Editing Hedgehog (section)

==Culinary and medicinal use==
Hedgehogs are a food source in many cultures. They were eaten in [[Ancient Egyptian cuisine|Ancient Egypt]] and some recipes of the [[Medieval cuisine|Late Middle Ages]] call for hedgehog meat.<ref>{{cite news |first=Helen |last=Pidd |url=https://www.theguardian.com/britain/article/0,,2169066,00.html |title=Roast hedgehog and nettle pud – a slap-up feast for ancient Britons |work=The Guardian |date=14 September 2007 |access-date=12 June 2009 |location=London |archive-date=28 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528231815/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/sep/14/britishidentity.lifeandhealth |url-status=live }}</ref> They are traded throughout Eurasia and Africa for traditional medicine and witchcraft. In the Middle East and especially among [[Bedouin]]s, hedgehog meat is considered medicine against  [[rheumatism]] and [[arthritis]].<ref>{{Cite book
 |last = Qumsiyeh
 |first = Mazin B.
 |title = Mammals of the Holy Land
 |publisher = Texas Tech UP
 |page = [https://archive.org/details/mammalsofholylan00qums/page/64 64]
 |url = https://archive.org/details/mammalsofholylan00qums
 |url-access = registration
 |isbn = 978-0-89672-364-1
 |year = 1996}}</ref> Hedgehogs are also said to cure a variety of disorders from [[tuberculosis]] to impotence. In [[Morocco]], inhaling the smoke of the burnt skin or bristles supposedly remedies fever, impotence, and urinary illnesses; the blood is sold as a cure for [[ringworm]], cracked skin and [[wart]]s, and the flesh is eaten as a remedy for witchcraft.<ref name="Bergin">{{cite journal|author1=Nijman, V.  |author2=Bergin, D. |year=2015|title= Trade in hedgehogs (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) in Morocco, with an overview of their trade for medicinal purposes throughout Africa and Eurasia|journal= Journal of Threatened Taxa |volume=7|issue=5|pages=7131–7137|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275461953 |doi=10.11609/JoTT.o4271.7131-7 |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Romani people]] still eat hedgehogs, boiled or roasted, and also use the blood and the fat as a medicine.<ref>{{Cite book
 |last = Wood
 |first = Manfri Frederick
 |title = In the Life of a Romany Gypsy
 |publisher = J.A. Brune
 |pages = 80–81
 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LpkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA80
 |isbn = 978-0-7100-0197-9
 |date = 1979
 |access-date = 28 February 2021
 |archive-date = 10 February 2023
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230210123521/https://books.google.com/books?id=LpkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA80
 |url-status = live
 }}</ref>

In 1981, British publican Philip Lewis developed a line of [[Hedgehog Flavoured Crisps]], whose taste was apparently based on the flavourings used by Romani to bake hedgehogs.<ref name="emerson">{{cite book |last1=Emerson |first1=Richard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxjq6_gG0eoC |title=Read the Label!: Discover what's really in your food |date=24 April 2012 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4481-4684-0 |page=81 |language=en |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210123521/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Read_the_Label/kxjq6_gG0eoC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="star">{{cite news |date=28 February 2017 |title=Hedgehog Crisps' Welshpool inventor dies, aged 74 |language=en |work=Shropshire Star |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/02/28/hedgehog-crisps-welshpool-inventor-dies-aged-74/ |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620224957/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/02/28/hedgehog-crisps-welshpool-inventor-dies-aged-74/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As they did not contain any actual hedgehog product, the [[Office of Fair Trading]] ordered him to change the name to Hedgehog Flavour Crisps.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/02/28/hedgehog-crisps-welshpool-inventor-dies-aged-74/ |title=Hedgehog Crisps' Welshpool inventor dies, aged 74 |work=Shropshire Star |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=15 September 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=27 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027202159/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/02/28/hedgehog-crisps-welshpool-inventor-dies-aged-74/ }}</ref>

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File:Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III - Hedgehog - 1975.24 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif|Hedgehog amulet from Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Steatite. Cleveland Museum of Art. 1391 BCE to 1353 BCE
File:Rhyton hedgehog Mycenaean, Staatliche Antikensammlungen Munich 120521.jpg|Ceramic rhyton in the form of a hedgehog. Mycenaean. 14th to 13th century BCE
File:Ancient Egypt Faience Hedgehog; from Thebes; Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty (28716615256).jpg|Hedgehog sculpture. Faience. Ancient Egypt, Thebes. 1991 BCE to 1778 BCE
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