Guild Wars 2

Out of all the races within Tyria, which is the tastiest? You decide!

Earth elementals. Love eatin’ some good old dirt.

Moa. Additionally their fat makes a good natural hair product.

I think you guys are confusing species with races.

Sentient beings – people.

In that case, thinly chopped Sylvari, with a bit of vinegar, some salt, olive oil… mmm.

Oglaf.1074:

I think you guys are confusing species with races.

Sentient beings – people.

By your definition skale are people. Sapient would more appropriately describe the races while sentient describes the more animal-like creatures of Tyria.

Quaggen or Hylek.

Most of the playable races can be assumed to taste bad.

Humans taste bad likely due to their use of medicine and diets, one of the reasons why humans taste bad in real life(according to sharks and cannibals).

The same could be said about Asura given their pill popping and deeply processed food, in addition to not being very meaty.

Charr could be somewhat edible. A little known fact about Charles Darwin is that he was a member of a small club of culinary explorers who practiced eating unusual species and rare delicacies. Having eaten puma steak, he described it as having the flavor of lamb but very gristly. I’d imagine char having this sort of consistency but less tasty due to their exposure to industrial chemicals and ash.

Norn would probobally taste like human, but toughen the flesh a bit.

Sylvari could taste bad or good, they’re plants with plant parts mimicking animal metabolic processes, their entire biology is un-comparable to anything real.

Now Hylek are basically frog men, seem to have a free ranged diet of insects or anything else they can swallow and seem mostly natural. Also, since they’re frogs we can imagine they taste like frogs. Which means they taste like chicken.

Quaggen are an odd little “Fishmammel” sort of species who’d probobally taste like a fusion of fish and whale flesh. I for one have never eaten whale because it’s meat is pretty much illegal in most places but from what I’ve learned from Japanese anime it’s pretty good.

Overall.. I’d say Hylek would be the tastiest, maybe skelks too.

The texture of sylvari seems more wood-like than fruit-like in a lot of cases. I’m going to go out on a limb (har har) and say that they would be mostly inedible, unless perhaps they were heavily processed, like cinnamon.

I’d rather try Tengu. Should taste like chicken, right?

Aren’t hylek extremely poisonous?

Greiger.7092:

Aren’t hylek extremely poisonous?

Only the poison glands on their back are.

You’re forgetting other races. Skritt, Ettins, Dredge, Grawl, Harpy, Centaur, Dwarves, Ghosts, Risen, Kodan, Krait, Largos, Ogres, Tengu…… DANG there’s a lot of sapient races…

Karka, with a large amount of butter sauce.

Chessrook.8643:

You’re forgetting other races. Skritt, Ettins, Dredge, Grawl, Harpy, Centaur, Dwarves, Ghosts, Risen, Kodan, Krait, Largos, Ogres, Tengu…… DANG there’s a lot of sapient races…

Most of those I’d assume not be very tasty, except maybe tengu and centaur

Good luck eating dwarves and ghosts!

Bard.7215:

Chessrook.8643:

You’re forgetting other races. Skritt, Ettins, Dredge, Grawl, Harpy, Centaur, Dwarves, Ghosts, Risen, Kodan, Krait, Largos, Ogres, Tengu…… DANG there’s a lot of sapient races…

Most of those I’d assume not be very tasty, except maybe tengu and centaur

Bear is actually pretty good, unless you dislike the flavor of wild game in general. I’m sure Kodan would taste fine. It would be getting the meat that would be the problem!

I thought most mammalian apex predators were unusually gristly and foul tasting, I guess big fatty bears would be the exception though.

Anakita Snakecharm.4360:

Karka, with a large amount of butter sauce.

During the karka world event I told everyone on the map to pull out their stacks of 250 of butter and throw it at the nearest champion to put a debuff on it.

Good times.

Bard.7215:

Greiger.7092:

Aren’t hylek extremely poisonous?

Only the poison glands on their back are.

So preparation is a bit like fugu then? That means cooked to perfection you’d have family-sized frog legs with the thrill of that little tingle of neurotoxin dancing on the tongue…

I have a recipe for dolphin-safe quaggan steaks with a nice mango-salsa around here somewhere.

Chessrook.8643:

You’re forgetting other races. Skritt, Ettins, Dredge, Grawl, Harpy, Centaur, Dwarves, Ghosts, Risen, Kodan, Krait, Largos, Ogres, Tengu…… DANG there’s a lot of sapient races…

Don’t eat Risen. Just don’t. That many preservatives isn’t healthy for anybody.

Oglaf.1074:

Good luck eating dwarves and ghosts!

What do you think is the real secret ingredient of those delicious Strawberry Ghosts!

Humans, just can’t get enough of them

Hylek legs in garlic

Nike.2631:

Don’t eat Risen. Just don’t. That many preservatives isn’t healthy for anybody.

I lol’d.

Anyway, I’d go with Karka if we’re allowed any species.

Norn would probably have a bit too much fat and sinewy muscle for me. Sylvari would probably taste more like very strong uncooked onion than lettuce… and there’s not enough meat on an Asura.

I’ll go for Human.

Actualy Bard.7215 according to some south pacific cannibals they described people as tasting like pork so if your ever stranded with a group, just something to think about >:I>

O and just an early warning if you ever eat another human being in the far north u may be cursed and turned into a wendigo, a ravenous beast that is said to haunt the nothern woods and prey on weary travelers usauly seeking gold, forever hungry forever cursed so don’t ever commit cannabalism up in the far north

FrighfulKnight.9872:

Actualy Bard.7215 according to some south pacific cannibals they described people as tasting like pork so if your ever stranded with a group, just something to think about >:I>

Given the similarities in pigs to humans, that sounds about right.

Dolyak with cheese

Charr. After all, I wonder what we did with their meat, when we used their hide for armor, back in GW1.

Krait = unagi

Urthona.3198:

The texture of sylvari seems more wood-like than fruit-like in a lot of cases. I’m going to go out on a limb (har har) and say that they would be mostly inedible, unless perhaps they were heavily processed, like cinnamon.

I’d rather try Tengu. Should taste like chicken, right?

They’re quite slender aren’t they? Might not get enough meat out of Tengu.

I was actually wandering around when two NPCs said something to each other. I missed the first one, but the second made a comment “Tastes like Harpy”.

So I guess that means people HAVE eaten Harpy in Tyria. What does it taste like? I DON’T KNOW!

I think the conversation was somewhere in the 15-25 Human area… I forget the name of the place off the top of the head.

As long as you eat the bird parts and not the human parts I guess it is alright.

Sorta like how you’d want to eat the horse parts but not the human parts on Centaurs!

hmmm, a combo of Sylvari with Tengu to make a good Tyrian equivalent of chicken salad……