it's a classic scam. you buy cheap ingredients, renovate them using heat and other ingredients and flip em. by the time the cops catch up you've moved on to another dish
pretty much anyone: (looking at a dead body) his tongue’s been cut out, almost surgically, like they were planning on using the organ for something else
hannibal: everyone come over to my house and eat this freshly prepared tongue i made
literally everyone: how delightful and unrelated to everything else going on
hannibal: I think you’ll find everything is related
straight up everyone, who have at least a graduate degree and are qualified to work for the FBI: (while eating tongue) haha, oh hannibal