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What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy

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Getting a Roast Peacock

Janes loved the idea of peacocks because, like she said, that decadence showed both the cleon's extreme power and also how their empire was corrupted by its own power. But you couldn't just buy one from the grocery store. I wanted to have some feathers so that i can paint the feathers blue and purple and gold. The script called for the bird to be brought in, then set down, then carved, then everybody gets a piece. You know, a peacocks are not that big, so jen is turned to a turkey instead.

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