XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: nikke.karlsson@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-11, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   > On 11/01/2026 17:44, Niklas Karlsson wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-11, The Natural Philosopher  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   
   >   
   > Well the point being that Norse nations are well able to survive on fish   
   > if they have to.   
      
   That I'll agree with... though I'm not sure how sustainable the level of   
   fishing would be that we'd have to do if fish and maybe shellfish were   
   our only protein.   
      
   Niklas   
   --   
   Some ships are designed to sink; others require our assistance.   
                             -- submariner saying   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)