Categories: food
Date: 09 September 2006 03:19:15
On a wet and windy Sydney day, I made my way to Sarah's Sweets -- with The Brothers Karamazov under my arm: I'd only read a few chapters of the first book before I moved, but I hadn't touched it since: it was great to get back into it as I'm finding it a wonderful book. Today I read this, which, to me, explains one the significances of monastics in the life of all Christians [and though the quote refers to male monasteries given this is where that part of the story was set, it equally applies to female monasteries]:
'Even if among us there is sin, untruth, injustice and temptation, at least in certain places, somewhere on the earth, there are men who are holy and exalted; to make up for it, those men have truth and justice, to make up for it, those men know truth and justice; so it has not been lost to the world, and one day it will come to us, too, and will reign in the world, as was promosed.'The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (tr. David McDuff), 2003, Penguin Books, p. 45
I think I need to give you some more samples of the delights of Eurobeat. As I was just writing about food, here is the final chorus from France's entry, Viande d'Amour (The Food of Love) sung, en français of course!, by Estelle LaCroix -- the performance being set in a French café with some fine moves:
| Parce que je mange? Je mange les ouefs poche Je mange les artichauts Je mange les grands navets Je mange de l'aubergine Je mange des courgettes vertes Je mange la haute cuisine Je mange viandes d'amour Viandes d'amour |
What do I eat? I eat poached eggs I eat artichokes I eat big turnips I eat eggplant I eat green beans I eat fine food I eat the foods of love The food of love |