what with the dietary shortfall that both sets of villagers now suffered as a result of the self-imposed lack of squid and also the fact that chicken was mysteriously disappearing from their menus , the village elders decreed that in order to kill two badgers with one stone ( more of that coming up ) they would create a brand new dish , the main ingredient of which would have to be the only remaining source of meat to be found in any abundance in the area the badger .