[He doesn't know what lye is, but the mention of a fish turning into jelly definitely causes him to make a face... He's only just learned what jelly was thanks to the magics of Modern Food in their kitchen but that texture is hard to forget?!]

Wow! I wonder why anyone would take time out of their lives to invent something like that, let alone eat it. [People are wild.

Anyway:] I learned my lesson, hah. Truth!