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it may even be still existing, i.e. it got to the brink of extinction and then by the time it recovered we had already lost the knowledge of it. There is a ton
by riffraff 6y ago
it may even be still existing, i.e. it got to the brink of extinction and then by the time it recovered we had already lost the knowledge of it.
There is a ton of wild plants or animals that you can eat and probably normally don't (dandelion, wild fennel, portulaca, nettles, jellyfish etc), I wouldn't focus too much on one that may be extinct.
Taste changed a lot over the centuries, and I wouldn't bet that something highly prized in ancient Rome would still be as appreciated today.
- auntienomen 6y agoIndeed, Roman banquet food could be flat out crazy by modern standards: sows udders, fried dormice, peacock tongues,... https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/20/712772285/the-lavish-roman-banquet-a-calculated-display-of-debauchery-and-power https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/20/712772285/th...
- ArnoVW 6y agoOblig. Monty Python reference: https://youtu.be/H5ofIBw3uMM https://youtu.be/H5ofIBw3uMM
- riffraff 6y agoAh, I feel I have to point out that dormouse was still eaten until recent times (i.e. decades ago) in Italy/Slovenia/Croatia. They are now a protected species, but I would expect they are still eaten from time to time to this day.