Our old mess sergeant's taste buds had been shot off in the war
But his savory collations add to our esprit de corps
To think of all the marvelous ways
They're using plastics nowadays,
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
But his savory collations add to our esprit de corps
To think of all the marvelous ways
They're using plastics nowadays,
It makes a fellow proud to be a soldier!
— Tom Lehrer, "It Makes A Fellow Proud To Be A Soldier", An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer
"In Flea Bottom we called [stew] 'bowls of brown.' We'd pretend the meat in them was chicken. We knew it wasn't chicken."
— Gendry, Game of Thrones
"Yes, the New York attorney general is attempting to shut down daily fantasy in this state. And if that happens, the best way to gamble here will once again be buying meat on a stick from a guy with a cart. Why does my chicken have whiskers? You know what, I'm hungry. I'm rolling the dice."
— John Oliver, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Pearl: Yo, what do you think Crusty Sean's food is REALLY made of?
Marina: I don't wanna know...
Rue: You wouldn't believe the stuff they say is in that mashed goop.
Tessa: I'm not sure who "they" are... but I'll defer to their expertise.
Tessa: I'm not sure who "they" are... but I'll defer to their expertise.
"How do they (the lunchladies) get meat to turn purple?"
— Travis, Ozzy & Drix
"Did you know hot dogs have every single animal in them? Hot dogs is like an actual zoo, or my mom's house. Bitch has a lot of pets."
Sunyana: All the meat I get from you I process - and I mean process. I don't do steaks or chops or joints anymore, just hamburger and sausage, reconstituted loaf. Anything to disguise what it's actually made of.
Arachne: One might take offense at such a statement.
Sunyana: I don't mean to be rude, Arachne, but if I told people the entire city had been eating spider meat for the past three month, there'd be a riot. Or worse.
The grade 3 stew actually contains ingredients with names other than "dunno" or "not sure, but it was definitely dead when I threw it in."
— Flavor Text for Grade 3 Skybuilders' Stew, Final Fantasy XIV
Hello and welcome to the Dubious Meat Company, where our meat is always... something.
— Mr. Crutch, Will McDaniel, Customer Services
...After all, this plate is full of top quality, taste bud blasting—actually, what on earth is this stuff, anyway?
— Part of the description for Hu Tao's "Ghostly March" dish, Genshin Impact
Not for those who prefer to know the origin of their meats.
— Raw Meat Dumpling item description, Elden Ring
My Dearest Diary: Thursday, as you may have heard, is Meat Loaf Day in the cafeteria. It feels so good to know that our cooks are doing the part to make sure that the elbow meat of weasels — which is too often wastefully discarded after weasels are run over — is carefully made into lunch for me and my fellow innocent children. At least I think it is weasel elbow meat.
— Jamie Kelly, Dear Dumb Diary
Hobb's sausages were made of grease and salt and things that did not bear thinking about.
Tripper: Here's an update on tonight's dinner. It was veal. I repeat, veal. The winner of tonight's Mystery Meat contest is Jeffrey Corbin who guessed "some kind of beef."
Krusty: Look, uh... about the Ribwich. There aren't going to be any more. The animal we made 'em from is now extinct.
Homer: The pig?
Otto: The cow?
Krusty: You're way off. Think smaller. Think more legs.
Homer: The pig?
Otto: The cow?
Krusty: You're way off. Think smaller. Think more legs.
