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Eldhúsreyfarar miðaldra matargúrús á Skólavörðuholtinu

12.6.03

Ég er að lesa ansi skemmtilega bók sem heitir In the Devil's Garden og er um - tja, matarsögu, eða vissa þætti hennar. Þar kemur fram ýmislegt athyglisvert, meðal annars þetta, í kaflanum um brauð:

,,The world's first bakers, in Egypt, actually doubled as gynecologists by selling wheat to women who suspected they ,,had a bun in the oven". The ladies would urinate on the wheat and, if pregnant, it would germinate in sympathy. If she was barren, the grain, too, would remain fallow (yes, this is largely effective)."

Merkilegt, og ef einhver sem les þetta skyldi nú vera ólétt, þá þætti mér forvitnilegt ef viðkomandi vildi taka að sér að prófa aðferðina og gefa skýrslu.

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