Tuesday, December 26, 2006

News at Eleven (Back Page): [Percy Bysshe Shelley] tore off "a surprising

quantity" of bread, piled it in a bowl and poured on boiling water. Then he strewed it with nutmeg, which made it look interestingly gory. "I lap up the blood of murdered kings!" screamed the poet, applying the spoon. And then the finishing, irresistible touch: a sprinkling of loaf sugar, the blood of slaves.

from The Economist: Sugar: Sick with excess of sweetness

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