France’s songbird delicacy is outlawed
The prized birds can fetch up to €150 (£102) each if sold illegally to restaurants. Diners savour the ritual almost as much as the flavour.
François Mitterrand, the former French president, notoriously feasted upon a whole one at his “last supper” while terminally ill with prostate cancer, concealing his head beneath a napkin in the traditional manner.Some say the napkin helps the diner savour the aroma, others that it is intended to conceal his greed from God.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562561/Frances-songbird-delicacy-is-outlawed.html
Very interesting about the song birds.