New meat to hit street

Classic Former Republic of Former Russland advertising art!

After a few too many late night sandwiches made with canned kraken (Spraken© brand is the one we all known and cherish) and a slice or two of Fizzly Farms© ghost-cheese, one tends to start looking around for alternatives. Over there in the Former Republic of Former Russland--home turf of the gosh-darned best tinned kraken loaf on Erde--they've finally decided to test-market chunked nautical abyss serpent here in The Empire (it's been a staple in the FRFR for decades). Till now, there hasn't been much demand thisaway, most Empire folk being not too inclined to eat slimy water snake steaks, but a big ad campaign is coming up and a least one famed purveyor of fast foods (yes, McKrakens©) will be offering, for a short time, a McSerpent© pocket sandwich (with a choice of mustard or ranch sauces). Nobody here at the Institute, except, of course, Patty Pille, has ever tasted nautical abyss serpent (she killed a record-sized one with her diving knife while exploring sunken cities off the coast of Bazookaland last year) but she assures us that it's--and she managed to say this with a nearly straight face--"yummy."

[Editor's Note: Honestly, there was no product placement in this posting! I mean, the Fizzly Farms© people gave us an assortment of their fine ghost-cheeses in this attractive basket, kind of as thanks for a little favor we did for them (we exorcised their brie), and we do have a big pile of buy-one-get-one-free coupons for Big Kraks© from McKrakens© (that expire in a week anyway) but their manager hands those out to all the businesses and institutions in town every year!]