Ortolan used in a sentence

Ortolan in a sentence as a noun

Reputedly,[weasel words] Roman Emperors stabbed out ortolans’ eyes in order to make the birds think it was night, making them eat even more.

"In 40 years, I fully expect to be an out-of-touch antebellum grandma, talking of lost pleasures to people who've never tasted coffee or traveled across the Atlantic, the same way I have never ridden in a phaeton or tasted ortolan.