Dormice

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• drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_edible_dormouse

  Etymology

  The word dormouse comes from Middle English dormous, of uncertain origin, possibly from a dialectal *dor-, from Old Norse dár ‘benumbed’ and Middle English mous ‘mouse’.

  The word is sometimes conjectured to come from an Anglo-Norman derivative of dormir ‘to sleep’, with the second element mistaken for mouse, but no such Anglo-Norman term is known to have existed.[4]

  The Latin word glis, which is the origin of the scientific name, is from the Proto-Indo-European root *gl̥h₁éys ‘weasel, mouse’, related to Sanskrit गिरि girí ‘mouse’ and Ancient Greek γαλέη galéē ‘weasel’.

  The Wikipedia article slides over the word ‘edible’ like it’s a complete non-problem

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  • htrayl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The common name comes from the Romans, who ate them as a delicacy.

    First paragraph.

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    • OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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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    • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Too busy getting seconds of the dormouse vindaloo

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  • match@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’re eating the mice!

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• NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Their fault for being more edible than the rest. Get less tasty, maybe you’ll get a better name!

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  • tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why does “get less tasty” slap so hard as an insult

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    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’d wear a shirt with it.

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    • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It doesn’t have to be an insult, it could be affectionate. (While nibbling off another appendage)

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  • Taniwha420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s other common name is the European Fat Dormouse.

    I don’t see why the need to shame. Some of us like our dormice with some fat on them.

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• cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Own it honey, you’re a snacc.

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  • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    either as a savoury appetizer or as a dessert (dipped in honey and poppy seeds).

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• Mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  REMEMBER!!!

  WHAT THE DORMOUSE SAID!!!

  FEED YOUR HEAD!!!

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• LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s so fracking adorable, I could eat it up. Any recipes?

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  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Remove skin, head, feet, tail Remove organs and anus, stuff organ cavity with mayo and garlic Cook at 350F 45 minutes or until interior reaches 74C

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You use F and C?

      Eh, actually I’m being hypocritical here. Just earlier today I described the length of something as “a centimeter short of a foot”

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    • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Or skip all of the above and crunch like it’s the chicks in Fable

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    • LillyPip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      45 minutes at 350F seems like it will burn these tiny filets to a crisp, but I’ll try. I do love a mayo and garlic sauce.

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• victorz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I love the immediate “a-and”. But I read it as a confident “aaand…” which I think is way funnier.

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• Johanno@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Only the English call them like that. In German it is the Siebenschläfer. Literally translated the seven sleeper.

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• sir_pronoun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This. This is the content I’m on the internet for.

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