XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/01/2026 20:23, Niklas Karlsson wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   The Norse greenlanders were never huge in number and the natives knew   
   how to fish.   
      
   I suspect the Norse said 'fuck this lets go home' and abandoned   
   greenland as being not worth the effort.   
      
      
      
   > Niklas   
      
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