[Sca-cooks] moretum
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Thu Jun 29 14:40:49 PDT 2006
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.
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