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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

There's more to it than that: they eat other furry creatures. I think
moles and shrews taste foul: there was a parson in the 18 or 19 C
whose ambition was to eat his way through the entire animal kingdom,
and even he said he couldn't manage a mole. I bet Rusty can remember
the bloke's name, but I can't. Indeed, if there's anybody in urg
who's tried to eat a mole...

I can't remember, though I had heard of him - a long time ago.

I believe moles and shrews are bitter.

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Rusty