Subject: SC - Humoral Theory revisited (briefly, I hope)

[Elaine Koogler]

And you're telling me that this is much less damaging to our veins and heart than,
say, Savory Toasted Cheese or Armored Turnips?????  Or, worse yet, Brie Tart????

Kiri


Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> > Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 05:26:42 EDT
> > From: CBlackwill at aol.com
> > Subject: SC - Humoral Theory revisited (briefly, I hope)
> >
> > In a message dated 4/28/00 7:20:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, troy at asan.com
> > writes:
> >
> > >  I wonder if perhaps, as today, people in period did ignore the
> > >  advice of their doctors, but had their tastes in food shaped to some
> > >  extent by medical opinion anyway.
> > >
> >
> > This seems likely.  People in general seem to have the best of intentions
> > when they set out to "eat properly", but generally lose the momentum when
> > confronted with a tantalizing piece of cheese wrapped in bacon and deep fried
> > in fat.  Num Num!
> >
> > Balthazar of Blackmoor
>
> Hey, don't get me wrong. I love all the components therein, and if
> sufficiently hungry could cram down almost two ounces of the lipidinous
> delights. It's just, well, too much of a good thing. Kinda like eating a
> stick of butter.
>
> Another consideration is what you eat this with... maybe with a good
> salad of, say, watercress, endive and Boston lettuce, maybe a
> mushroom-stock vinaigrette (sherry vinegar, ooh baby!), I'd have less of
> a problem than with the dish showing up as an accompaniment to a shell
> steak.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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