Salivating as he pours the glowing melted iron from a crucible into a sword mold, blacksmith Alaric Knotts wants to eat the hot metal goo so bad. “I can’t lie, I feel like it’ll taste like sour candy!” said Knotts, licking his lips at the thought of 3000° molten iron in his mouth. “I know I would die instantly, and like, I’m not gonna do it, but it really does look tasty. It looks like tasty strawberry pudding! Well, maybe I’ll just try a little bit.” At press time, a glassblower wants to drizzle the hot glass gloop straight into his mouth.

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