SC - Tahini/Sesame Butter

[Christine A Seelye-King]

I don't know, kind of bowdlerized, but semi-interesting...
Christianna

- --------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Margaret Rose <margaret at premier.net>
To: <TY at reashelm.ce.utk.edu>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 08:19:19 -0500
Subject: [TY] Skal!

  Here's some more interesting Trivia.  I don't know if it's true
or not, but it *is* interesting....

        Margaret Rose


> There are beer mugs, wine goblets, shot glasses and . . .
>
> Drinking customs are serious business, especially when
> you're doing business abroad. In China, for example, if
> you're invited to drink up but you don't drink, you should
> turn your glass over and offer a good excuse for not
> imbibing, such as "doctor's orders."
>
> It's also important to know the local toasts. In Sweden,
> it's "skal." Many people in the US also like to use that
> toast, but they might not if they knew what it really
> meant. It descends from the Vikings and refers to their
> drinking glass, made from an enemy's skull.
>
> - The Vikings seemed to have the right idea: Don't let
> liquor go to your head; let it go to someone else's head.




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