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Tapitbeef

Armadillorabbit

Baby waspsscrambled eggs

Lionveal

Iguanacapon; rabbit

Batpartridge

Beaverpork

Horsebeef

Kangaroovenison

Giant waterbugGorgonzola

Flamingofishy wild-duck

Sea sluggreen fat of turtle

Termiteslettuce

Flying-foxgame

Reindeergame; beef


These decriptions have been taken from a variety of sources - including personal and anecdotal experience - though a valuable text was Peter Lund Simmons's superb 1859 account The Curiosities of Food.


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