[Sca-cooks] strange recipe

[el2iot2 at mail.com]

Thank you.  I was not aware of this distinction.  I knew is was regurgitated, but was not aware it contained a waxy componant.  I thought is was just the indegestable bits of things that had been eaten, or something that had made the whale sick.

What would the modern cook use as a substitute?  I did check out the link sent, but I surely can not afford that kind of price for something that I may not even find to my likeing.

joy
Radei

----- Original Message -----
From: lilinah at earthlink.net
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] strange recipe
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:37:24 -0700

> 
> "dale elliott" <el2iot2 at mail.com> wrote:
> > Question:  Where do you buy Whale Barf<ambergrise>?
> >
> > joy
> > Radei
> 
> 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
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joy

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