[Sca-cooks] left-overs

[Mark.S Harris]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/17/01 10:57:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ruadh at home.com
> writes:
> << He caused one to be laid for Captain Newport; gave us a deer roasted,
> which according to their custom they seethed (boiled) again.  >>
>
> Interesting.Perhaps this is one of the first references to 'left-overs'.

But I thought we had discussed earlier here that "breakfasts" were
often the "leftovers" from the night before? And I believe those
referances would predate this one.

Or am I missing some point here?

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net