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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by foobarbecue on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:50AM (#34580244)
One time on Erebus helicopters couldn't get in for several weeks so we started to get a little low on food. We found a giant piece of meat buried in the ice near the hut decades ago. Our brilliant chef Drea was like awesome we are having lamb tonight, but then when we got the ice off it and got a better look she was like uhhh I meant brisket. It was delicious.

Usually plenty of selection of frozen food up there-- I ate a LOT of delicious scallops. "Freshies," however, were a hugely anticipated, rare treat.

Sometimes we DID order pizza from mcmurdo, informally, via helicopter (when there was one coming up anyway).

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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by Q6T46nT668w6i3m on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:14AM (#34580643)
If you’re one of the few foolish enough to climb Denali in the winter, you can find some comfort in the countless stashes from the summer.
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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by t344344 on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:51AM (#34581288)
Some frozen mammoths were found in Siberia at end of 19th century. Locals fed it to dogs, and it was served as delicatessen in Paris restaurants.
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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by 082349872349872 on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:49PM (#34583568)
An anecdote from someone who grew up in Newfoundland: the rich kids ate peanut butter sandwiches; poor kids had nothing but lobster.
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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by teachrdan on Monday January 30, 2023 @03:23PM (#34585825)
This story went somewhere very different than what I expected. When you described a giant piece of meat, I assumed it was going to be a person.
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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by foobarbecue on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:45PM (#34587668)
Why not an alien creature?
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Re:The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica by pengaru on Monday January 30, 2023 @08:38PM (#34589669)
It's never aliens.
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