SC - Fw: [Mid] Greek Fire (Stolen from the Arabs)
Kornelis Sietsma
korny at zikzak.net
Sun Mar 15 16:39:50 PST 1998
On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:45:32 -0600, John E. St.Lawrence III wrote:
>Judging from what the Arabs themselves *wrote* about their first encounters with
>Greek Fire, cited in this work, I'd say it was pretty new to them!
Slightly off thread - I worked out a while ago that the current
interpretation of Turkish Delight as a foodstuff is incorrect... the sticky
bubbling goop that you have to stir while making the dish is definitely a
weapon akin to greek fire...
And I've still got the scars to prove it :)
- -Korny
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William Bekwith MKA Kornelis Sietsma | http://zikzak.net/~korny
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