[Sca-cooks] Asian sources?

[Kathleen A Roberts]

On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:46:09 -0800
  Susan Fox <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Also, don't underestimate the value of literary sources. 
> I have a vague 
> memory that the tale of the 47 Ronin began with the 
>masterless men 
> meeting secretly in a soba shop.  [Okay, that's circa 
>1700 but it 
> illustrated my point.]

i agree wholeheartly!  many of my early period ideas (and 
those of other EP foodies) come from reading irish myth 
and viking sagas.  and you get to (re)read cool stories.

cailte
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