369]

Matpat just casually telling us about something that we can never eat

[@dylan.bissendmylife]

just steal the meatball

[@morganseppy5180]

​@@dylan.bissendmylife call Nic Cage

[@gordonwelcher9598]

I am sure there are many people that would like to try it.

[@Jane-75-80]

​@@gordonwelcher9598 I would, but it probably costs like millions of dollars

[@No_Direction-99]

I’m so tired I thought you said meatpat as a pun 😅

[@senatorarmstrong6280]

I love how first idea after cloning an animal that's been extinct for a long long time is to make a meatball

[@MaxRamos8]

Better than it eat us am I right?

[@Chuchel-hh6hq]

@@MaxRamos8 Mammoth dont eat people...

[@pretzals222]

@@Chuchel-hh6hq a little genetic resequencing could fix that…

[@theawesomeman9821]

that's my rationale for such a project

[@MochiFloral]

right? ugh, humans will be humans

[@It-b-Blair]

Honestly, given how it’s lab grown, the meat would be as tender as veal is compared to beef. And the flavor profile sounds amazing…. Having had all the animals listed (except elephant), I’d love mammoth meatballs in the freezer section of my supermarket 😸

[@mylittleparody2277]

Being lab grown, it's also full of antibiotics (as there is no immune system to keep it "healthy" for the time needed to "make" enough meat). And most lab antibiotics are really powerful but would be quite dangerous to eat (I don't think the heat from cooking would sanitize it).

[@megaweasel706]

11:30 the trunks fighting made my day

[@Colton_Clipped]

Food Theory Idea: Does thinking of food you like actually make you more hungry? (even after you eat) This might also explain why kids suddenly get more hungry if they are offered dessert after not finishing their food.

[@TsunamiKitten56]

I hope by "kids" you mean people 😅 I'm the same way.

[@rampage3337]

i can awnser that for you. yes yes it does. 99% of the time you are hungry you are not even hungry your body is just use to eating around that time so it prepares itself by making you carve food. that's why if you start skipping meals you stop being hungry around those times. so thinking of food makes you crave it and craving it is something allot of people think is being hungry. i practice skipping meals allot as my diet and i can tell you that thinking of food has a major impact on how hungry you get and how much you crave it. :)

[@morganseppy5180]

Appetite and hunger are related but different. And yes, appetite is very suggestable.

[@CR1MSONACE]

No, it's the secret dessert stomach. You'd know about it if you played ace attorney before.

[@WolfgangDoW]

Imagining eating a food can help satisfy cravings too

[@MrT3a]

As Matpat was describing the characteristics of the meat, I was just thinking "slow broth cooked boar might be the closest taste we could get to the stuff"

[@lvlupproductions2480]

As someone who's currently doing research on all various types of oxygen transport proteins, I can say the stuff about heme groups, hemoglobin, and myoglobin was absolutely on point, although right now I'm much more interested in hemocyanin. It felt pretty wild to actually already expect a lot of what was coming up in a science based theory, great feeling.

[@theq4602]

Of all the oxygen transport protiens you know of. Which one is the most efficient in terms of size and molecular weight?

[@ChristopherColombus-ł]

n o b o d y c a r e s s s s s

[@josiahmohammed9477]

4:30 so scientist making jeb_ sheep now

[@dsanchack332]

Oh Team Theorist, how I adore that I can always trust you to give me the science and math based answers to questions I never would have even conceived of. Please, never change

[@elliotpayton1033]

Food Theory Idea: How many ingredients in a baked goods recipe can you substitute before it no longer creates that baked good?

[@dr.blockcraft6633]

You can Apparently replace Up to About 60% Of a Rice crispy Square with Sawdust, before People notice.

[@CosmicPlatonix]

Ah yes, the Muffin of Theseus

[@cameronjadewallace]

Quite honestly it depends how many ingredients it had in the first place and what you replace it with... It's a pretty open question because absolutely no details are given. It's like that question on tests where the only correct answer is "not enough information"

[@Narra0002]

Very good idea. If guess about 80%

[@nienke7713]

Depends on the exact thing, which of the ingredients you substitute, and what you substitute them with

[@Joshua-ze1vl]

FOOD THEORY IDEA - Could the moon theoretically be made of cheese? (Would it be able to keep its structure?, Could it withstand the harsh environment of space?, Could it be able to orbit the earth?)

[@material-gurl]

OMG YASSS 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@steffdoee]

👍👌 yes good idea

[@MaxRamos8]

Of course, Grommitt!

[@mylamewman2329]

When I was a kid I thought the moon was made of cheese

[@AldoHacha]

MatPar, make it happen please

[@robertvasquez4564]

Real life Jurassic Park is so much weirder than I would have guessed

[@southernfriedwestcoaster]

I heard about the mammoth meatball because of reddit. I've been curious on the taste. Thanks Mattpat for the vids and answering questions I have had in my head ❤️

[@brandonmoon2206]

Oh Lord time for Matpat to go insane about a wooly mammoth meatballs

[@rattlestormrepublic4874]

Mat: The trunk would be the worst part due to it's toughness. Dragonborn: Ah, milk drinkers the lot of you!

[@staceyhicks2]

All hake the dragon born

[@fluffyfish517]

I feel like dream works could make an ice age restaurant out of this

[@timwoods2852]

Blue Sky.

[@samuellopez479]

@@timwoods2852 R. I. P. Blue Sky Studios

[@pokegaming2590]

I am actually currently doing a research paper about advancements in technology and the effects on environmental issues and this is one of the journals I used about creating lab grown meat, pretty interesting to see Food Theory talk about it.

[@clayharris7740]

11:37 mammoths picking flowers...THAT IS SO FREAKING CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DavidSmith-tc7mo]

Food Theory: What ingredients are in the Nasty Sauce of the Nasty Burger (Danny Phantom)? For those who don’t know, the Nasty Sauce causes a massive explosion that could level an entire city block if it gets too hot. I am curious what could be that explosive while also being “safe” to eat. I would like to see a video on that, but I’m not sure if it is Food or Film Theory.

[@Dr.Fluffles]

Nitro glycerine would make sense as a component, as it's consumed as a medicine and used as an explosive. Depends on the amount for taking out a city block, though, lol

[@jotarodio-2526]

Keep making theories never stop because these theories are awesome

[@stevenkeener308]

I just want to say I love all of the theory channels so much

[@johnyliltoe]

I'm eagerly invested in Cultured Meat, and this sort of insane way of using it is no small part of that XD

[@warmachine9846]

They've been looking for viable cells to clone a woolly mammoth for probably a decade or more now. Josh Gates even went on a mammoth cell hunt in Expedition unknown

[@SRMP970]

Mamouth would probably be great slow cooked and treated like pull pork And the trunk would definitely be amazing to cook down into stock

[@coolnerdlll6053]

God creates meatballs. God destroys meatballs. God creates MatPat. MatPat destroys God. MatPat creates meatballs. Meatballs eat MatPat. Stephanie inherits the Earth.

[@PiZzAnPaIn]

Ollie inherits the earth!

[@Chair3333]

God cannot be killed

[@spasticcreationist7999]

One of the greatest comments ive ever seen😂

[@kingdomkgamer8037]

May God be with you

[@kkronkk]

Then a scientist who wears spray-on shoes turns rain into meatballs

[@serendipityyoonmin7039]

"I just want a lick of Snuffleupagus" - MatPat, 2023

[@countessat5796]

This would be fantastic in a pressure cooker for a good few hours

[@10bit14]

I dont eat meat

[@cherricake1796]

​@@10bit14 then maybe you can go to veggie grill to find who asked

[@ebonyblack4563]

A video comparing different meats would be perfect for food theory. Take into ranging facts beyond taste, like growth time and environmental impact, similar to the vid that was done on Pokémon cultivation.

[@CidZero]

6:21 i agree with Matt here. Like what's the point if you wont taste test it??

[@MetalSnake330]

This episode made me think about the Halo-themed pringles. The Moa Burger. Anyone wonder how they came up with the flavor and what they used to make it? Sounds like a possible theory episode?

[@gavinovaldez8002]

Would definitely be willing to eat one for science. Love the channels Matt Patt!

[@GMan17256]

I's try it too, tbh.

[@Vanaris.]

can you do a topic on "healthy bars": I'm eating 2 Nesquik bars a day each having Calcium, Iron, Vitamins, acids etc. considering they have glucose and sugar which accelerate our digestive process, 1) how much of the healthy stuff is our body actually getting? 2) does eating a meal before / after influence how much we're absorbing? 3) is there a true "healty bar"? 4) cost/ health goodies ratio

[@brettsmith2663]

I am a bit confused that Bison was not brought up for meat comparison. Moderately gamey, very lean, and typically served as a ground version (Ground beef or straight up patties). These were solid comparisons, but this was where my brain went first

[@loudleaf3330]

it was tho?? 9:57

[@Vrhub216]

When he said they only cloned the myoglobin I was like YOU COULD HAVE CLONED A WHOLE MAMOTH BUT YOU ONlY CLONED THE PROTEIN

[@JazzyJayMan96]

Just finished watching all 4 videos, well done guys!! 🎉🎉

[@milkshakebananaz]

They did the jellyfish thing with cats too. I think it was at Tulane because a friend of mine rescued a lab cat that had glowing eyes and whiskers. Mr. Green Genes

[@sourdrop]

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night because you feel pressure on your chest and just seeing two glowing eyes staring back at you lol

[@pilymonsivais3]

6:35 "never before have I been so ashamed in humanity." Really matpat? Can you think of any thing else?

[@TheCatholicNerd]

Gordon Ramsay: its too f***ing tough Mammoth: yes chef. Sorry chef.

[@Dr.Funk8864]

2:11 yum, a nice plate of spaghetti and prehistoric meatballs with pink sauce. What’s next, roast dodo?

[@davethefave]

Can't wait to eat some stegasaurous kidneys next! Or maybe some fried pterodactyl wings!

[@KyrenaH]

Unfortunately, DNA degrades over time. So, that's not possible. It would be possible with something like a Moa because they haven't been extinct for that long.

[@mollusckscramp4124]

Soon we're gonna have those Flintstone styled gigantic T-rex ribs at the drive thru, childhood dreams realized✨

[@divineeyesight]

*Oddly I find these videos super educational at the same time very entertaining, learned a ton from these past few days of discovering the food theorists channel. Education + Entertainment is always the best!*

[@gtacarkits]

Right on the spot for mee too!!

[@ricardozetino6907]

Agree

[@mylamewman2329]

Food theory idea: Are all the cereal mascots in a connective universe

[@mylamewman2329]

@SquareBrain Yeah I didn't know which channel but ty for supporting my idea!

[@SOULEATERHILLS]

11:36 I love the trunks throwing hands😂

[@ltstheprogamer]

0:14 *"just to eat them"* 💀

[@notgoku1466]

8:22 "I just want a lick of snuffuluppagus" haven't laughed this much in a good while 🤣

[@Honeycomb126]

Same!!!!!!

[@annettealforova]

When matpat mentioned the soup including vension, it reminded me of chili I ate with bear meat. It was good

[@yunamchill9169]

With what now??? You can eat bears?? Is that even safe?

[@sourdrop]

​@@yunamchill9169 Bears are pretty low on the 'Weird things people have eaten' scale when you remember that humans regularly consume weird slimy tentacle creatures and poisonous fish lol

[@yunamchill9169]

@@sourdrop Fair point. But what does bear even taste like?

[@MasterNadorPUBG]

When meat is grown in a lab, gives a whole new meaning to a Petri Dish.

[@brennansander6165]

Film theory idea: who is the best fictional chef?

[@skitics18]

11:38 I loved mats aww

[@jainanieveza9999]

11:39

[@CCLady909]

Amazing theory video as always!

[@Allahsservant-jj1ii]

You didn't even watch it

[@LawyerUpMc]

Exactly you haven’t seen it yet it’s been 4 min 💀☠️💀

[@CCLady909]

@@Allahsservant-jj1ii bro I know I haven’t watched it, I was just saying that the video IS going to be good as always, sorry about the wording

[@Allahsservant-jj1ii]

@@CCLady909 oh sorry misunderstood you

[@CCLady909]

@@Allahsservant-jj1ii it’s total fine! So sorry bout the confusion😅

[@G00MBY]

12:58 last meal

[@bencebalog2122]

1:04 HOW DID MATPAT KNOW IN WHICH ORDER I WATCHED THE VIDEOS

[@patrickwilliamson29]

Having lived in Africa, in areas where elephants are overpopulated I have tried elephant meat and can confirm that it is very gamey and quite tough. Personally I wouldn't recommend it unless you had no other option and the people I know do only eat it when there is no other food available. Disclaimer: the elephant died from a collision with a train near hwange national park in Zimbabwe and was given to national park staff for rations (very common practice there). I was working there at the time, was given a sandwich and when asked was told that it was elephant.

[@S.W.Studio]

Imagine being allergic to mammoth, you would never know it, but it seems sad anyway

[@AR-hk3vs]

"tastes like chicken" 7:01

[@sillicon8227]

LOL

[@Morepotato-vn4yj]

Hey, I have an idea. can you do a theory of how much a taco would hurt falling out of the sky? I was just thinking about the song.

[@Walleyedwosaik]

Yes

[@complexityofdualityy]

9:58 wtf does “earthy” taste like lol

[@DeAndreyaboi]

Bro what?

[@奀]

The title sounds like A GMM Episode

[@RogerTaylorsClementine]

You’re first, congrats!

[@complexityofdualityy]

@@RogerTaylorsClementine who cares lol

[@RogerTaylorsClementine]

You actually were first

[@kevincronk7981]

Large parts of humanity relied on mammoth meat for a long time, we should know what we used to do

[@lbow5479]

I would actually love a Food Theory episode about lab-grown meat. It was all I could think about watching this video. Like how viable is this as an alternative for eating live animals? Environmental and economical impact? Effect on the future of the farming industry? Nutritional pros and cons? Dangers? So many questions!

[@ex0bullet]

You guys should make Swedish meatballs with them lol.

[@10bit14]

Ikea would be proud

[@ex0bullet]

@@10bit14 fr

[@rpgrage7711]

This was probably my most anticipated episode of mystery meat weekend cause it has to be the craziest episode concept in a while Also GLOWING SHEEP what is this episode 😆

[@dwerical]

A great moment of rediscovery and reinvention, and then just, a meatball.

[@Cedsoncole]

This ain’t Jurassic park , I doubt they would bring a animal back like that

[@mccoolfriend6818]

6:31 - 6:33 The way MatPat said "Chicken and Beef" killed me😂😂😂😂😂

[@EricckkMoneyy7777NGL]

"You gotta risk it to get the lab grown biscuit.." 😂😂

[@strangeaelurus]

MYSTERY MEAT WEEKEND LET'S GOOO

[@MsGummy666]

Maybe one day we'll get true Dino Nuggets!

[@ianmatos7823]

I can't believe you guys did something called "Mystery meat week" and didn't do an episode on the mystery flesh pit national park

[@ForestRaptor]

the what.....

[@RealCryptoTest]

Well I mean, it would only really fit onto Film Theory, where a different meat ARG is already resting, there’s less to theorise and Wendigoon’s video is already good.

[@sharhondagause9912]

Matpat what would happen to a person if he or she was turned into a mantle clock, feather duster, tea pot, tea cup, angel tree topper, candlelabra, or whatever Fife got turned into. That can be your next Beauty and the Beast theory.

[@krissh5886]

I've never been more disappointed with a food theory episode. Not cause of matpat, but because they went through all of the trouble of making the bloody thing, and nobody actually ate it. I mean... why bother at that point?

[@S4IFS]

I wonder if we will ever be able to make some human meatballs without killing anyone, we need a theory on this MatPat

[@zach11241]

Found the Wendigo.

[@analogicparadox]

Currently having problems cultivating human meat, as we would need human stem cells, and that's a very controversial topic.

[@anaalina5964]

Did you even watch the video? 4:55 The answer is yes. Human meat would be the easiest to do, since we have so much research on ourselves.

[@jennifermcclure7259]

Finally! Meat week continues

[@nyeIon]

We need a giant spaghetti with these giant meatballs

[@bumblebeagan]

i would say i'm surprised they (in 1901) ate that long frozen mammoth but then again most of the mummies ever found were eaten by the british so

[@chaoslink1158]

You want a fun meatball recipe, prepare something like your average meatloaf, press it over a large bowl so it takes the round shape, fill it with cooked spaghetti and sauce, then slap that onto a baking tray with another layer of meat and seal in your spaghetti. Now bake it. You'll end up with what is basically inverted spaghetti and meatballs. Slice it up like a pie and serve. Its a great option to share at a family get together as I guarantee no one would ever have had one before.

[@archivepostsexe]

queen of the meats! wow, this was a weekend full of so much protein, thank you mat and team for giving us such a filled weekend 💕

[@chadgerman3987]

can't wait until the bots start spamming meat week.

[@mayathin364]

4:38 RGB sheep

[@Lucasmaxey]

11:35 the thing on the right is so cursed 💀💀💀

[@nicolina2942]

Fr it's so wrong 💀💀

[@SecretdarkTopicofficial]

Cat hands

[@miniwolfii17]

💀💀💀

[@Caroteen666]

The theorist meat mashup, the bovine bonanza, the chicken channels!!

[@legatosaldana3870]

Man if mammoth meatballs existed in persona 3, you’re courage would prob immediately level up lol

[@-lea8526]

Idk if it'd be a good food theory but i've always wondered what is technically the strongest taste

[@_Hamster]

Honestly I'd feel like a criminal if I ate a 10000 year old meatball

[@sprinklesharkie]

this episode totally makes more sense why we used to need our wisdom teeth i bet they helped with such tough meat like mammoth would have been (at least i think so ?) super cool !!

[@Sanzoline]

Next cross-channel theme idea: Lord of the Rings Film Theory: Why the eagles would have been a bad idea to take Frodo to Mordor Food theory: What's lembas bread made of? Style theory: How much is Frodos Mithril shirt actually worth? I don't actually have an idea for game theory yet, but the Gollum game is coming out soon!

[@geekinator_3.0]

I personally never liked the idea of bringing back mammoths, but i watched this anyways just so i could complete the meat cycle

[@ChibiSteak]

0:04 fin.

[@CherrySarah]

Mat pat your so under rated your amazing everyone should know you!😀

[@thehuman375]

They really made a mammoth meatball- I'm speechless

[@AlcoLoco251]

Okay, this is weird. I was just thinking the other day "Would a Mammoth taste just like an elephant since they're similar?" And then this comes up. Creepy.

[@and_gelitan]

There should be a horror movie about a prehistoric animal coming back to future as a food dish, but turns humans into something unexpected

[@RealCerifiedGOAT]

Man imagine how much protein it has 😂

[@pengine6096]

ThatVeganTeacher has been suspiciously quiet since this video dropped

[@cassie-mv8hp]

Hmm I wonder why...

[@amazingsciencewithyousefal2168]

Great video as always 😊

[@Oliver-ml1ii]

U haven't fucking watched it yet

[@Adolphus_of-bysantanium]

​@@Dj07-i3u screw you

[@metabricks]

Haven’t even watched the whole thing yet

[@samdelgado6799]

@@metabricks He watched it on x16 speed

[@Allahsservant-jj1ii]

It's been 8 minutes u didn't even watch ittttttf

[@ytunnuyt]

Lab grown meat is an amazing technology, I really hope it becomes more widespread

[@TheOrigamiGenius]

Humans have gone to a point where we would create a meatball made of extinct animal to promote our company