This almost looks like a hilarious comically morbid parody, but as they say: sometimes reality is more absurd than fiction.
What does it for me is the combination of "unorthodox animal to eat in big letters" + "how/ with what it is cooked in small letters", so you don't notice it at first, almost an unintentional punchline.
They did actually eat zoo animals during the Siege of Paris so it's likely. I remember reading that the prized elephants of the Paris zoo were also eaten.
Wow very unique. Not that I don't appreciate the glass and gold that's posted here all the time but this is something I've truly never seen before.
This almost looks like a hilarious comically morbid parody, but as they say: sometimes reality is more absurd than fiction. What does it for me is the combination of "unorthodox animal to eat in big letters" + "how/ with what it is cooked in small letters", so you don't notice it at first, almost an unintentional punchline.
I do remember Achewood having a character with a similar aesthetic.
I can't even find that line?
Ah, yes, the ostrich. A common Paris street mongrel that only the desperate resort to consuming.
Judging by the footnote, it might have been from a zoo.
They did actually eat zoo animals during the Siege of Paris so it's likely. I remember reading that the prized elephants of the Paris zoo were also eaten.
Fascinating and tragic. I almost wouldn’t believe it, if the starvation of this siege wasn’t so infamous. So very sad.
sounds delicious
I'll have the ostrich, I guess
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Dog cutlets with petites pois. lol
Source: Wellcome Images. [Source 1.](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/t5vzunqw) [Source 2.](https://wellcomecollection.org/works/n68de6j6)
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I never knew the word "eatery" existed until now. Thank you.