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dennisboothstash · Nov 20, 2019

Chazz Rheinhold said: ↑

Fancy it
dirty cruel frogs
Very few last meals eaten by the dying are like that served to François Mitterrand, the president of the French republic, who died of cancer in 1996. His last meal started with foie gras, oysters and capon, but all of that was merely an overture to the consumption of ortolan, a yellow-throated songbird, the eating of which was frowned upon by the majority of his fellow Frenchmen at the time and would eventually be made illegal.

Even in a country that has always been ahead of the pack when it comes to ritualising dinner, the process of eating ortolan goes beyond what is strictly necessary. Traditionally, they should first be placed in the dark for a month, so that, thinking it is their night-time feeding period, they fatten themselves up. Next, they are drowned in Armagnac. Finally, they are roasted for eight minutes, plucked and eaten whole, head and all, the idea being that the sharp bones puncture the inside of the mouth so that the diner’s blood mingles with that of the bird. You are supposed to eat them with a napkin over your head so that the Lord may not see your sin, or so your fellow diners may not see you spitting out the bones. One or the other.
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People who eat that are ****s

Plum · Nov 20, 2019

dennisboothstash said: ↑

How do you know it tastes nice?
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Fair point, although it's a bit Castro-like for pedantry!

dennisboothstash · Nov 20, 2019

Plum said: ↑

Fair point, although it's a bit Castro-like for pedantry!
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Ouch
Bit harsh!

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