S3E24 – The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary

James Shakeshaft plays against type by offering up a story that’s very nearly historically accurate.

The legend of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary or ‘Barometz’ seemed so plausible. It was a grazing lamb that grew on a bush; it seemed like it HAD to be real. The stories were so convincing a series of extraordinarily named men launched expeditions to find it.

They didn’t find it. It’s not a real thing. Come one, a vegetable lamb? What next, strawberry crackling? Beef tomatoes? BLOOD ORANGES?!

Credits:

The Loremen are Alasdair Beckett-King & James Shakeshaft..

Featured image from The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, Henry Lee, 1887.

Music from La Lettre De Manon Valse played by Megone’s Orchestra, 1905.

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