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From: Niklas Karlsson <nikke.karlsson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: naughty Pascal
Date: 11 Jan 2026 17:44:56 GMT
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On 2026-01-11, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 11/01/2026 05:39, rbowman wrote:
>> He tells a plausible story. In 'Collapse' Jared Diamond claims that one of
>> the reasons for the abandonment of Greenland along with climate change was
>> an irrational reluctance of the Norse to eat fish. Excuse me? He bases
>> that on the lack of fish bones in the middens. I've never had it but I
>> think the process of producing hákarl might dissolve the bones.
>
> They are probably so hungry they ate the bones as well..
>
> The 'Norse' grew up on fish. One visit to sweden or Denmark will show 
> 1001 ways to prepare 'herring'
>
> A lot less pork chicken and beef on the menu.

You exaggerate. Sure, fish is _a_ cornerstone in our cuisine, but only
one. I would not say there is a _lot_ less pork, chicken and beef.
Personally I don't eat fish very often, and neither do most people I
know.

Niklas
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