Dormouse stew?

[Pizza Napoletana]

This needs to be read:The Times online

Any comments?

By the way, GLIS GLIS is known as GHIRO in Italian

Edited October 9, 2007 by Pizza Napoletana (log)

[wallchef]

Interesting defence.

[StevenC]

Fascinating. I wonder how they taste with the garum made a couple hours north in Cetara.

[docsconz]

From the above article:

Andrea Brutti, of the Italian Society for the Protection of Animals, said that illegal hunting of dormice was rife in Calabria and that 20,000 of them were consumed a year in the Catanzaro area alone. “Demand is now so high that the edible dormouse is becoming an endangered species,” he said. He added that the illegal trade was linked to the ’Ndrangheta, the Calabrian Mafia, and that the woodland habitat of dormice was at risk from forest fires and development.

Connoisseurs of the edible dormouse say that it has a strong smell and is for strong stomachs only.

Who knew?

[scottie]

This reminds me of an article about ortolans I read recently. I fail to understand why these animals must be hunted, rather than raised domestically. It seems like, if they taste that good, but their numbers and habitat are diminishing to the point where they require legal protection, then perhaps it would be a good idea to start a dormouse or ortolan farm.

Maybe the wild ones taste better?

[hathor]

Dormouses? Dormice are really, really tiny....you would have to eat a boatload of them to be satisfied!

And I agree, raise the little buggers in a nice barn and be happy.

[Pizza Napoletana]

This reminds me of an article about ortolans I read recently. I fail to understand why these animals must be hunted, rather than raised domestically. It seems like, if they taste that good, but their numbers and habitat are diminishing to the point where they require legal protection, then perhaps it would be a good idea to start a dormouse or ortolan farm.

Maybe the wild ones taste better?

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In Italy there is a similar problem also with "Beccafichi" (Garden Warbler, Sylvia borin or Orphean Warbler-Sylvia hortensis)...

Edited October 10, 2007 by Pizza Napoletana (log)

[Pizza Napoletana]

double posted..

Edited October 10, 2007 by Pizza Napoletana (log)