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Florence White

Ortolans

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Miss A. Vipan writing from near Bridport, Dorsetshire, March, 1931, says ‘There are also a great many ortolans at Easton in Portland, but they are not much eaten nowadays.’

They were at one time a favourite delicacy, and this is the way they should be cooked:

1. Hang the birds till quite tender.

2. Pluck, singe and truss them like

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