The UK’s leading ‘cool stuff’ shop, Firebox, has recently added ‘Dragon Meat‘ to their list of unique and interesting products. The ‘Flame Grilled Delicacy’ is labelled as ‘freshly slain’ and sold in a can stating that within is 19oz (538g) of the meat.
As for how it tastes, well apparently its a little like corned beef, ‘only infused with fire and magic.’
The description reads:
Whether you’re an heroic knight or a lowly serf, we think that you deserve to taste the finest delicacy in all the land – Canned Dragon Meat.
Those chaotic, fire-breathing days are but a distant memory, as these once-feared beasts have now been mercilessly slain for your dining pleasure. Some comment that the flavour is reminiscent of corned beef, only infused with a little magic and wonder. Others say it’s more like turkey but with a fiery kick, we’ll let you make up your own mind.
This prime and tender cut of mythical meat has been pre-cooked so it can be re-heated or enjoyed straight out of the can. Though it hasn’t been de-scaled or de-horned so watch your teeth.
Of course, it’s not really going to be dragon meat is it? They never existed (sorry if we’re breaking that news to you, we’d have liked to do it more sympathetically). So, we were expecting perhaps crocodile meat (which is actually quite widely sold and fairly nutritious), but it turns out this is just a novelty gift and within the can is nothing more than a soft toy *sigh*.
If you are looking for something edible, in the list of ‘similar items’ there is something called ‘spreadable beer’…
If you consider that just about every fantasy novel has an Inn that serves beer you can kind of blame fantasy on the purchase, right? 🙂
Jennie Ivins