This has always been one of my favourite titles, ever since I found it while working at the British Library 30 years ago: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521316231
I'm thrilled to discover that the author, Salaman, pays due hommage to M. Parmentier (who else!) who wrote extensively about the delicious tuber in his "Traité sur la culture et les usages des pommes de terre, de la patate, et du topinambour". Here are some wonderful quotes: "It was during the Seven Years War that Parmentier first met the potato" "In spite of a decree forbidding eating the potato for fear of contracting leprosy, Parmentier pushed to introduce it into the Frenchmans diet" Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of frank theriault > Sent: 09 September 2008 21:55 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: American Bottom Archaeology > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...and other wacky titles: > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7598000/7598964.stm > > > > Hard to pick a favourite, but I can't help but think that "Reusing Old > Graves" and "People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach > Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It" could > somehow be used in tandem. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
