IMO, a troll could not safely eat a live gorp. The corrosive effects of gorp are not purely the result of acid or enzymes but also are partly due to the inherently chaotic nature of the creature which tends to reduce any other life form to chaos as well. However, a dead gorp would presumably no longer have that chaotic power, it would be dangerous only for its chemical properties, so a troll could consume it. Presumably even a human could eat it if the acid were buffered by the addition of baking soda, salt, and other simple chemicals (Walktapus tentacles jellied in a gorp aspic? another fine lunar delicacy?)
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