AtD translation: kippers and bloaters

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 09:33:17 UTC 2021


The fish would be imitation too as they too were forbidden on the
Pythagorean diet.
(a brief google search has a picture of Pythagoras "the genius" who was
said to only eat
twice a day, mostly (and it is pictured or projected) a dense hearty grain
bread.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism#Vegetarianism

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 3:37 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> P605.1-7   One morning Lew walked into the breakfast parlor at Chunxton
> Crescent to find Police Inspector Vance Aychrome, angelically revealed in
> early sunbeams through the stained-glass dome overhead, relentlessly
> despoiling a Full English Breakfast modified for the Pythagorean dietary
> here, including imitation sausages, kippers and bloaters, omelettes, fried
> potatoes, fried tomatoes, porridge, buns, baps, scones, and loaves in
> various formats.
>
> Are these "kippers and bloaters" real fish or imitation as well? Is fish
> allowed in the Pythagorean diet?
>
> Note that there is also a mention of "Yarmouth bloater" on page 608.
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