“Souls are kind of hard to destroy. Unless you’re the sort of person who eats them. In which case: digestion!”— Me.
Some souls can cause indigestion…
Don’t eat souls if you don’t know where they’re from and who touched them before.
The Farm-to-Table model of soul consumption
Dont forget, aged souls taste better, they may not look as shiny and pretty from age but the taste is worth it
No, thats just what the soul snobs and the soul industry want you to think. “Oh, this soul was only harvested two years ago? Ewwww. I only eat souls aged a minimum of twenty years!”
Do they taste better on a different plane of existence? Is an aged soul better in a pub in hell or a restaurant in Sigil? Freshly harvested on Earth?
The flavor depends on origin and age. Where you consume it has no impact.
Soul taste does depend on what the soul did in life, though. I think some people like the taste of aged souls more because of the many different flavors you get from them, but you have to be careful, as it’s very much a “box of chocolates” kind of deal. You can kinda tell what it’ll taste like from the shell, but you never really know for sure.
A fresh soul may have a juvenile taste, but at least it’s consistent. I really think it’s up to the consumer which they want, some people are able to produce stone freaky tasty aged souls!
NO! PLEASE DO NOT EAT UNAGED SOULS UNLESS YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW ABYSSAL SPECIES CAPABLE OF PROCESSING THE TOXINS! FRESH SOULS ARE VERY POISONOUS UNLESS PROPERLY AGED!!
Some souls also require longer prep time to be consumable so be sure to follow all preparation instructions to avoid soul poisoning.
Also, souls may cause adverse reactions with some prescription potions. Please check with your local apothocary or plague doctor before consuming souls.
Good points! Please remember to check the warning labels on your medications to see if its safe to consume with souls!
*stops eating a plate of raw souls*
Soul poisoning?
WHAT?
Unless you are specifically of fiendish or abyssal descent, raw souls are toxic and can kill you! Please be safe in your consumption!
This is a common misconception, due to enzymes in raw souls reacting with pewter plates common in the middle ages people came to believe it was the soul that poisoned them. Same thing happened with tomatoes.
Um, no, because someone else tried to pull a Thomas Jefferson and ate a whole soul raw at a dinner party and fuckin died, my dude. One of the other founding fathers, iirc. John Hancock? American history wasn’t my greatest subject.
I thought the problem with soul consumption was the unsanitary conditions of the processing cabals, like entire imps falling into the vats. As described by Unctuous Sin-Clear’s “The Morass” made Sinator Rosevelt spit his soul out at the table I hear.
While the lacking oversight and terrible conditions of the soul-processing cabals formed after the Sindustrial Revolution definitely didn’t help, the toxicity of raw souls was still a thing even before that. Raw souls are not always deadly, I will admit, to those not of abyssal or fiendish descent, but they can make you extremely ill. Its a bit like the lactose intolerance of human and humanoid cultures who did not develop around the raising and keeping of cows, sheep, or goats. But, y'know, the symptoms are worse than mere nausea and diarrhea.
*frantic note-taking*
This’ll really help with my demonic history degree
Ooh, what era are you studying? Ive always been especially interested in the Lilith Wars and the subsequent rise of the Sulphuric Suffragettes
I’m mainly studying The Old King’s Era and how that affected history! The Lilith Wars shortly after that really changed everything, like overthrowing the King and establishing a Queendom, so that’s included as well :)
Oooh, yeah, the soul shortages of the time were definitely a whole Thing, weren’t they? I guess they would have contributed a lot to the civil unrest that characterized the end of the Old King’s era
Yes, soul shortages contribute up to 37% of the cost of revolutions and or wars, which I find fascinating
Wait, only 37%? I thought it was more?
are we just glossing over the fact that you can just cut out the will? isn’t that where the toxicity is stored? It’s like fugu
It’s also nothing like fugu in that the will is where all the flavor is! It’s why the souls of sapient beings are so much more flavorful and delicious than those of most animals. All that free will and poor decision-making!
::gestures:: Tumblr, everybody!
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