I just read a book called The Red Kitchen Reader. It was quite interesting read. Can someone who read the book before and know more about the background tell me what the amazingly delicious mystery meat was? And what was that red kitchen and the dwelling? What kind of people did it belong to?


http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:The_Red_Kitchen_Reader

As the book first appears in Oblivion, it's heavily implied that the "kitchen" was the Cheydinhal Dark Brotherhood sanctuary.

The details given in the book don't quite match up with the in-game design, but the key points do: three large rooms, red tinting, and the bas relief (which is a depiction of a sort of mother -- the Night Mother, a large knife in one hand and one of her children flailing in her arms while the rest watch in terror).

Considering that one sanctuary resident, Vicente Valtieri, was a vampire, the "mystery meat" was a meal of human flesh. And everyone knows that Bretons are excellent cooks...

Haha. Thank you for the answer! I thought it might be, but I wasn't sure at all. Good to learn a bit about Oblivion and Cyrodil. Vincente Valtieri looks like a very interesting individual.

I think it's safe to assume it is Kahjiit.