OT: Bujold was Re: [Sca-cooks] this list was a worrisomequotefrom Le Menagier

[Susan Fox-Davis]

On Jan 14, 2004, at 5:31 PM, margali wrote:

> sounded like an *ahem* critter produced tofu, actually. creamy, 
> yoghurty  in texture, neutral flavor, and when cured/drained/partially 
> finished is  like a brick of tofu. seems to whip into a garlic spread, 
> or into an herb sauce or freeze into 'icecream' very mugh like you can 
> process tofu=)
>
> and what is different between bug butter and bee urp\\\honey?
>
OK, you asked for it.  From Chapter 3 of A CIVIL CAMPAIGN:

"Mark…" Miles frowned at the butter bug box, now sitting closed on the 
table. Tiny scratching noises arose from it. "It sounds logical, but I 
don’t know if logic is going to sell to the proles. Nobody will want to 
eat food that comes out of something that looks like that. Hell, they 
won’t want to eat anything it touches."

"People eat honey," argued Mark. "And that comes out of bugs."

"Honeybees are… sort of cute. They’re furry, and they have those classy 
striped uniforms. And they’re armed with their stings, just like little 
swords, which makes people respect them."


http://www.baen.com/chapters/acc_3.htm
Read the rest and buy the book!

As for the history of tofu... try the Han Period, 22-220 C.E.
<http://www.tofufest.org/history.html>

Selene Colfox
selene at earthlink.net