MDDM23: Croissant

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John Bailey schrieb: > What's the 'Bethlehem at Christmastide' remark mean? <

   it probably means that the croissant was not part of those exquisite gifts   
   which the holy three kings were offering our messianic jesus baby ~ kai

> >From: Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: MDDM23: Croissant
> >Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 07:56:22 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >"'You could not find this even in Bethlehem at
> >Christmastide.'  The object is a Croissant,-- 'a sort
> >of ev'ryday Roll among the French, who put Butter in
> >all they cook, Madam,' the worldly Mr. Edgewise
> >instructs her,--" (M&D, Ch. 36, p. 268)
> >
> >Main Entry: crois·sant
> >Pronunciation: kro-'sänt, kr&-; krwä-'sän
> >Function: noun
> >Inflected Form(s): plural croissants  /-'sänt(s),
> >-'sän(z)/
> >Etymology: French, literally, crescent, from Middle
> >French creissant
> >Date: 1899
> >: a flaky rich crescent-shaped roll
> >
> >http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
> >
> >See, e.g. ...
> >
> >http://www.pastrychef.com/htmlpages/recipes/croissant.html
> >
> >http://www.recipesource.com/baked-goods/pastries/01/rec0174.html
> >
> >From Gilles Deleuze, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque
> >(trans. Tom Conley, Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P,
> >1993), Ch. I, "The Fold," pp. 3-38 ...
> >
> >"The Baroque refers not to an essence but rather to an
> >operative function, to a trait.  It endlessly produces
> >folds.  It does not invent things: there are all kinds
> >of folds coming from the East, Greek, Roman,
> >Romanesque, Gothic, Classical folds....  Yet the
> >Baroque trait twists and turns its folds, pushing them
> >to infinity, fold over fold, one upon the other.  The
> >Baroque fold unfurls all the way to infinity.[...]  A
> >labyrinth is said, etymologically, to be multiple
> >because it contains many folds.  The multiple is not
> >only what has many parts but also what is folded in
> >many ways." (p.3; unbracketed ellipses in text)
> >
> >Main Entry: mul·ti·ple
> >Pronunciation: 'm&l-t&-p&l
> >Function: adjective
> >Etymology: French, from Latin multiplex, from multi- +
> >-plex -fold -- more at -FOLD
> >Date: 1647
> >1 : consisting of, including, or involving more than
> >one <multiple births>
> >2 : MANY, MANIFOLD <multiple achievements> ...
> >
> >Main Entry: fold
> >Function: noun
> >Date: 13th century
> >1 : a part doubled or laid over another part : PLEAT
> >2 : something that is folded together or that enfolds
> >3 a : a bend or flexure produced in rock by forces
> >operative after the depositing or consolidation of the
> >rock b chiefly British : an undulation in the
> >landscape ...
> >
> >http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary
> >
> >Pli selon pli ...
> >
> >http://mac-texier.ircam.fr/compositeurs/textes/c00000011/n00000295/
> >
> >Fold upon fold ...
> >
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