Nice story, redemption against the odds seeded by the gods, loyalty and transformation from monsters to good natured beings. Pity got axed, the drawing was very nice and personal.
There are people that has been told since child that they are the best of the best. If it happens to be untrue (wich is most of the times) the shock for them is like seeing something unnatural, all their beliefs and common sense is dropped and they usually raect denying the reality because it...
In fact most of the traditional dishes are from that period. The industrial Revolution banished a lot of them that only could be preserved in rural areas.