Comment on Dormice

• OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The edible dormouse (Glis glis) was considered a delicacy in ancient Rome, either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds). The Romans used a special kind of enclosure, a glirarium, to raise and fatten dormice for the table.[6] It is still considered a delicacy in Slovenia and in several places in Croatia, namely Lika, and the islands of Hvar and Brač.[7][8] Dormouse fat was believed by the Elizabethans to induce sleep since the animal put on fat before hibernating.[9]

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    fucking elizabethans, no it can’t possibly be that they put on fat so they can —like— survive not eating; no it’s that the fat makes them sleep

    brains so fucking huge they needed corsets and collars for structural support

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bless them for trying, Aristotle would have been proud!

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  • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now I want to try one but only in that context.

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    • Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The context of ancient Rome?

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      • Spacehooks@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Roman style renfaire?

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  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The edible dormouse (Glis glis)

    Glizzies

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• casmael@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Too busy getting seconds of the dormouse vindaloo

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