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    This little mammal, primarily native to Europe, was once considered a delicacy and often served at the banquets of a certain ancient culture. It gets its name from a characteristic behavior, illustated by a fictional example in a classic children's book. What is it, what is the book and in what episode does does this creature appear, and can you find me a description of an ancient recipe for it?

    Question #70101. Asked by lanfranco. (Aug 26 06 3:55 PM)


    peasypod

    		This must be the cute and cuddly dormouse, named for his sleepiness in Alice in Wonderland. I'll look for a recipe...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormouse

    Aug 26 06, 4:07 PM
    peasypod

    		Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


    STUFFED DORMICE
    1 whole dormouse + extra dormouse meat, minced
    Minced pork
    Pine kernels
    Pepper
    Liquamen (substitute with anchovy essence)
    Pound together all of the ingredients except for the whole dormouse. Then use this to stuff the dormouse. Sew the dormouse up, and bake.

    http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7849/cuisine.html

    Aug 26 06, 4:11 PM
    Avin Itoffski

    		Dormouse, which comes from Anglo-Norman dormeus, which means "sleepy (one)"; the word was later altered by folk etymology to resemble word "mouse". The sleepy behaviour of the Dormouse character in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland also attests to this trait.

    The Romans enjoyed them like this, Stuffed dormice with pork filling, and with the meat of whole
    dormice ground with pepper, pine nuts, silphium, and garum. Sew up and place on a baking tile, and put them in the oven; or cook the stuffed [dormice] in a pan.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormouse


    Aug 26 06, 4:15 PM
    lanfranco

    		Yummy, peasy. I think. You get another silver mace.

    However, given how cute these little things are, one has to wonder how anyone could bear to eat them.

    Tastes change ....

    Aug 26 06, 4:17 PM
    peasypod

    		I'd rather stuffed melanzane, personally. The pork bit turns me off, you see. ;)

    Aug 26 06, 4:21 PM
    lanfranco

    		O.K., Avin, you get some credit, too. Of course, it does occur to me that no one has mentioned the *specific* Alice episode in which the Dormouse appears.

    Aug 26 06, 4:22 PM
    Avin Itoffski

    		Chapter VII
    A Mad Tea-Party


    Aug 26 06, 4:27 PM
    peasypod

    		Avin can share my mace, I'll have weekend access, ok?

    Aug 26 06, 4:30 PM
    lanfranco

    		Excellent, Avin.

    Aug 26 06, 4:31 PM
    lanfranco

    		You'll have to work out visitation by yourselves.

    Aug 26 06, 4:31 PM
    Avin Itoffski

    		I'll pop round Monday to pick it up, bung some Dormice on the barbie.

    Aug 26 06, 5:10 PM
    peasypod

    		I'll make a note, Rob. You like a lemon marinade?

    Aug 26 06, 5:15 PM

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