Thanks for the link, wwh.

Keiva, here's some more I've Googled about the apocrypha:


"Apocrypha
Pronounced As: pokrif [Gr.,=hidden things], term signifying a collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures. It is not clear why the term was chosen. The Apocrypha include the following books and parts of books: First and Second Esdras; Tobit; Judith; the Additions to Esther; Wisdom of Solomon; Sirach (also called Ecclesiasticus); Baruch; the Letter of Jeremiah (in Baruch); parts of Daniel (the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men; see also Bel and the Dragon and Susanna 1); First and Second Maccabees; the Prayer of Manasses (see Manasseh)."

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/00627.html

Now what does this have to do with the culinary arts? Well, Ruth did gather all that grain... I remember having read that her mother-in-law's name meant "Bitter."

On another tangent, jmh told us about the electric frother. That's a great culinary item along with a capuccino maker.

Best regards, (you'd think I couldn't bear to think of anything related to cuisine after today's bellybuster...)
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