[Sca-cooks] exploding whale

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 01:52 PM 1/30/2004, you wrote:
>Cindys" Thousand eggs" Has a Few porpoise recipes .
>          chirhart
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>From: "Pixel, Goddess and Queen" <pixel at hundred-acre-wood.com>
>To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 2:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] exploding whale
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>
> > Actually, no, it was an "after" picture aimed at the oogy bits.
> >
> > OFC: do we have actual period *recipes* for whale? Isn't there at least
> > one recipe for porpoise wandering around somewhere?
> >
> > Margaret

Ok, I *have* to do this...

The Oregon Dept of Transportation had a little problem with an exploding 
whale... er, one that they exploded, apparently without thinking ahead of 
what would happen to the exploded bits...

The full story (with link to film clip) is here: 
http://www.snopes.com/critters/disposal/whale.htm

This will explain why I'm cracking up when these whale and porpoise things 
keep coming into my mailbox...

'Lainie
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