by Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 19, 2008 at 10:31 PM
Paul schrieb:
<snip>
>
> And now that we are on the subject of cuisine, could someone tell me
> what it was that Oliver Goldsmith had in mind when in "The School for
> Scandal" he described the "Naabob from Calcutta coming home with
> "crackers and sweetmeet" from India?
> Did he refer to 'Samosas' by the word 'crackers'? The context is such
> that I cannot think he took 'fireworks' home.
>
I suspect that the "cracker" referred to may be "a dry thin crispy baked
bread product that may be leavened or unleavened" (as it says in the
Merriaqm Webster On-Line Dictionary) rather than the firework- type
cracker. I remember with some pleasure eating cream crackers with butter
and cheese before I came to Germany - I also loved to eat them plain
when I was a child.
Of course samosas are also have a crispy covering made from flour, but
all those I've eaten also had a filling.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
