SC - French toast?

[Laura C. Minnick]

>I certainly don't see anyone emulating some of
>the period menus I've read which run to 50% or more meat dishes and very
>little else.
>
>Brangwayna Morgan


However comma,
one Izaak Walton, in the 17th century, decried the earlier....MUCH
EARLIER....weakening of the fasting rules when he said:
"It is observed by the most learned physicians, that the casting off of
Lent, and other fish days....hath doubtless been the chief cause of those
many putrid, shaking, intermitting agues, unto which this nation of ours is
now more subject, than those wiser countries that feed on herbs, salads, and
plenty of fish."

Now mind you, Izaak was a fishmonger lamenting the decline of his business,
yet his words indicate that the 'faddish modern' diet we have been
discussing may not be as isolated to the CMA as we might think.

I make no definitive statement here, but rather offer 'food for thought.'

just couldn't resist, Puck

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