Common ancestery birds and reptiles question

[cubeus19]

One of the things I've heard and most of you all here have to from people who love to try anything that is edible is that if they try eating meat from for instance frogs, turtles, lizards and even snakes they always say the same thing, they taste like chicken. I was wondering does that indicate that birds like chicken did evolve from reptiles? Or is that mainly is misnomer?

[Ivellious]

I'm fairly certain that phrase is just a phrase, nothing more...I wouldn't think anyone would use that as evidence for inter-relatedness between reptiles and birds (regardless of the fact that I do think they are related through evolution).

[cubeus19]

Anyone else?

[Danieltwotwenty]

I have eaten plenty of reptiles etc.. and it does not taste like chicken.

[RickD]

I had chicken at a Chinese restaurant, that didn't taste like chicken. What does that mean? Meow!

[cubeus19]

I have eaten plenty of reptiles etc.. and it does not taste like chicken.

Interesting Dan, what kind have you eaten in the past? My dad has tried froglegs (which aren't really reptile) and my grandmother has eaten turtle.

[Danieltwotwenty]

Turtle, Crocodile, Goanna ammm that's all I can think of at the moment. Emu is a Bird but tastes nothing like chicken also ostrich too is a bird but doesn't taste like chicken.

[sandy_mcd]

Frog legs, alligator (these two fairly similar, more rubbery than chicken), ostrich (red meat), turtle (also not like chicken).