Talk:Ortolan bunting

message: This page should mention the American Dad episode where Roger eats an Ortolan. Seems like it could link to that.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Islandswamp (talk • contribs) 19:41, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

message: Much of this from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, not the horrifying quote, however.  Ortolan88
I thought they were fried, not roasted. The French are truly the Chinese of Europe. Booshank 23:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The book "HEAT" by Bill Buford mentiones Mario Batali's first job serving roasted ortolan Reflux 19:23, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: Is there a source for this ?
Somehow I find it hard to believe that a dying man could eat ortolans.
The source is an article by Michael Paterniti in the May 1998 issue of Esquire; there are numerous citations of it online but I don't think the article itself is.
: It was also discussed at length in an issue of NPRs this American Life taped in early December 2007. 74.78.162.229 (talk) 08:39, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also Weekend Edition, Feb. 2006 . Googling "François Mitterrand last meal" gives a wealth of links. -- 19:29, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mitterrand's last meal 

message: I've (re)added a reference to the Urban Hunting article in The Stranger where the quote about eating Ortolan appears to be taken from.  It struck me as odd to have this quote lifted from the article without any sort of citation visible.  Without proper attribution, who can say where the text came from?  Rstadler 06:40, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the reference because the author quoted claims he has no expertise in this matter whatsoever. Rklawton 00:40, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've rereremoved the quote because it is utter fabrication http://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-go-what-can-I-do-to-eat-ortolan-bunting  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.82.211 (talk) 15:11, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

text: The documentary/program was called "Meet the Neighbours" (episode France). I think it will be difficult to get a hold of, but perhaps i run into it somewhere.. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:44, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Found it. http://www.tv-links.co.uk/video/9/7198/11592/70928/98897 Ignore the Star Wars intro thing, it's the ripper having fun, the rest of the episode is just fine. The ortolan item starts 31mins in. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:53, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
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message: Everything that is put into this article has to be sourced. I just did a cleanup removing everything with a source needed tag (all from December 2010) which meant gutting the entire conversation section and most of the gastronomy section. More information should be added if it can be sourced. Cat-five - talk 21:39, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
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message: "Reputedly, Roman Emperors stabbed out ortolans’ eyes in order to make the birds think it was night, making them eat even more." I don't think this sentence meets the standards of WP:V. I flagged this as  in 2018, but I see the flag was removed. The source provided for the claim just says, "It is said" that Romans did this. Indeed, every source I can find that makes this claim uses that phrasing. "Reputedly" and "it is said" violate WP:WEASEL, so unless someone can provide a definitive source, I think this line should be removed. 204.246.8.98 (talk) 19:54, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roman Emperors claim 

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