SC - Tomato Theories

[Christine A Seelye-King]

On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 22:36:01 EST Seton1355 at aol.com writes:
>The following is a portion of a letter from a Tudor newsgroup I belong 
>to.
>
>> In a "man"ner of speaking, it certainly gives "body" to any meal. " 
>Human   beans" are always delicious with faggots, aren't they? 
>>  
> I've looked up *faggots* in the dictionary and my few other meager 
>food sources and I cannot find this term as related to food.  Does
>anybody know what faggots means in terms of food?
>
>The only thing the dictionary said was:
>'...contemptuous term for a woman from the 1590s...."

The only connection I'm aware of between faggots and food is that you use
faggots to light the fire you cook over.

Caitlin nicFhionghuin
House Oak & Thistle

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