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In Twilight: 2000 the RDF Sourcebook setting proved very popular and ripe for roleplaying.
Somewhere, off post, was a tavern that was noteworthy in that it had good live music and booze.
All the other places nearby held to the Islamic prohibitions on booze, even to the point of not selling to infidels.
That especially extended to selling to the American's den of inequity.
A tavern must have food, so what did they have?
HOT BREADED RAT ON A STICK! (with cheese).
ASK FOR IT BY NAME!!!!
Cheese?
"Do you see any cows around here, detective?" L. Huxley
As it turns out, you CAN make cheese from rat milk. People who say otherwise are impatient.
The players never asked where the cheese came from, so I never had to tell them.
But the line above in red was great fun.
Them, "What are we going to have for dinner?"
Me, "Hot breaded rat on a stick?"
Them, "Again?"
Me, enticingly, "With cheeeeeeeeese?"
Them, "ASK FOR IT BY NAME!"
Did you ever have anyone order hot breaded rat on a stick (with cheese) without cheese?
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, there was a place near The University (the GM Steakhouse) that specialized in cheeseburgers. As I recall, it was 10 cents more for a cheeseburger without cheese…
To the best of my knowledge, no rats were involved.
==Dwight Brown
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They were conformists, always got the cheese.
DeleteThere was a local place whose menu said they charged $10 for ordering a cheeseburger without cheese because there was a hamburger on the menu.
At a different place, the only way to get a cheeseburger was to order a bacon cheeseburger without the bacon. Printing costs money so they put the thing with all the ingredients on the menu and let you omit to your heart's content.