ortolan

Instead of offering us a tie to their actual humanity — everyone has to eat, after all — Succession uses every single ortolan and tumbler of scotch to remind us just how miserable this disgustingly wealthy family actually is.

The reed-bird—in the West Indies called “ortolan”—is also found in the same markets with the canvas-back.

There is a small bird called the ortolan, which is highly esteemed by the Italian gourmands.

I will complain no more, my son,” said Lamme, rising up: “the herring is ortolan; malvoisie is small beer to free hearts.

An ortolan thus fed is a perfect ball of most delicious fat, weighing about three ounces.

The Ortolan is considered sufficiently fat when it is a handful, and is judged by feeling it, and not by appearance.