SC - Food Attitude

[Karen O]

In a message dated 3/26/2000 4:45:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Mordonna22 at aol.com writes:

> In a message dated 3/26/2000 2:04:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
>  RuddR at aol.com writes:
>  
>  <<   So it seems as 
>   though the Islamic stricture against eating with the left hand did not 
> apply 
>   in medieval Christendom.  Perhaps the custom of public hand washing 
before 
>   dinner had something to do with this.
>    >>
>  Or perhaps it was another case of wanting to be as different as possible 
> from 
>  the "enemy"

Or maybe we're just filthy, unwashed, uneducated Europeans?

Corwyn