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by Simón de Swaan
Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.–Hindu proverb
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March 21, 2012
Simon, you have made me feel much better about eating while standing at an open fridge, which I unofficially do when the fur truly flies. About 20 years ago, there was a marvelous show at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, “Now I Lay Me Down to Eat” — an examination of cultures of the ancient Mediterranean in which diners reclined on couches the better to to eat, and dined off gueridons and trays.
March 21, 2012
And then went straight to the vomitorium?
March 21, 2012
So I would have thought, Jonell. But I learned that servants circulated with special basins, and a point of etiquette was how neatly a diner could disgorge the surfeit into the basin, without breaking rhythm, conversationally or being otherwise obtrusive
March 22, 2012
You’re a walking food historian.