SC - Ostrich & calf (was: medieval faires)

[Mary Morman]

Ana skrev:

>You know,  in Argentina and Uruguay was
usual in the last century to eat cattle fetus, called "nonato".They say its
a
wonderful meat, tender and full of flavour. But I have never being
offered...

There are any number of traditions of eating fetal animals world wide. I
think you may have come late for our discussions of rabbit fetuses being
considered non-meat for Lenten purposes. Native Americans considered fetal
deer to be a great delicacy.

Myself, while I would be ready to try fetuses of any species if they were to
come my way, I am not particularly interested in trying to find them, not
for any reasons of squeamishness, but rather because I tend to prefer more
intense flavors- I prefer beef to veal, for example- and suspect that I
might find them rather bland.

A second reason, in my mind, is that killing a pregnant animal in order to
try their fetuses is a waste, not only of the mother, but of the infant,
although again I would have no qualms if the animal were killed accidently.


Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

The World's Need

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.

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