Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ARTEMIS FOWL NOR ANY OF THE WRITTEN PIECES BELOW. THIS IS MERELY TO POINT OUT WHAT IS WRITTEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOOKS.
A/N: Thank you to both reviewers!
Artemis Fowl
and the Artic Incident
by Leoanda Taylor
One of the strangest creatures on the earth - or more accurately, below it - is the commom stinkworm. Stinkworms can only survive below the earths crust, and so have never been seen by humans. The stinkworm can grow to the length of fifteen centimeters and a diameter of up to eight centimeters. The bigger a stinkworm is, the more meat there is on its soft boned skeleton, and the more valuable it is to a merchant.
Stinkworm are big business in the fairy world, and have been for thousands of years. They are very versatile creatures, and can be boiled, fried, backed, or even eaten raw - though this sushi approach can be difficault to swallow, as the stink associated with the worms does not disappear until they are cooked.
The current favourite way to eas the stinkworm is in a dish similar to a bolonase, substituting stinkworm for spagetti. Deep fried on a skewer is popular among the younger generation. What makes the stinkworm so deliciousl is its juices.
When the worm is heated in a pan or oven it bastes itself in a delicious spicy juice, which even the best chefs have failed to reproduce. This juice is in fact, earwax, from the hundreds of ears that cove each worms body.
Some of the sensitive fairies cannot forget that thay are eating earwax, and do not enjoy eating stinkworm, but most are to entranced by the flavour that thay are quite prepared to ignore where it comes from/
Goblins in particular love stinkworm, and are constantly inventing new ways to consume them.
The rarest and most prized stinkworm dish, is a stir fried bowl of stinkworm ears. The ears are shaved from the worms body, rolled in flour, and then lightly fried. This dish takes hours to prepare, and costs a fortune.
Goblins believe that if you eat a bowl of worm ears, then you absorb the worms memories of the places they have visited. This is not an appealing thought when you consider that a stinkworms favourite environment is fresh troll dung.
A/N: This was translated directly from the book, and not a very pleasant one at that. Thank you for reading! The next one should be up soon. Thank you!