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If there is an assassination planned for the meal, then it is seemliest that the assassin should be seated next to he who is to become the subject of his craft…as this will cause less interruption to the conversation if the action of the event is confined to one small area…After the corpse (and bloodstains if any) are removed by the serving persons, it is customary for the assassin also to withdraw from the table as this presence may sometimes be disturbing to the digestions of the persons who now find themselves seated next to him, and to this end a good host will always have a fresh guest, who has waited without, ready to join the table at this juncture.
Top Chef, Old Master by Michelle Legro - Roundtable | Lapham’s Quarterly
Manners for being an assassin at a 15th century banquet, as written by one Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci’s stints as cook and kitchen remodeler are worth the click-thru and read.
Posted on October 13, 2011 with 39 notes
Source: laphamsquarterly.org
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