https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting
Cruelty aside, between the bones and the head it seems like it just wouldn't be a very pleasurable eating experience.
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.
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.
"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
Nah, I think all these people are going to hell 100%. Napkin isn't hiding them.
Even the most absurd bourgeois decadence doesn't hold a candle to the shit the aristos used to get up to.
Their crimes against foxes alone have forever severed their link to humanity.
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.
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.
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.
Ngl balut really isn't that bad :shrug-outta-hecks:
I'm not even that big on eggs either
idk bugs are tasty dont @ me :shrug-outta-hecks:
though i will say juicy bugs gross me out. loved grilled locusts :grillman:
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
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
:joker-troll: bugs are tasty and I'm tired of pretending they're not
Cricket tacos are almost illegally good. I was astounded how much I enjoyed them. Super crunchy.
Yeah it's based
Society lied to us all bugs are everywhere and some literally grow on trees and they yummy
I think I would learn a lot about myself if someone handed me a witchity grub. Apparently they taste like bland peanut butter.
i feel like some dude a long time ago had a bizarre fetish and he also happened to be a cook
sometimes i think that many traditions throughout history arose from this very thing
God, the omnipotent sky-being that can tell the instant you touch yourselfFuck, they found out my one weakness. Towels
god watching french people eat: ah geez wonder what they're doing down there
Honestly I could see someone doing this as a cheeky thing rather than an earnest "Hiding my sins from god".
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
How fucked in your head do you have to be to come up with this?
This is food for rich people.
Outdoor cats > The french
They could just use barn swallows if they wanted to, no one would know.
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]
I mean it's not any crueler than factory farming. Probably less at scale, I can't imagine most folks eat ortolan every day
I heard first of this in Hannibal. I cant say I approve of it ...Im curious how it would taste though.
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
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
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.
