‘striches, bitches
An ostrich, on the average, gives about 60 pounds (30 kilograms) of meat and 40 pounds (20 kilograms) of fat.
The flesh of this bird, forbidden to the Jews and the Moslems, was much valued by the Romans. The second Apicius dedicated a special sauce to it.
The full extent of the entry on ostrich (autruche) in The Larousse Gastronomique by Prosper Montagné (1961). The ladies above look underwhelmed.
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