tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post2741420355865387326..comments2024-03-19T01:38:12.447+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-34816019417455699032016-10-08T20:16:48.913+01:002016-10-08T20:16:48.913+01:00Audubon ate all the birds he painted (not least be...Audubon ate all the birds he painted (not least because this cruel man had a bird shot every hour so that he could record it in a fresh state). I don't know where his tasting notes are, but if you can find them you will know about gulls. I do know that he ate a grebe (but don't know which species) and described it as 'fishy, fat and rancid'.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-39989255911567081862016-10-08T17:36:04.065+01:002016-10-08T17:36:04.065+01:00I seem to remember that ancient Greeks hated how t...I seem to remember that ancient Greeks hated how they tasted, so perhaps they ate them if ever at the uttermost end of need. But then they also thought that Gulls were reincarnated drowned sailors, so perhaps they didn't want to turn cannibals.<br /><br />TinĂºvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-74367782579019322372016-10-07T05:35:31.339+01:002016-10-07T05:35:31.339+01:00Possibly people ate gulls in ancient and desperate...Possibly people <i>ate</i> gulls in ancient and desperate times.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-49132916561898423742016-10-07T01:16:50.930+01:002016-10-07T01:16:50.930+01:00I've been wondering if the potential to catch ...I've been wondering if the potential to catch gulls like that gave rise to the verb "to gull". JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com