Origins have them being associated with a festival dedicated to a fertility God. One religion banned them, as did one emperor, and a certain philosopher wrote a comedy named after them. What are they, who had them banned, and which word describing a form of food-borne illness was derived from it?

lanfranco

Must be sausages. I got to this via botulism, by the way, since trying Lupercalia first didn't work for some reason. However, sausages were associated with that fertility festival, later banned by the Church, so that the eating of sausages became a sin (!). Constantine got in on that particular prohibition. Epicharmus wrote a comedy called "The Sausage," and botulism takes its name from "botulus," the Latin word for sausage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sausage Sep 27 06, 1:44 PM

peasypod

Yes indeedy. Funny how a chorizo and pear tart can inspire one of these things, huh? Now......er, a Golden Sausage? Sep 27 06, 4:41 PM

lanfranco

The Maven would be willing to do many humiliating things for a chorizo and pear tart. You must send me the recipe. I'll take the Golden Sausage, but only if bananas are still requiring people Down Under to take out second mortgages on their homes. Sep 27 06, 5:04 PM

peasypod

Oh, only yesterday I paid $5.60 for 2 small bananas. Yes, I am an idiot. Sep 27 06, 7:56 PM

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