(Above: Is that HONEY in her hand? What kind of sick, twisted movie IS this?)
Things I already knew about dormice:
1. They're awful cute.
2. The Romans ate them dipped in honey.
Things I learned about dormice from this article:
1. Slovenian legend has it that dormice are herded by the devil himself.
2. Dormouse comes from the Anglo-Norman word for "sleepy one." (Which explains the sleepy dormouse in Alice in Wonderland.)
3. During the time of Queen Elizabeth I, it was believed that consuming dormouse fat could help a person fall asleep.
4. They're delicious cooked in red wine with vegetables. (I'll just have to take his word for it.)
21 comments:
Ummm . . . ? I don't think I'll be eating a dormouse anytime soon, unless, of course, I was SERIOUSLY pressed for resources. :P
i am so happy i was not born a dormouse.
I thought they were endangered? Or is that those little gold-furred ones, whatever they're called...
...in *honey*? I would not eat any meat in honey. The stuff is not the tastiest marinade, take it from someone who knows. I've never had dormice though. It was chicken in honey and breadcrumbs. The mix of meat-flavor and honey-sweet did not work.
What kind of sick twisted movie is it? It's Alice in Wonderland, of course.
I always wondered why Wonderland got all the hype & movies. The Land Behind the Looking Glass is so much cooler.
Fascinating, but I'm suddenly feel queasy. Maybe Alice was Italian in the book. Stupid movie makers.... :) I think I'm gonna stick to chicken for food, and chamomile for sleep!
One word can explain that....DISGUSTING! I cant believe they ATE DORMICE! Oh and I think I'll be watching Alice In Wonderland 1 more time...
I don't eat red meat or fish or seafood, just birds, so I will add mice to that list...
Haha! Oh my gosh this is such a coincedince! I am in Alice in Wonderland Jr. right now! I just got back from a long day of rehearsal! I play the Queen of Hearts . . . so evil! (but so much fun!)
I don't want to try a doormouse in honey or red wine vinegar. that sounds realllllllllllllly gross!! i'll leave the mouse eatting to my cats
I remember my Latin teacher telling me this XD apparently the Romans ate peacock too :D
I never trusted the cartoon Alice in Wonderland.
I'll just stick to the new one and the book... :)
I would have been known as the "Girl who got fat off of dormice" in Queen Lizzy I's time... I'm always so sleepy.
the romans also shoved them into eachother to "heal wounds" another interesting fact from Cambridge Latin. lovely, right? they ate lots of weird stuff.
I never did like alice in wonderland... at all
I looked at some pictures of dormice... how could they eat something so adorable? Tsk tsk tsk.
Yum...small mammals :)
ew. ew. ew. ew. ew. ew. ew.
poor dormice.
ew!
I personally prefer my dormice broiled & marinated in a truffle oil and raspberry vinigrette, with a side of couscous and sauted asparagus.
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that is sick.
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lol i got my sister started on kiki strike . . . . . . . . i think she will turn out just fine haha
I agree with Kira, but I've always been partial to olive oil (extra virgin. Just don't like the smell of truffles.
Alice is not looking to eat the dormouse with honey, she was going to put honey on her tea, when out f the teapot popped a dormouse. That's why she looked surprised.It is NOT a twisted movie, just kind of strange. LOVE THE BOOK!
Kathleen: Congrats! That's a great role.
I like mice, so I wouldn't eat them... But all over the world pretty much every animal known to man has been eaten at some point in time by someone.
I love Alice in Wonderland, I always wanted to be Alice...
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