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Okay; all these -wares: whence the term?
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Cambridge sez: "used, often in shops, to refer to items of the same material or type, especially items used in cooking and serving food: tableware, the kitchenware department."
"And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day..." Nehemiah 10:31 AV
I am out the door and on my way to diocesan convention. Won't be back until Sunday night. There will be several vendors there (including bibliopoles). One wonders if one will be able to buy some churchware, or clergyware, or something.
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Because it's stamped out of sheets of flattened metal.
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The term ‘foodware’ was coined in 1999 by a group of gastronomical taxonomists known as DELFT (Demarcate Every Last Food-related Tool). Founded in 1996 by L. Inneaus Quiche, PhD, of the Massachusetts Institute of Taxonomy, DELFT’s primary objective was to re-examine the existing classifications of thousands of food-related tools and correct any structural deficiencies within the classification process that could lead to culinary confusion.
Between May of 1996 and December of 1998, the members of DELFT conducted an extensive examination of the existing classification structure and concluded that the structure was unable to describe any food-related tool above the level of Phylum, i.e., there was no term to describe the Kingdom to which the food-related tools belonged. After intense debate, DELFT members finally agreed on the word ‘foodware’ as being an acceptable term to describe the Kingdom of food-related tools. Shortly thereafter, DELFT released the following examples of taxonomical classification for food-related tools:
Butter Knife
Kingdom: Foodware Phylum: Dinnerware Class: Tableware Order: Flatware Family: Silverware Genus: Cultellus Species: dilitatus
Sauce Pan
Kingdom: Foodware Phylum: Kitchenware Class: cookware Order: Metal ware Family: Copperware Genus: Lebes Species: condimentus
Salad bowl
Kingdom: Foodware Phylum: Dinnerware Class: Tableware Order: Dishware Family: Ceramic ware Genus: Catinus Species: moretus
Wine glass
Kingdom: Foodware Phylum: Dinnerware Class: Tableware Order: Drink ware Family: Crystal ware Genus: Phiala Species: vinaria
Don’t believe a word of it!
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Don’t believe a word of it!
If you would've come up with something *better than "DELFT" I may've.
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dgeigh--have you ever read any of edward lear's botany books? you'd love them. see if your local libary has anything (or check out dover publications, they have a few volumes of lear)
his botanicals are better than is nonsense poetry or limericks.
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If you would've come up with something *better than "DELFT" I may've.
Actually, "delft" belongs to the Genus "Catinus" of the Kingdom "foodware".
Dutch Village - Blue Delft Pottery
"Our specialty is the typically-Dutch delft blue pottery, as we stock delftware from many companies, in many different qualities. We have articles that fit any budget, from souvenir-quality to Royal Delftware."
http://www.bluedelft.com
Personally, I think Dgeigh has done the world a service in bringing Genus to this neglected Order.
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In reply to:
If you would've come up with something *better than "DELFT" I may've.
I thought the give-away was its founder's name.
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