When Fiction Predicts the Future...

[Anke Wehner]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

Maybe vole actually tastes really good

I seem to have heard somewhere that insectivores generally don't taste good. On the other hand, nor do gulls, but there used to be recipes for gulls that started with a diet to fdeed the gull so it wouldn't taste nasty...

And there is a species called edible doormouse.

[Worldwalker]

Originally Posted by Anke Wehner

I seem to have heard somewhere that insectivores generally don't taste good. On the other hand, nor do gulls, but there used to be recipes for gulls that started with a diet to fdeed the gull so it wouldn't taste nasty...

And there is a species called edible doormouse.

Voles are herbivores (think of them as mice with inadequate tails).

Gulls ... ick. On a good day, they eat fish. On a gull's idea of a good day, they eat garbage.

Yep, the Fat Edible Dormouse. As a member of a population which considers the lobster (aka sea cockroach) a delicacy, I can't really criticize the Romans for what they ate. Actually, I've had squirrel, which was incredibly good, and that dormouse looks like it would be at least as tasty. It's gotta be better than a gull!