The Mermaid Debate

Two men were arguing in a restaurant as they waited for their drink order and before they chose their food. They were meant to be in an important business meeting, but this debate had taken over their minds.

"Do you think the top half of a mermaid would taste like fish or would it be red meat?" Barnabas said as he adjusted his tie. "If it were like that, could you make a surf and turf out of one carcass?"

"What the meat looks like and therefore tastes like and depends on the structure and function of the muscle. Despite their appearance, Mermaids are most likely Mammals, not fish. Their tails and arms would need a good blood supply; therefore, red meat. Their ribs, too. However, being more closely related to humans, they would taste like pork and baco, not stake, so no surf and no turf." Theodore replied as he took off his blazer and hung it on the back of his chair.

"But they have boobs, that would taste like chicken, correct?" Barnabas replied in excitement. Apparently immune to the heat of the restaurant, having gotten used to wearing a full business suit all day, every day.

"A woman's breast, or any mammal, is not the same as the flight muscles of a bird. I would be mostly fat interlaid with stiff chewy tubes. There is a reason cow's udder is not on the menu." Theodore retorted. "The big question is not what it tastes like, but whether it is cannibalism?"