[Sca-cooks] moretum

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

>On Jun 29, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:
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>>Naturally, rue is one of the herbs in this recipe.  After all, it's
>>breakfast for a rube.
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>>Brighid, I don't need no steenkin' Rock
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>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.
>
He scoops the finished cheese out of the mortar with his fingers.  The 
really tacky part is when he grabs his goatskin loincloth:

"And with his left hand 'neath his hairy groin
Supports his garment;' with his right he first
The reeking garlic with the pestle breaks,
Then everything he equally doth rub
I' th' mingled juice. His hand in circles move"

Can we say he's a wee bit lacking in rudimentary kitchen hygiene?

-- 
Robin Carroll-Mann
rcmann4 at earthlink.net