[Sca-cooks] a worrisome quote from Le Menagier

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

> Also sprach vicki shaw:
> >literacy implies a higher social standing
> >did the mistress go to the viandiers herself or did she send a servant or
> >thrall?
>
> She might go for the entertainment value, but the same source speaks
> often enough of sending a steward along with various servants, IIRC.
> Essentially, it's the mistress's job to train and supervise the
> servants, but we don;t know what training or experience this
> particular mistress had prior to marriage, just an idea that the
> author of the manual thought it necessary to train her. Probably
> right and proper by most perspectives, allow her to save face and
> earn the respect of the household, etc.

I STR something about how he was an older man and she was a Tender Sweet
Young Thing (around 15 or so, IIRC) from a household of slightly lower
social standing than his, and so might not have had that sort of training.
 >
I am wondering if female hares had a tendency to live longer than males,
and thus the older ones were more often female? Anybody want to comment on
that?

> >  and I can just picture her saying to the thrall, now see here, make
> >sure you lift the tail and count the holes.....if there are too many holes,
> >dont buy the hare!  And I can just picture the poor slob agonizing over the
> >anatomy....
>
> More or less... I'm seeing: Q: "What are you doing?" A: "Counting
> a******s." Q: "In a Parisian marketplace? Are you kidding? How high
> can you count?"
>
> This has been our mandatory off-color line for the day; we now return
> you to our normal program of family-oriented broadcasting.
>
> >You are right, Adamantius, a simple thing like a confusing comment can lead
> >to learning something new.  And y'all can shoot me down, BANG! BANG!
> >whenever I am out of line.
>
> I like to think of it as all of us being here to learn from each
> other, sometimes even when we don't know it at the time, or expect it
> in advance. Probably the only words ever to emerge from the mouth of
> Jim Carrey, that I'll remember in 10 years, is the line, "If you kill
> him, he won't learn nuthin'!"

See, even Jim Carrey is good for something.
>
> Adamantius

Margaret