Mark Kurlansky Quotes

Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of Central Asian Nomads. Easily Spoiled In Sunlight, It Was A Northern Food. The Celts And The Vikings, And Their Descendants, The Normans, Are Credited With Popularizing Butter In Northern Europe. Southerners Remained Suspicious And For Centuries Maintained That The Reason More Cases Of Leprosy Were Found In The North Was That Northerners Ate Butter. Health-conscious Southern Clergy And Noblemen, When They Had To Travel To Northern Europe, Would Guard Against The Dreaded Disease By Bringing Their Own Olive Oil With Them.

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

Mark Kurlansky Quotes: Butter Has The Same Improbable Myth Of Origin As Cheese, That It Accidentally Got Churned In The Animal Skins Of

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