Which creature produces the epicurean delicacy known as 'green fat'?
Green sea turtle reducing the amount of drag and improves their health. Historically, the turtles' skin was tanned and used to make handbags, especially in Hawaii. Ancient Chinese considered the flesh of sea turtles a culinary delicacy, including and especially "C. mydas". Particularly for this species, the turtle's fat, cartilage, and flesh, known as calipee, are sought as ingredients for making turtle soup, a popular 19th century American dish. In Java, Indonesia, sea turtle eggs were a popular delicacy. However, the turtle's flesh is regarded as "ḥarām" or "unclean" under Islamic law (Islam is Java's primary religion). In Bali, turtle meat was a
Polystratus the Epicurean works survive among the scrolls found at the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. The first is "On Irrational Contempt", which is a polemic directed "against those who irrationally despise popular beliefs." His opponents in the work may be the Cynics or the Skeptics. The second preserved work is entitled "On Philosophy", of which only broken fragments can be deciphered. Attribution: Polystratus the Epicurean Polystratus (; fl. 3rd century BC) ; died 219/18 BCE) was an Epicurean philosopher, and head ("scholarch") of the Epicurean school in Athens. He succeeded Hermarchus as head of the sect c. 250 BC, and was