Status Updates From Winged Pharaoh: A Far Memor...

I love the poem on page 118; it’s beautiful.

I haven’t had time to read lately, but every time I start reading this book, I feel so much joy; it’s nourishing!

"There were little birds wrapped in vine leaves;
and young gazelles each roasted whole upon a silver spit;
fresh dates, served on a bed of smoking rice;
and young corn, cut when the cob was at finger's length,
served with quail each cooked with a fig inside it, which was my favourite dish."

Not so in Sekeeta's recollection as the Winged Pharaoh in most ancient Egypt, when celebrating the annual Festival of Min:

"There was a pleasant smell of the sunny warmth of fruit and the heavy sweetness of flowers. The serving-girls, wearing tunics of green linen and wreaths of young green wheat, went among the guests with platters of food."

Maybe you've heard that corn only arrived in Europe after it was discovered in the New World and imported. For instance, from Weebly:

"Columbus was one of the first Europeans to see maize (corn). Maize was only found in the New World until Columbus introduced it into the Old World. Columbus brought maize to the Old World and significantly changed the lives of Europeans. "