XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
      
      
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