Rabelais (was Re: [Sca-cooks] Andouille Sausage?)

[Philip & Susan Troy]

>Rabelais is (was?) a French author.  He actually wrote Gargantua and
>Pantagruel.  born shortly before 1500, dead 'round 1550, I think.
>
>Gorgeous Muiredach

That's the man. I think he dates from 1497-1553 C.E., French
humorist/satirist, author of "Gargantua and Pantagruel", and source
of our use of the word "rabelaisian" as effectively synonymous with
"bawdy".

Adamantius