stackyFACTSWhy eat potato chips when you can consume a terrified rodent? High-status Romans considered dormice a massive delicacy. They would raise these oversized mice in special terracotta jars, fatten them up with walnuts and acorns, and then roast them dipped in honey and poppy seeds for their elite dinner parties.
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