In case I perked your interest with my little quiz, I thought I should let you ALL know what this mystery potato, tumor, melon, tuber, steroid-induced ginger root, squash, bagel, Chinese book-end thingie actually is…

The envelope, please….

This is:  YAK BUTTER carefully preserved for general consumption inside A DRIED GOAT STOMACH!

(Should you be so inclined) you can either buy a whole (gulp) stomach’s worth of butter OR you can have them cut off a chunk for you. Believe it or not, I could be in a store that sells this in less than 10 minutes if I wanted (lucky me).

I’ve got my pen ready to take your orders. So, how many stomachs can I mark you down for? Tibetan New Year is right around the corner and it spreads so nicely…