XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:29:53 +0000, 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..   
      
   We used to have fried smelts, fins, tail, and scales, usually without the   
   head.  This isn't the best area for seafood but the only ones I've seen in   
   the market lately were marked as bait.   
      
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