[Sca-cooks] moretum

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jun 29, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> Over and over, Virgil inserts
> details to emphasise that this is an uncouth backcountry fellow .  His
> garment is a hairy goatskin, and he sings "country ditties" while he
> grinds grain for his flatbread, or talks to himself in "rustic  
> speech".
>
> Naturally, rue is one of the herbs in this recipe.  After all, it's
> breakfast for a rube.
>
> Brighid, I don't need no steenkin' Rock

Yes, I seem to recall him doing something relatively nasty with his  
thumb, measuring or stirring, I forget which. Nowadays we'd use a ruler.