Ever feel like a Goose?
Monday, April 7th, 2003 02:25 pmIn A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman has this quote about eighteenth century culinary habits:( PETA would *not* approve. )
That whole passage is just begging to be made into a metaphor.
On a different note, here's a bit about chocolate:
"What food do you crave? Ask the question with enough smoldering emphasis on the last word, and the answer is bound to be chocolate. It was first used by the Indians of Central and South America. The Aztecs called it xocoatl ("chocolate"), declared it a gift from their white-bearded god of wisdom and knowledge, Quetzalcoatl, and served it as a drink to members of the court--only rulers and soldiers could be trusted with the power it conveyed. The Toltecs honored the divine drink by staging rituals in which they sacrificed chocolate-colored dogs. Itzá human-sacrifice victims were sometimes given a mug of chocolate to sanctify their journey."
Right then. I shall now go in search of the wisdom of chocolate. If I am a goose, let it be a sanctified Goose!
That whole passage is just begging to be made into a metaphor.
On a different note, here's a bit about chocolate:
"What food do you crave? Ask the question with enough smoldering emphasis on the last word, and the answer is bound to be chocolate. It was first used by the Indians of Central and South America. The Aztecs called it xocoatl ("chocolate"), declared it a gift from their white-bearded god of wisdom and knowledge, Quetzalcoatl, and served it as a drink to members of the court--only rulers and soldiers could be trusted with the power it conveyed. The Toltecs honored the divine drink by staging rituals in which they sacrificed chocolate-colored dogs. Itzá human-sacrifice victims were sometimes given a mug of chocolate to sanctify their journey."
Right then. I shall now go in search of the wisdom of chocolate. If I am a goose, let it be a sanctified Goose!
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