Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews of America's Birds

Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by KineticLensman on Monday August 26, 2024 @03:16PM (#41360719)

Why stop at birds? The Victorian William Buckland [0] had a personal mission to eat one of every kind of animal in existence. He was also appointed Dean of Westminster and, like Charles Darwin, belonged to the Glutton Club. Mice on toast were a particular favourite, apparently.

[0] https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/26/victorian-zoologis...

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by djtango on Monday August 26, 2024 @03:51PM (#41361116)

Thanks for sharing, thoroughly enjoyed that read

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by Loughla on Monday August 26, 2024 @06:55PM (#41363018)

I was into it until he ate a mummified human heart.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by standardUser on Monday August 26, 2024 @08:30PM (#41363519)

> Inside the locket was a piece of the mummified heart of King Louis XVI. On being shown the artifact, Buckland promptly ate it.

I admire the dedication! Though question the immediate destruction of a unique artifact.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by gerdesj on Monday August 26, 2024 @07:07PM (#41363088)

Just riffing on the Roman thing: Mice - glires.

Remarkable Italian invention ...

Nothing is new

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by jojohohanon on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:12AM (#41364946)

I think Roald Dahl had one story about a man who went to great lengths to eat a ghost.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by greggsy on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:38AM (#41365817)

Mice are the sardines of the mammal world.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by ThePowerOfFuet on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:48PM (#41374096)

I'm going to have to remember that one.

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Re:Eating the Birds of America: Audubon's Culinary Reviews o... by JetSpiegel on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:26PM (#41382610)

You mean that Aardman film with Darwin the badguy who wants to eats the dodos is based on real life?

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