But while the flesh was considered a delicacy, the roe were fed to geese.
But the Japanese anyway seem to have lost their taste for what was once a delicacy.
The diggers found remains of butternuts, a type of walnut regarded as a delicacy by the Vikings.
The octopus is certainly a delicacy to some while others steer clear of the tentacled monsters of the sea.
BALI, Indonesia (CNN) -- On the island of Bali, the sea turtle has long been prized as a delicacy.
Post-war lobby correspondents wrote with a delicacy practically unknown amongst their present-day successors.
Mooncakes, a delicacy sold in the autumn, now come stuffed with chocolate as well as the standard beans and egg.
The guinea pig, or cuy as it is known in Peru (from its chirping cries), is a delicacy throughout the central Andes.
Shark fin soup is a delicacy reserved for the wealthy on special occasions and it has been part of Chinese culture for centuries.
If we revisit the worm meat example, a brand might re-associate this rumor with positive information by suggesting it is a delicacy used in French cuisine.
"The idea that you can produce the products that we produce -- that are a delicacy -- by mistreating animals is just completely, it's inconceivable, " Henley says.
The restaurant serves League-themed dishes like deep fried Skarners, aka deep friend scorpions, a delicacy in parts of China, along with other champion-based meals and potion-based cocktails.
The expatriate crowd is leavened by plenty of locals, who come to sample items like chips with curry sauce, and fried Mars bars, a delicacy unknown outside Scotland and out of fashion even there.
Takoyaki (dumplings filled with octopus) is a delicacy that originated in Osaka, and you will find little takeaway shopfronts throughout the city, with the best in the Dotombori district in minami (the south of the city).
He nods to the past with a dessert called "chicken oil pancake, " which uses lard and evokes old menus that often used "chicken" in the names of dishes (even meatless ones) because it was considered a delicacy.
Some people scoff that the boxes often contain items that can be found easily in the Philippines: bags of rice, sneakers, candy and cans of Spam a delicacy introduced to the islands by American soldiers stationed here for decades.
The anecdotal evidence, however, is there for all to see: even tiny village markets in central Africa often sell smoked ape meat, particularly in Congo and the former Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it is regarded as a delicacy.
Many sharks perish as bycatch, but increasingly they are being hunted for their fins, a delicacy in China and a lucrative commodity. (The annual export of fins is thought to be worth about a billion dollars.) One study, published in Ecology Letters last year, estimates that between twenty-six million and seventy-three million sharks are killed for their fins every year.
Horsemeat is considered a traditional delicacy in Russia and is available in many restaurants and stores.
Like much of the marine life in Japan, firefly squid are commercially fished and eaten as a seasonal delicacy.
Chicken feet, also called Phoenix paws by the Chinese, are a valued delicacy in Cantonese dim sum.
Also known as hairy crabs, they are a beloved delicacy to Shanghai residents.
Part of the issue with the puffin hunting season is that the birds are now fetching a high price as a culinary delicacy.
In 1983, after China began to allow private ownership, the siblings decided to set up a business in quail eggs, a Chinese delicacy.
Nomads in Kazakhstan exploit a centuries-old method of storing camel milk in places lacking electricity, processing fresh milk into fermented milk, Shubat, a local delicacy.
Most Westerners, unschooled in its pleasures, consider it a pointless delicacy.
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Boys and girls dive for sea urchins, cracking them open on the rocks before sucking out the innards - 'kina' or sea eggs are a muchloved delicacy among Maori people.
Shark fin, of course, is the namesake ingredient of shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China since the Ming Dynasty and now eaten in Chinese restaurants around the world.
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