Fw: [Sca-cooks] FW: Turkish Recipe

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach Volker Bach:
>Am Montag, 16. Mai 2005 02:10 schrieb Phlip:
>>  I asked Paul Buell, just passing him the reference to the philosopher, and
>>  here's what he had to say:
>
>>  (Paul)
>>
>>  > VERY famous. He wrote a dietary manual.
>
>Does anyone know if this has been translated?
>
>Incidentally, I just ordered a translation of some of his poems (food--related
>ones figure prominently in this one, according to the blurb) and the Amazon
>website lists three reviews. They begin:
>
>"America's best-selling poet, 14th century Sufi bard..."
>
>"America's bestselling poet, 13th century Sufi bard..."
>
>"In the form of an anthology, this translation brings together
>translations ... of the poetry of the 12th century Persian mystic..."
>
>If he wrote a dietary manual I want it. Think about it, 300 years.... ;)
>
>Giano

I dunno... doesn't this start to argue quality-of-life issues? 
Probably only the first 250 were what we'd call really _good_ years...

Adamantius
-- 




"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils  mangent de la 
brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them 
eat cake!"
	-- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques 
Rousseau, "Confessions", 1782

"Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?"
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