From memory, A good many of the Just So Stories involve eating e.g. How the
whale got its throat and The Butterfly that Stamped - that voracious
creature from the bottom of the sea, and The Elephant's Cild who ate various
things and only just missed being eaten himself
Regards
Peter
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From: "DC Briscoe" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Food and Drink
Donšt forget The Maltese Cat who jumps on the dinner table after the polo
match; also The Cat Who Walked By Himself who comes into the cave to drink
the milk.
Yours ever
Diana
Diana C. Briscoe
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On 6/11/08 11:10 PM, "Richard Haythornthwaite"
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> Here are some suggestions that could be included in the list of Stories
> that
> mention Food and Drink.
>
> The Days Work.
> "Bread upon the Waters" because of its name. There is an elegent High
> Tea,
> with pineapple, lichis,
> preserved ginger and chow-chow (whatever that might be.) Later on McPhee
> with
> others consume
> six magnums of champagne and a bottle of whisky and again there are
> lengthy
> descriptions of the
> lack of food on the salavaged ship.
> "The Tomb of His Ancestors" and the description of young Chin on hunting
> expeditions for the Bhils
> followed by an uprorious feast at the village of Bhukta.
> "William the Conqueror" Parts l & ll. The story of a famine in Southern
> India
> and the problems of feeding
> the starving on wheat rather than the rice they are used to.
>
> The Second Jungle Book.
> "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat". The needs of the wandering mendicant and
> how
> when Purun Bhagat
> settles above a hill-village the inhabitants cheerfully take on the duty
> of
> fulfilling his daily needs. There
> is a d escription of the food available to the villagers.
> "The King's Ankus". Where a meal is used to deliver poison in the form of
> chappatis and dhatura.
> "Quiquern". The search for seal meat to feed a starving Inuit village.
>
> Actions and Reactions.
> "Garm a Hostage". When Stanley is reunited with his dog Garm, he
> celebrates by
> stuffing himself with
> sardines, raspberry jam, beer, cold mutton and pickles.
> "A Habitation Enforced". Lady Conant after being at the otterhounds all
> day,
> is handed a formidable
> hunk of bread and bacon by Mrs Cloke.
>
> Life's Handicap.
> "The Man Who Was".
> Here a Russian Cossack drinks large quantities of the White Hussars brandy
> and
> The Man Who Was
> responds to toasts to The Queen after his glass is filled.
>
> Rewards and Fairies
> "Marklake Witches"
> The description of a meal given by Phildelphia and her desire for it to
> include fresh mackerel
> "The Conversion of St Wilfred". Padda the pet-seal of Meon catches fresh
> fish
> for the party stranded on
> the rocks at Selsey, it is cooked by Eddie for St Richard.
>
> Perhaps these could be added to the list?
>
> Regards Richard H.
>
> .
>
>
>
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