[Sca-cooks] Very Odd Food Reference Question

[Sue Clemenger]

Well, there's the old Far Side cartoon, with a guy who has his butt full
of arrows from mooning the enemy and calling them Saxon dogs, or some
such, but somehow I don't think that's what you're looking for....<g>
--Maire

Dan Phelps wrote:
>
 I seem
> to recall a, quite possibly spurious, historical reference regarding a siege
> of a European city.  It seemed that the besieged were growing lean and
> getting quite desperate when they found a very fat citizen who was hording
> food.  They stuffed him full, hoisted him to the top of the city wall, had
> him hang a moon over the edge and proceed to show the besiegers just how
> well fed they really were.  Supposedly the besiegers were suitably
> discouraged and left.  The food connection, ...yes there really is a food
> connect to this tale, ...is that a special roll in the form of the
> discouraging anatomy of the hoarder was then prepared by an enterprising
> baker.   Does this ring a bell with anyone or am I confusing this with the
> story of the croissant?