...Douglas (Siren Land, Harmondsworth 1983, p. 103) unfiatteringly describes this fish: 'The guarraàno, for instance, is a pitch-black marine monstrosity,...with an Old Red Sandstone profile and insufferable manners, whose sole recommendation is that its name is derived from korakinos (korax = a raven; but...

...were repeated mainly to disconcert; he was himself the first to mock at the absurdity of food fads. 'We have a fish soup; guarracini and scorfani and...for instance, is a pitch-black marine monstrosity, 1-2 in. long, a mere blot, with an Old Red Sandstone profile and insufferable manners, whose sole recommendation...