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Wellington · 30th Jul 2016, 12:30 pm

Ah! Glis glis, the edible dormouse - another invader!

From Wikipedia:

"It was accidentally introduced to the town of Tring in England through an escape from Lionel Walter Rothschild's private collection in 1902. As a result, the British edible dormouse population, now 30,000 strong, is concentrated in a 200-square-mile triangle between Beaconsfield, Aylesbury, and Luton, around the southeast side of the Chiltern Hills."

30th Jul 2016, 3:27 pm

In my post #22 "The Romans ate them." I was referring to the Gliss gliss or edible dormouse (not wishing to end the competition early!). We had one in the plenum at work a few years ago, it left soggy tiles all over the place. The council came round and captured it, to kill later. I did ask if I could have it (once dead) to eat, no chance. Never eaten dormouse before, spoil sports. A delicacy in Roman times, would have made a good breakfast.

julie_m · 30th Jul 2016, 4:12 pm

There doesn't seem to be much to it, besides skin and bones. Was dormouse the ancient Roman equivalent of a spicy chicken wing?

I bet it tastes like chicken anyway. Almost everything else does .....

AC/HL · 30th Jul 2016, 5:39 pm

More of a threat to Masterchef than electronics perhaps. Time to wash up and put the pots away!

30th Jul 2016, 12:30 pm	#41
Wellington Hexode Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cheshire, UK. Posts: 363	Re: New threat to electronics? Ah! Glis glis, the edible dormouse - another invader! From Wikipedia: "It was accidentally introduced to the town of Tring in England through an escape from Lionel Walter Rothschild's private collection in 1902. As a result, the British edible dormouse population, now 30,000 strong, is concentrated in a 200-square-mile triangle between Beaconsfield, Aylesbury, and Luton, around the southeast side of the Chiltern Hills."

30th Jul 2016, 3:27 pm	#42
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Re: New threat to electronics? In my post #22 "The Romans ate them." I was referring to the Gliss gliss or edible dormouse (not wishing to end the competition early!). We had one in the plenum at work a few years ago, it left soggy tiles all over the place. The council came round and captured it, to kill later. I did ask if I could have it (once dead) to eat, no chance. Never eaten dormouse before, spoil sports. A delicacy in Roman times, would have made a good breakfast.

30th Jul 2016, 4:12 pm	#43
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: New threat to electronics? There doesn't seem to be much to it, besides skin and bones. Was dormouse the ancient Roman equivalent of a spicy chicken wing? I bet it tastes like chicken anyway. Almost everything else does ..... __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.

30th Jul 2016, 5:39 pm	#44
AC/HL Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 9,642	Re: New threat to electronics? More of a threat to Masterchef than electronics perhaps. Time to wash up and put the pots away!