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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. (gooseberry) fool
<br>  2. A dictionary [gooseberry] fool!
<br>  3. THIS X SUCKS (4)
<br>  4. boycotting
<br>  5. so don't I
<br>  6. THIS X SUCKS and fellatio
<br>  7. THE UNIVERSE SUCKS . . .
<br>  8. freshman composition--again
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<br>Date:    Wed, 1 Apr 1998 00:15:40 -0500
<br>From:    Alice Faber  faber[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HASKINS.YALE.EDU 
<br>Subject: (gooseberry) fool
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<br>First, I'd like to thank whoever first brought up this topic. I've been
<br>looking for sugar-free and low sugar dessert recipes...So, anyhow, I've just
<br>gone through my cookbook shelf to see if anyone has any hints about the origin
<br>of the term "fool". James Beard, _American Cookery_ simply says that the
<br>concept was brought to the US by English settlers, but provides no
<br>etymological speculations. The Joy of Cooking (mid-1960s edition) provides a
<br>clear folk-etymology (p. 106): "Long ago the word "fool" was used as a term of
<br>endearment. We have an old-fashioned fondness for the recipes in which fruit
<br>is combined with cream. None of my more nouvel cookbooks even list "fool" in
<br>the index; most don't include "gooseberries" either.
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<br>Alice Faber
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