An Arda Recipe Book - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

zifnab · 02-24-2003, 12:09 PM

My, My, I thought this thread was dead and buried, until I finally checked my e-mail and found 20 some odd new posts since last I checked. I apologize for my 'hiatus', and I still do intend to create a Word Document, so that all the fellow 'downers can download the recipe 'book'. Thank you Gilth for you insightful story and wonderfully cannibalistic recipe with a dash of salt and wit.

On my further pondering of Gilth's posts, I will leave you with this myth on why the Elk has no front teeth. It has nothing to do with nothing, but that's my style. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

The Elk who would Eat Men --- Retold by Richard L. Dieterle

One day Elk boldly declared to Hare that he had tired of his constant diet of vegetables, and that it was time that he had some meat; and not just any meat would do, but only the flesh of humans. So Hare went out and gathered the most sour berries he could find and squeezed the juice out of them to make a blood-red drink. "Here, try this," Hare said. "It's the blood of humans. See how you like it!" Elk grabbed the cup and greedily poured the drink through his lips. Its sourness was so powerful that it knocked out Elk's front teeth, which is why the elk has no front teeth even to this day. After that, Elk decided that he wanted nothing to do with human flesh, as even the blood was too offensive to drink.

02-24-2003, 12:09 PM	#17
zifnab Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: omni-presence Posts: 329	My, My, I thought this thread was dead and buried, until I finally checked my e-mail and found 20 some odd new posts since last I checked. I apologize for my 'hiatus', and I still do intend to create a Word Document, so that all the fellow 'downers can download the recipe 'book'. Thank you Gilth for you insightful story and wonderfully cannibalistic recipe with a dash of salt and wit. On my further pondering of Gilth's posts, I will leave you with this myth on why the Elk has no front teeth. It has nothing to do with nothing, but that's my style. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] The Elk who would Eat Men --- Retold by Richard L. Dieterle One day Elk boldly declared to Hare that he had tired of his constant diet of vegetables, and that it was time that he had some meat; and not just any meat would do, but only the flesh of humans. So Hare went out and gathered the most sour berries he could find and squeezed the juice out of them to make a blood-red drink. "Here, try this," Hare said. "It's the blood of humans. See how you like it!" Elk grabbed the cup and greedily poured the drink through his lips. Its sourness was so powerful that it knocked out Elk's front teeth, which is why the elk has no front teeth even to this day. After that, Elk decided that he wanted nothing to do with human flesh, as even the blood was too offensive to drink. __________________ Facebook.