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Re: Query: "Sabayon" in BEHEADING (fwd)
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> How about a Nabokov cookbook? Some years ago, a "Wind in the Willows
> Cookbook" appeared. I still use many of the recipes in it in my
> day-to-day cooking. I shall consult some of my chef friends and see if
> there is any interest in developing recipes/idshes.
>
> Paul Tudor
> Wine Writer
> 22 Grove Road, Sandringham, Auckland, NZ
>
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From SEIFRID@hermes.usc.edu Wed Mar 5 15:29:41 1997
Be sure to include cocktails, beginning with pineapple juice and gin.
Tom Seifrid, usc
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>From: Rodney Welch <RWelch@scjob.sces.org>
>>
>> What does "sabayon" mean?
>> The word occurs on page 15 of Invitation to a Beheading (Viking
>> International paperback edition, 1989)
>> Cincinnatus is in his cell when he is visited by Rodrig
>> Ivanovich, the jail director.
>> "Cincinnatus said: `I should like to know if it will be long
>> now.'
>> "`Excellent sabayon! Should still like to know if it will be
>> long now. Unfortunately I myself do not know..."
>> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. RW
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>EDITOR's REPLY. _La Rousse_ tells me that "sabayon" a.k.a. "zabaglione"
>is made from eggs, sugar, and scented wine or fruit juice beaten over hot
>water until thck and light. Served warm or cold in a glass.
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>Cinninatus is obvious eating high off the hog. I am saddened that so few
>have culled VN for food items to make Nabokovian menus. DBJ
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