[Sca-cooks] strange recipe

[Sandra Kisner]

>Ambergris is not really whale barf. I realize you were being humorous, but 
>i don't want lurkers to be led astray.
>
>The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale and does not have a baleen, 
>which is a sort of filter. Instead, it eats various things that have 
>hard  and sharp parts that are not digested, like squid beaks. Ambergris 
>is a waxy substance produced to coat these hard sharp bits so they don't 
>injure the whale's digestive system. Yes, it is regurgitated. But barf as 
>i think of it is food you eat and started to digest in your stomach, but 
>for various reasons have vomited up. Ambergris is rather different than 
>partially digested food mixed with stomach acids.
>--
>Urtatim, formerly Anahita

So it's more like whale pearls?

Sandra