The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0326  Wednesday, 16 February 2000.

[1]     From:   Jennifer Fritz <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
        Date:   Tuesday, 15 Feb 2000 17:36:19 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 11.0320 Rice Pudding

[2]     From:   Nora Kreimer <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
        Date:   Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:37:01 -0300
        Subj:   RE: SHK 11.0320 Rice Pudding


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From:           Jennifer Fritz <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Tuesday, 15 Feb 2000 17:36:19 -0400
Subject: 11.0320 Rice Pudding
Comment:        Re: SHK 11.0320 Rice Pudding

Does anyone know precisely when the practice of rice being thrown at
weddings began?  Perhaps Perdita put rice on the list to make rice
pudding with, as has been suggested, but does the Clown raise the issue
of a possible matrimonial, thus preparing us for the courting scene in
4.4?

Jennifer Fritz

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From:           Nora Kreimer <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date:           Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:37:01 -0300
Subject: 11.0320 Rice Pudding
Comment:        RE: SHK 11.0320 Rice Pudding

I have always loved reading about food, as English literature, more than
any other is rich in references to eating, table manners, etc, since the
time of Chaucer...Drinking in the AS halls was referred to as early as
Beowulf. These titles might be of help:

Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne, 1987, translated by Anthea Bell, 1992.
_History of Food_ USA: Blackwell.

Tannahill, Reay, 1973. _Food in History_. New, Fully Revised and Updated
Edition, 1988. England: Penguin.

Good appetite and enjoy!
Nyke

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