https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting

  • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Cruelty aside, between the bones and the head it seems like it just wouldn't be a very pleasurable eating experience.

    • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      like who wants to eat guts full of poop and bile?

      the French I guess. if everyone has to cover their heads so as to not make everyone else at the table barf, your cuisine is gross, not decadent.

      and your emperor is naked.

  • YuriMihalkov [comrade/them,any]
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    3 years ago

    When they did this in Succession I honestly thought the thing with the towel was some shit they made up to make rich people seem even weirder.

    • PrettyEll122 [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      "Tradition dictates that [the thing with the towel] is to shield – from God’s eyes – the shame of such a decadent and disgraceful act"

      ok but God is literally probably too busy chilling to care whether or not one indulges in wild poultry

        • Kuori [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          what the fucking christ

          :jesus-cleanse: BEGONE, SPAWNS OF DARKNESS

  • knifestealingcrow [any]
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    3 years ago

    My guilty pleasure is watching the "SHOCKING WEIRD EXOTIC TRIBAL FOOD (I ATE BUGS)(NEARLY THREW UP)(HOSPITAL VISIT)(OBVIOUS CLICKBAIT)" genre of YouTube videos and travel shows, because I enjoy finding out about foods and preparations I've never heard of, and I always find myself going "that's not that odd, I'd eat that"

    This though? No way I'm eating it, at least not whole.

    • Commander_Data [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I've always felt the same way. I've been on every continent on the planet and few things have made me nope out; half gestatated fried duck eggs in Cambodia and guinea pigs in Peru come to mind. Add this to the list.

      • knifestealingcrow [any]
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        3 years ago

        I haven't been able to travel that much, but I've known a lot of people from different parts of the world and we usually connect through cooking something. There are very few foods I'd refuse to at least try.

      • CommunistBear [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Ngl balut really isn't that bad :shrug-outta-hecks:

        I'm not even that big on eggs either

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      idk bugs are tasty dont @ me :shrug-outta-hecks:

      though i will say juicy bugs gross me out. loved grilled locusts :grillman:

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          its like shrimp they either make the shell really soft through boiling -> grill or they peel the shell off

          its honestly far more justifiable to eat locusts than seafood imo trawling is super bad but locusts will eat anything and you can raise them en masse easy

            • kristina [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              yeah. also some kinds of fungus taste seafoodish, like lion's mane. totally recommend. a bit hard to cultivate yourself though if you dont know what youre doing

        • kristina [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Yeah it's based

          Society lied to us all bugs are everywhere and some literally grow on trees and they yummy

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I think I would learn a lot about myself if someone handed me a witchity grub. Apparently they taste like bland peanut butter.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    What is it with the French and force-feeding birds.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      i feel like some dude a long time ago had a bizarre fetish and he also happened to be a cook

      • Des [she/her, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        sometimes i think that many traditions throughout history arose from this very thing

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    God, the omnipotent sky-being that can tell the instant you touch yourself

    Fuck, they found out my one weakness. Towels

      • VILenin [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        God simply cannot bear to lay eyes upon the fr*nch

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Honestly I could see someone doing this as a cheeky thing rather than an earnest "Hiding my sins from god".

  • President_Obama [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    What the actual fuck? How fucked in your head do you have to be to come up with this? You drown the fucking birds? You spit out the larger bones u a fucking owl yourself??? with or without the head

    No Obama vid for this insanity. Go fuck yourself , froggies

    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      How fucked in your head do you have to be to come up with this?

      This is food for rich people.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Outdoor cats > The french

        They could just use barn swallows if they wanted to, no one would know.

  • jabrd [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    You can measure the American contribution to this tradition based on whether there’s a YouTube video of an influencer eating it for the FIRST TIME [Gone Sexual]

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I mean it's not any crueler than factory farming. Probably less at scale, I can't imagine most folks eat ortolan every day

  • Comp4
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    9 days ago

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  • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    wypipo be like: why yes I eat live birds and dog meat and cat meat and kill whales for an extra dose of mercury, and if you're a guest at my house, you still can't have any

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Nah these are too sacred to whites people and only the asiatics eat them because they’re not civilized like the west

        Awkward Swiss noises

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Technically the not sharing thing is just Sweden, who are not representative of all white people. Like, as bad as white people can get at least in most cultures they feel an obligation to feed their guests.