Vedda culinary fare is also deserving of mention. Amongst the best known are "gona perume", which is a sort of sausage containing alternate layers of meat and fat, and "goya-tel-perume", which is the tail of the monitor lizard (talagoya), stuffed with fat obtained from its sides and roasted in embers. Another Vedda delicacy is dried meat preserve soaked in honey. In the olden days, the Veddas used to preserve such meat in the hollow of a tree, enclosing it with clay.