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Ortolans, Songbirds Enjoyed as French Delicacy, Are Being Eaten Into Extinction | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![Ortolan buntings: Three birds escape being deep-fried as banned French delicacy | Nature | News | Express.co.uk Ortolan buntings: Three birds escape being deep-fried as banned French delicacy | Nature | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/128/590x/secondary/Ortolan-buntings-339075.jpg)
Ortolan buntings: Three birds escape being deep-fried as banned French delicacy | Nature | News | Express.co.uk
![Only in France? how to eat an ortolan – not for the fainthearted! - My French Life™ - Ma Vie Française® Only in France? how to eat an ortolan – not for the fainthearted! - My French Life™ - Ma Vie Française®](https://s6056.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Emberiza_hortulana_1.jpg)
Only in France? how to eat an ortolan – not for the fainthearted! - My French Life™ - Ma Vie Française®
![Roast Ortolan, an adorable bird the size of a man's thumb and weighs less than an ounce. It is meant to be eaten feet first with the beak and head being last Roast Ortolan, an adorable bird the size of a man's thumb and weighs less than an ounce. It is meant to be eaten feet first with the beak and head being last](https://preview.redd.it/smxi6rsjdqx81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=435c2168960519393e8b8c581bd8ab6f61b1c66b)
Roast Ortolan, an adorable bird the size of a man's thumb and weighs less than an ounce. It is meant to be eaten feet first with the beak and head being last
![People eating the traditional French meal of ortolan bunting. The white cloth over their head is to hide their sin of eating the this particular meal from god. : r/oddlyterrifying People eating the traditional French meal of ortolan bunting. The white cloth over their head is to hide their sin of eating the this particular meal from god. : r/oddlyterrifying](https://preview.redd.it/svn52ec7ota91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1af3282c6eb12fe6943a8a41b2a8c7583a36ef2f)