Quark: not just for breakfast anymore

[Kyburz at ASU.Edu]

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Joe Varo wrote:

> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Tod Mahony wrote:
> 
> > >From page 569 of GR, which of these things is not like the others:
> > 
> > 	"Townspeople break out beer, wine, bread, Quark, sausages."
> > 
> > Can anyone explain to me that fourth picnic item?
> > 
> 
> According to _A Gravity's Rainbow Companion_, a "quark" is "curds packed
> sausage-style in tubes".
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> 
My husband says that "quark" may be German for "cottage cheese."

Not sure without our dictionary in hand.

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