"The High Admiral received him in the same room as before. Now, however, a table had been set with silver goblets of drink and golden braziers of sweet, mildly psychotropic incense. In the blood trough at the middle a live zianya lay bound. Its muzzle had been taped shut to keep it from squealing, but the smell of its fear stimulated more than did the smoke."
-Poul Anderson, "Inconstant Star" IN Larry Niven, Ed., Man-Kzin Wars III (New York, 1990), pp. 167-310 AT Chapter V, pp. 204-205.
Later:
"Much remained to do when they stopped for a feast of celebration. The first flesh ripped from the zianya, before it died, was especially savory."
-op. cit., p. 208.
And:
"With the human-style food out of the way Spots had joined them, curled in one of the big wicker chairs with saucers of Jersey cream and cognac, still licking his whiskers at the memory of the live zianya that had somehow, miraculously, been found for him."
-Jerry Pournelle & SM Stirling, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" IN Larry Niven, Ed., Man-Kzin Wars (Riverdale, NY, 1992, pp. 5-202 AT CHAPTER NINETEEN, p. 197.
Kzinti do not like being around human beings eating any more than we would like being around them.
("In the Hall of the Mountain King" is called "The Hall of the Mountain King" in the page headings.)
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
A formal human style dinner would be intolerably bland and boring for Kzinti! And most humans would be revolted by Kzinti style banquets. And I would expect exactly this kind of situation, if many intelligent races exist.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Also, kzinti intensely dislike the smells of burned flesh and plants.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
I remember that too! Kzinti are not much for COOKING! And cooking is necessary if humans are going to be able to eat many kinds of foods.
Ad astra! Sean
We already had tools and possibly fire when we became mostly predators.
For that matter, cats and dogs prefer (lightly) cooked meat.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Yes, but cats and dogs were domesticated by humans. And after thousands of years of living with or near humans, they would have a preference for some human type foods.
Ad astra! Sean
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