4 thoughts on “Saturday: Hili dialogue”

  2. Lessee …
    Rodents as a food source (1990)

    Early Chinese ate “household deer” [common rat (probably Rattus norvegicus or R. flavipectus) and bamboo rat (Rhizomys spp.)] and during the Tang dynasty (A.D. 618-907) ate newborn rats stuffed with honey, co

    Hmmm, maybe hold the honey for Hili’s serving? And can she use chopsticks?
    Glires (from Apicius’ De Re Coquinaria), a Roman recipe for dormouse. My memory had it as being from “Epicurus” … or am I thinking of something else.
    Oh, a whole website devoted to gliaria.
    And here’s some more rodent recipes.
    I’ll leave the gormand ProfCC to discuss whether or not cookery qualifies as a science – though I did do a specialism in the chemistry of cookery and food preservation as part of my A-level in chemistry.

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