tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10011905.post9165524202156752486..comments2023-06-13T11:51:31.233+02:00Comments on Long Burn: Letters from Charles DarwinMatt_Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00139378448055540977noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10011905.post-91896448272737533832009-01-31T11:57:00.000+01:002009-01-31T11:57:00.000+01:00Cool! I believe they also eat a lot of puffin egg...Cool! I believe they also eat a lot of puffin eggs, and have a lot of very strange ways of preserving them.Matt_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139378448055540977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10011905.post-57935561450474774012009-01-29T01:25:00.000+01:002009-01-29T01:25:00.000+01:00This is a very slight coincidence indeed, but this...This is a very slight coincidence indeed, but this gives me a chance to tell my reindeer story!<BR/>Last week my house neighbors had a friend from the Faroe Islands staying, and I went to dinner to meet him. During my relentless Fresca questioning, I managed to glean that he--Jonah--had eaten puffins! At first I thought he was pulling my leg, but he ran and got a booklet on his homeland, which mentioned the fact that puffins are edible. <BR/>"Do they taste like chicken?" I asked.<BR/>"No," Jonah said. "They are dark meat...they taste more like reindeer."<BR/>You can imagine how much that illuminated my understanding.<BR/>Happy Darwin Day, early.Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.com