Of what did they taste?

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

I hate to spoil the fun, but you do realise Tuna is pronounced "Toona," oui?

Do tell how this is spoiling the fun. Are you in disagreement over the flavor of Elves? I mean... sure there's that bit of leeway saying that they might taste more like chicken than fish, or that they could taste entirely different, and be more along the lines of fine wine (aged and mellow), but that's another point besides.

Trolls... now I would suggest that they taste very salty and awful... chewy, perhaps, but more like uncooked bread with too much yeast.

[the guy who be short]

Originally Posted by Fea the Bonkers

Do tell how this is spoiling the fun. Are you in disagreement over the flavor of Elves? I mean... sure there's that bit of leeway saying that they might taste more like chicken than fish, or that they could taste entirely different, and be more along the lines of fine wine (aged and mellow), but that's another point besides.

Hmm, do you have first hand experience or evidence of this? It's generally assumed that Elveses tasted of pork too. Any variation points at the Fea being physical and thus altering flavour.


Trolls being made in mockery of ents, they'd taste like mock-wood. Fake wood is usually plastic. Therefore, Trolls = plasticky. They're also thermosetting; once the sun touches them, they get too hot and turn solid, or as some say, "to stone."

[Firefoot]

Oh my Eru! Does that mean Elves are the main ingredient in that traditional hotdish called "Tirion-upon-Tuna"?

Yep - it's the specialty item of Rivendell, as it seems:

(As Bilbo rides into Rivendell): "Hmmm! It smells like Elves!"

[Gurthang]

Obviously, Ents would taste somewhat like a Venus-flytrap(whatever they taste like). Because the flytraps can move they must be a primative form of Ent, so they should taste very similar.

Trolls, on the other hand, wouldn't taste of plastic, because plastic melts in heat, not sets. Therefore, they should taste of clay, or some ceramic texture.

Yet all this is making me wonder: what does the guy who be short taste like?

[Gil-Galad]

Now that you mention that, i think he'll be pretty hairy so we'll have to skin him...5 pounds for 20 minutes of skinning time?

[the guy who be short]

Orcs are extremely salty.

Notice that whenever a mound of dead orcs is created, grass ceases to grow above it. It is quite obvious this is due to extreme saltiness in the orcs' blood levels.

Now, orcs were tortured and disformed Elves. It is now apparent that the fashion is which Morgoth tortured them was to create open wounds and then rub salt into them. Eventually, this salt was assimilated into the Orcs' bloodstream, resulting in salty Orcses.

This explains their disgusting taste - poor food for Shelob. They taste like extremely salty pork.

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

Balrogs taste like chicken, or so I've heard on many occasions. Most likely they taste like chicken wings

I wouldn't recommend anyone to eat balrog. There's way too much carcinogens: you would just end up with a cancer.

Could the Fea affect the taste of a race?

I'm sure that there are major flavour dissimilarities even between individuals of one species caused by their personalities. For example, an orc who drinks plenty of water and spends enough time in the sun (for vitamin D) is bound to taste less salty than some other orc who sucks a lick stone and watches cable all days long.