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Stuffed Dormice A Roman Favourite
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| 7-21-2003
Posted on 07/21/2003 4:18:11 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:18:11 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
Excavations in the county have shown the dish of the day 2,000 years ago was freshly-grilled hare and stuffed dormice. The first "bubble and squeak" in ancient Britain?
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:23:25 PM PDT
by
strela
("Each of us can find a maggot in our past which will happily devour our futures." Horatio Hornblower)
To: blam
The Romans used a salty fish sauce called liquemen. They used it on everything.
They also were great combiners of ingredients, considering it a great compliment if you couldn't tell what you were eating.
To: blam
For some reason all I could think of is the scene in Scrooged where Lumpy tells the stage hand to staple antlers on the dormouse.
To: blam
They didn't eat tomatoes, potatoes, squash, corn, chocolate nor did they eat chocolate.
What else didn't they eat?
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:30:28 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: blam
Yummy!
To: Aliska
nor did they eat chocolate. Make that drink coffee.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:32:04 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: LibWhacker
It's too cute to eat. Wonder what they stuffed them with.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:33:16 PM PDT
by
Aliska
To: blam
In Rome they ate peacocks' tongues. I don't know if they could afford them in Londinium.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:35:57 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: blam
Let's remember that Rome existed in a world that had not yet discovered the Americas. Lots of the foods that we know and love today were found in America and were unknown in Europe before 1492. Basic foods like tomatoes, potatoes, beans, corn, chili peppers, chocolate, squash, peanuts, and vanilla -- and many others. Imagine Italian cooking without the tomato! They ate a lot of game meat, bread, cabbages, carrots, and onions.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:36:18 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: I still care
Bet I could fool 'em with Grandma's stir-fried river rat. They'd probably think it was dormice, BWAhahahahahaha!
To: blam
Excavations in the county have shown the dish of the day 2,000 years ago was freshly-grilled hare and stuffed dormice. WE'RE GONNA HAVE ROAST RABBIT! Elmer Fudd....
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:37:40 PM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
(You bring tar, I'll bring feathers....recall Davis in 03!!!)
To: Aliska
Dunno, glad they didn't say; I just ate lunch. :-P
To: Aliska
Wonder what they stuffed them with.Had to be hummingbirds, the mice are so small!
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:39:51 PM PDT
by
apackof2
(Listen much, talk little, learn greatly)
To: Cicero
Ocelot spleens! Jaguar earlobes! Wolf nipple chips, get them while they're hot, they're lovely!
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:40:11 PM PDT
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DryFly
To: DryFly
Ocelot spleens! Jaguar earlobes! Wolf nipple chips, get them while they're hot, they're lovely! Oh go away. You're ruining my rat-on-a-stick sales.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:44:29 PM PDT
by
Cachelot
(~ In waters near you ~)
To: blam
A lot of people probably have a distaste for eating rats or mice. But I imagine if they were farmed, they could be quite tasty. When I was young, lived on a farm, plagued by pigeons. Outside there was a round wire corn silo we'd put full ears of corn in. The pigeons were on that silo, day in and day out. I popped four of em one day with my .22, cleaned em, mom cooked them, they were incredible! Not much wing, but breasts like a turkey. Fine delicacy in some parts of the world.
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:45:51 PM PDT
by
djf
To: LibWhacker
Now, I don't mean to brag...but I make a mean weed-rat stew.
To: TheSpottedOwl
Isn't that"....WOAST WABBIT!!!"
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posted on
07/21/2003 4:52:02 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
(When in doubt, give em' both barrels.... then git in there quick with yer Bowie!)
To: Cuttnhorse
¿Con cola o sin cola?
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