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To: lee martell

I’ll take the eye. Its considered a delicacy.


8 posted on 03/25/2020 3:20:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I remember reading long ago a description of a banquet somewhere. The eye of the animal served was considered a great delicacy, and if the host offered it to you it was a great insult to turn it down.

Can’t recall where it was, but it may have been somewhere in the Middle East.


15 posted on 03/25/2020 3:28:19 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

So was the sheep’s eye in some places we lived. My dad got very good at slight of hand.


28 posted on 03/25/2020 3:50:45 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
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