Hard Salt Beef — Dunk’s Honor Tested | Book vs Show

Episode 2 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — “Hard Salt Beef” — breaks Dunk’s ideal of knighthood down to its bones.

This is a full Episode 2 breakdown from A Spork of Ice and Fire, comparing HBO’s adaptation directly to George R. R. Martin’s The Hedge Knight.

We cover:

What Hard Salt Beef really means in the story

Dunk’s honor vs survival

Egg’s quiet influence

Every book Easter egg and story change

Book vs show differences — no guessing

This is book-first, lore-accurate analysis, not a reaction.

💬 Was Dunk right to hold to his honor — or is he learning the wrong lesson?