This bird is so rare it's illegal to consume — only the richest, most connected people on earth experience it. (via CNBCMakeIt)
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Sometimes, one of the best things about Showtime's series "Billions" is the glimpse you get into the way the 1 percent spend their money., " when billionaire hedge-fund boss Bobby "Axe" Axelrod and his Axe Capital COO Mike "Wags" Wagner ate a bird so rare it's illegal to consume — only the richest, most connected people on earth get to experience it.
Sitting with napkins over their heads , Axelrod and Wagner, joined by star chef Wylie Dufresne , dine on the tiny rare songbird, the ortolan. "I don't know about you but I just had a religious experience," Wagner says, after popping the bite-sized fowl into his mouth whole. "At the climax I felt the crack of its little rib cage, then the hot juices rushing out, down my gullet.
The fragile songbird from France, which weighs less than an ounce and is about the size of your thumb, was served exclusively to royalty and rich gourmands until it became illegal in 1999. The procedure for preparing ortolan has long been controversial. They are kept in darkness for weeks or are blinded, which causes the bird to gorge on grains and grapes and become fat, the key ingredient to its decadence when cooked. The birds are then thrown alive into a vat of Armagnac brandy , then roasted.
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