Word: briens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scales or fins) and "sow's udder" (Thou shalt not eat the flesh of any animal that doth not chew the cud nor have a cloven hoof). Will you please explain what type of "priest" was inaugurated at the "sumptuous repast" referred to by Author O'Brien in The Bible Cookbook [March...
...TIME had the right menu but the wrong restaurant. The binge was a Roman feast probably served, says Author O'Brien, for Caesar...
Prophet's Pulse. Author O'Brien seasons with teasers. Why, for instance, is poached trout called Trout Sisera? Most cooks without a concordance would not know where to look: Sisera's sorry story is in Judges 4 and 5, and the poaching of trout is presumably suggested by the water with which Jehovah swamped Sisera's "900 chariots of iron...
Many other recipe names are equally farfetched, e.g., Matthew Punch ("because it is such a nice punch for serving at Christmas time"), Pentecost Cake (black devil's food), and Prophet's Pulse (a vegetable and egg dish). For church suppers, Author O'Brien recommends what she calls a Scripture Cake: 4½ cups I Kings 4:22 (flour...
...record of the sweet served to finish this meal," writes Cook O'Brien regretfully, "has apparently been lost...