Drabble: Mystery Meat
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Title: Mystery Meat
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Characters: Owen, Gwen, Team
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 299 – Green Eggs and Ham at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
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Spoilers: None.
Summary: Owen buys lunch for the team.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: No offence meant to animal lovers everywhere. Blame the prompt.
Returning to the Hub after a weevil hunt turned out to be a hoax, the team came across a bustling farmers’ market.
Stalls displaying fresh fruit and veg vied with those selling fancy cheeses, handmade chocolates or preserves. One section was devoted to meat of all kinds, from beef to buffalo, chicken to ostrich. Sausages and burgers sizzled on barbecues, filling the air with mouth-watering aromas that made their stomachs growl.
Approaching a stall, Owen bought burgers, handing them out.
Gwen took hers dubiously.
“What is it?”
“Reindeer.”
“I can’t eat Rudolph!”
“Just kidding.”
“Oh.”
“It’s kangaroo.”
“Bastard!”
Owen smirked.
The End
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Date: 2013-11-03 03:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 03:13 pm (UTC)Maybe he should have told her it was a Cardiff delicacy - Weevil.
Of course, Gwen could have simply checked out what that particular stall was selling...
(It WAS originally going to be Tosh instead of Gwen, but I didn't want Owen being mean to Tosh).
Thank you!
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Date: 2013-11-03 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 06:18 pm (UTC)I eat meat occasionally, but I wouldn't eat reindeer or kangaroo any more than I'd eat horse or guinea pig. Which makes me wonder why some animals are seen as acceptable to eat and others aren't...
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Date: 2013-11-03 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 06:28 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-11-03 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 07:23 pm (UTC)Thank you
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Date: 2013-11-03 07:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-03 09:36 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-11-04 11:39 am (UTC)I personally dont eat meat but I often wonder why people who are quite happy to eat cows pigs sheep chickens etc wont eat other animals?
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Date: 2013-11-04 12:30 pm (UTC)I don't know, it seems to be custom in some respects. we are happy to eat what we grew up eating, but other things seem outlandish. I couldn't eat horse od guinea pig, but they're perfectly acceptable in certain countries. Same goes for a lot of other things. Different countries have different things that are traditionally eaten. I don't eat a lot of meat, but I tend to stick to what's familiar.
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Date: 2013-11-04 12:42 pm (UTC)Great drabble
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Date: 2013-11-04 12:46 pm (UTC)Nevrr tried anything other than the everday meats available in Britain, lol, I'm not very adventurous!
I've been told kangaroon is a very strong smelling meat but high in iron. Can't say it appeals to mer though.
(I'd never get an ostrich in the oven...)
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Date: 2013-11-04 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-04 06:37 pm (UTC)Then again, I think Owen likes winding Gwen up. She gets angry so fast.
Thank you.
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Date: 2013-11-04 09:56 pm (UTC)lol
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Date: 2013-11-04 10:45 pm (UTC)Owen was just teasing Gwen, they were really just beefburgers!
Thank you.
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Date: 2013-11-05 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-05 12:36 pm (UTC)Thank you.
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Date: 2013-11-06 11:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-11-06 12:08 pm (UTC)