ranking xen aliens on how good they would taste (talked about this in one of deadwater's dark interval streams) HEADCRABS - 9/10 it'd probably taste like a weird chicken but i imagine the legs would taste great HOUNDEYES - 8/10 they probably taste sweet but please remove the eyes before serving them they would probably taste terrible BULLSQUID - 7/10 taste like cow, slight acidic taste? BARNACLE - 9/10 most appetizing alien imo, remove mouth and teeth and cook it like a thanksgiving turkey and i'm eating it like coach at a burger tank,, only problem is it would probably make you uncomfortable before eating it (i mean i would but at the same time i'd eat one) UPD: oh yeah i forgot about their taste they probably also taste like ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶c̶̶̶̶̶̶̶o̶̶̶̶̶̶w̶ corned beef ANTLIONS - 0/10 no explanation TENTACLES - 7/10 these would probably taste like a sour lobster the vorts, alien grunts and gargantua would not taste good but i imagine grilling vortigaunt flesh would make it a bit better
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ngl after seeing like a million antlion exploding i would've imagine there's some meat inside those shells aka giant crabs/lobsters/just your regular insect, buut serving it would be a 50/50 if you were to be dead or alive after eating it so it is a MUST to have an expert cooking it (like Fugu) same goes with bullsquid. the safest and prob tasted the most "normal" would've been headcrabs, there isn't any funky substance inside it other than some weird mechanism for it to control host (which i could imagine being really easy to remove)
i think i'd also eat a headcrab like a thanksgiving turkey
HYDRA - jelly-like substance covering something that feels like lobster skin, can bite it like one too, 5/10