tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post7901804192317815703..comments2023-12-04T09:59:55.778-08:00Comments on the glade of theoric ornithic hermetica: Think outside the haggis . . .Steven Famahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886207582824520804noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-71148462975438166542009-12-04T07:23:21.034-08:002009-12-04T07:23:21.034-08:00Oh no, Spaghetti-Os? Thank you, I think, for inser...Oh no, Spaghetti-Os? Thank you, I think, for inserting that into my cranium. A sad but dizzying new spin on the Proustian madeleine!Rachel Lodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643048091966293914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-46119638103300243092009-12-01T19:20:23.653-08:002009-12-01T19:20:23.653-08:00Thanks for the comments everyone! Cy, it would be...Thanks for the comments everyone! Cy, it would be something to cook all this up. If you were to do it, I *might* get myself to NZ to check it out! Personally, I'm highly motivated to try the "Spanish puchero." <br /><br />Rachel L., I've read that sometimes your muse not only really liked cottage cheese and ketchup, but sometimes also added black pepper, and even had it all for breakfast, not just lunch! There also -- said to be one of Nixon's "favorite foods" -- <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/food/20020103mailbo0103fnp1.asp" rel="nofollow">Pat Nixon's meatloaf</a>. Some also claim that <a href="http://burntandboiled.com/Queen_Recipes.html" rel="nofollow">Nixon's favorite snack food was "dried figs" and that in later life his favorite 'comfort food' was "Spaghetti-O's."</a> That right there might just explain it all. <br /><br />And John O., thanks much for checking the <i>LaRousse</i> for "brocarra" (I wonder if MacDiarmid screwed up a word-spelling on that one). And especially thanks for all the information on Perigord, the truffle and the department. I keep meaning to -- and have for years meant to -- read Savarin. I think it was you who at a certain point suggested the book is almost prose-poem-like, at least in parts.Steven Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-1191038318062195362009-12-01T13:25:52.997-08:002009-12-01T13:25:52.997-08:00Wow. My eyeballs got fat just reading this. You...Wow. My eyeballs got fat just reading this. You've mentioned MacDiarmid before and greatly piqued my interest. I can't find "brocarra of Tulle" either. I consulted several French and Italian dictionaries and the Larousse Gastronomique. Nada. The word does appear to be related to the word for brocade, so maybe some form of convoluted food similar to broccoli? There is a goat cheese in Corsica called broccio, and Tulle is to the south of France where such cheese may have migrated. I am going to guess that it is either a cheese or a meal made with cheese, à la lasagna. Or perhaps a truffle. The truffle of Perigord, incidentally, is also called a Black Diamond. Brillat Savarin deems them the finest of all truffles. They have a powerful, yet subtle, smell and taste. Very complex. The department of Perigord is also famous for its Cro-Magnon cave paintings.John Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07873070309448793816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-55237236391372198852009-11-30T13:33:07.097-08:002009-11-30T13:33:07.097-08:00By the way, I know a few good poems about food (th...By the way, I know a few good poems about food (though none where the muse is explicitly involved). Once I get a few deadlines out of the way I'll write up a blog post or two.Cy Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244437975709553222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-64077697516435520882009-11-30T07:07:21.984-08:002009-11-30T07:07:21.984-08:00Alas, my muse is the guy who likes cottage cheese...Alas, my muse is the guy who likes cottage cheese with ketchup! And pumpkins with papers in them. I'm with Cy, though -- somebody (the Poetry Foundation?) should take a run at serving up MacDiarmid's feast for big bucks and send the proceeds to starving poets.Rachel Lodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643048091966293914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-52013248269384424592009-11-30T04:54:07.889-08:002009-11-30T04:54:07.889-08:00I said to her:
"well, your now my new muse.
...I said to her:<br /><br />"well, your now my new muse.<br />here is the first "baby" that you've you birthed."<br /> She replied: "OH,, so I AMUSE YOU.?"<br /><br />then she ran off with a sushi cook! they now have 4 babies and eat all of their food straight out of cans or out of little white and red paper boxes...Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83923751899084745.post-23378911352206983552009-11-29T20:05:04.538-08:002009-11-29T20:05:04.538-08:00Hmmm. I wonder if anyone has actually re-created M...Hmmm. I wonder if anyone has actually re-created MacDarmaid's feast in edible reality? I must look into this. Here in Dunedin (NZ) there is a strong Scottish cultural movement - we have tourist-oriented Haggis nights with the obligatory Burns recitation, but a MacDarmaid Feast would leave that for dead.Cy Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03244437975709553222noreply@blogger.com