AtD translation: kippers and bloaters

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Mark.


On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 5:33 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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