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Crowds of adventurous/species-destroying diners at a Melbourne wet market went home empty bellied and upset today as alleged ‘Tiger Loafs’ turned out to be no more than some logs of disappointing, yet crispy bread.
Due to Melbourne being Australia’s most European city, there is a demand for obscure meats that may upset the local vanilla omnivorous population who due to tolerance must admit these things are often cultural.
Horse baguettes and platypus kebabs aside, even the most Bourdanian of foodies can agree that it’s probably not a good idea to eat endangered species, bluefin tuna excepted.
It is for this reason that regular shoppers at a Melbourne wet market quickly purchased themselves a couple of tiger loaves only to learn they would have to add their own big cat meat via sandwich construction.
“So it’s just bread? Why the fuck was it $10 a loaf then?” asked one disappointed shopper who didn’t even have the silver lining of frequent shopper points to fall back on.
“This is bee sting cake all over again.”
