SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #2565

Susan Fox-Davis selene at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 7 12:42:29 PDT 2000


As in Bobby Flay?  Hmmm, tempting notion. <evile grynne>

Selene the spineless
selene at earthlink.net

Decker, Terry D. wrote:

> Might this mean "flay?"  Flay is a synonym for lash or flog, but also means
> to strip off the skin or outer covering.  De Nola might be saying to cut
> away the spines.
>
> Bear
>
> > And it came to pass on 5 Sep 00,, that Vincent Cuenca wrote:
> >
> > > The verb De Nola uses is "azotar" which means to beat or
> > lash.  He also
> > > says to dress the moray in the same way as for conger eel
> > (cut off the
> > > head and peel away the skin).
> >
> > Thank you for clarifying that, Vincent.  One thing this
> > thread has done
> > for me is to point out the ambiguities of the word "lash".  I
> > think I will
> > change it to "flog" -- equally correct, and less likely to be
> > misunderstood.
> >
> >
> > Lady Brighid ni Chiarain


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