[Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks digest, Vol 1 #714 - 15 msgs

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Susan Laing wrote:

>>> OOOOOOHHHHHHH keep us back~~~~~she's practicing to be desert!!!!!!!!~
>>
>> Ooh, all gritty and sandy. And here we have Boroghul (sp?) claiming to >be
>> game.
>> I'm very confused.
>> Adamantius
>
>
> And Mari blows a raspberry in the direction of the affable Gentleman of
> Roman extraction..... (*and mutters "may Caligula invite you to a feast!"
> ;-p)
>
> Mari
> *not sure if this *is* much of a curse unless all the tales of "Little
> Boots" feasts are in fact true and not historically-extended myths.... mind
> you the one about "feast where all the food was made of glass" always did
> have a "Brothers Grimm" ring to it :-p


A ring, or a crunch?


I haven't been exposed to a lot of stories of Caligula's feasts, actually; much of what has survived in the way of info on Bootsie comes from Suetonius (offhand, I think half of Tacitus' account has survived, IIRC), who appears to have been the combined Rush Limbaugh and National Inquirer of his day. As I recall Theodor Mommsen maintained that the reliable historical evidence suggested that Caligula was, plain and simple, a monarchist who availed himself of every, single opportunity to show his contempt for, and desire to eliminate, the Senate. It does appear to make a fair amount of sense.


There are some interesting accounts of food activity in accounts of the
careers of both Vitellius and Heliogabulus, too.

Adamantius (who has never even seen a peacock brain)

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Phil & Susan Troy

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