1) Detestable? Abomination? Way harsh! Actually, this list makes sense. All of these birds prey on living creatures. Most of them prey on animals such as rats, frogs, and insects. I can see how one might consider them detestable to eat for that reason.
2) Bats aren't birds but I don't fault them for not knowing that yet.
3) Mom, aren't you glad they didn't want to eat "the heron of any kind?" My Mom loves Herons.
4) And, for anyone who's curious what a hoopoe looks like (because I definitely was) here you go:
Two comments. One, the Hoopoe is a really cool looking bird. Two, where would the city of Buellton be if word got out that we weren't supposed to eat ostrich burgers?
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ReplyDeleteAdrian Gonzalez: Thank god you can't eat bats my kind are safe
Sinda Merritt: Damn it, I was planning an eagle egg fritatta. Why did you have to ruin my breakfast plan?
Marc Reeve:birds of prey are right out!
James Anderson Merritt: ...as are carrion scavengers and other garbage-eaters, apparently. Incidentally, Gabriella's does an amazing polenta-encrusted roasted game hen. I didn't think to ask what kind of bird that hen was at the time.
James Anderson Merritt: Butt the Hoopoe is a key character in Salman Rushdie's "Haroun and the Sea of Stories." Glad to know that BTH is safe by edict of the deity.
Marc Reeve: it's a teeny tiny chicken.
The eagle, hawk, and bat all in there! I had awesome selections apparently in what animals are detestable and an abomination. PS- Hi Chipper!
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