Thursday, November 08, 2007

What's your poison?


For every princess that needs a good humbling, there are three kings disguised as beggars and twelve castle kitchens full of ready tasks. It's simply a matter of cultural palate. Do your countrymen prefer mintrels to potmakers, or dishes to drapes*? The author is usually obliging enough to salt to taste.
*The English take to hearthtending, the Germans to food preparation, the French--livestock

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