SC - The great Christmas pudding experiment. And quinces![Partial OOP]

[Stefan li Rous]

> LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> > As with any kitchen utensil, you just have to be careful. After a couple
> > skinned knuckles and a curse or two you soon learn to be both careful and
> > speedy.

To which Adamantius replied:
> I concur, but would like to point out that the requirements of a good
> curse are very specific to a given situation and person. There are
> powerful beings that have been known to judge the worth of one's cause
> by the nature of the curse. Often not just any old obscenity will do...I
> suspect, though, that this may be under a subheading of cooking talents
> acquired intuitively.

Well, for those who have doubts on the cooking talents they have acquired
intuitively (well at least in the matter of specific curses as discussed
above), the Florilegium can once again come to your rescue. And you only
thought it had those small details like period food info and recipes. Check
out this file in the UNCATALOGUED section:
p-swears-msg      (48K)  9/ 1/99    Period swears, oaths and insults.         
    
                                       euphemisms.

Stefan
   (Now which one of these caves has the hot tub and companionship....)
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
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