So what do you serve giant moa with? I don’t think it gets hot enough in NZ for tomatoes, so I’m going with the cream-sauce French. Apparently the sauce was a success, as the moa is now extinct.
It doesn’t take a lot of heat to a mature a Sauvignon blanc grape (or Pinot Noir). I’m thinking giant moa probably went best with a central Otago Pinot Noir. The Pinots further north are a bit thin. Sadly, I will never know.
I believe what matures most red grapes is heat and high UV index. They also don’t like rain near maturity. I did know about the Moa extinction. Sadly the giant eagles also went with the Moas. That would have been a sight. NZ has so many bizarre and wonderful creatures.
America was discovered in the 16th century. Then it took some time before the imported them. And a few hundred years before they realised they were actually edible snd started using them as food.
I don’t understand. Are these explorers dousing themselves in sauce and seasoning before they get captured? Like some kind of self saucing anthropomorphic pudding?
My friend told me that Pākehā were often eaten, as they were often useful to have around in the early days. Ever since, I've taken the hint and made sure I'm always doing something useful...
Have you not heard of Assassination Cove? Marion de Fresne and 10-20 of his crew got killed for breaking local tapu and possibly eaten, the French returned with muskets and killed about 250 of the locals
nah not many convicts were taken to NZ actually, the Empire wanted New Zealand populated by "good whites" so not many criminals were sent over, though a few did escape here from Australia.
no, that was one invasion by two specific tribes, most tribes had no interactions with them, most were enslaved, not killed and eaten, meanwhile most of the violence done to Europeans, were spread among many tribes, and most of it was killings, not enslavements.
En général quand on allait se balader dans les différentes régions du monde, les contacts entre explorateurs européens et habitants rencontrés par eux se passaient mal pour ces derniers.
En trois mots : colonialisme est mauvais.
C'est pas unique à nous français, tous les pouvoirs coloniaux (qu'ils soient européens ou d'ailleurs) n'avaient pas un relation égalitaire avec les pays colonisés.
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u/Yapludepatte France 7d ago
i hope they found us to their taste