articled08 Jun 2009 09:00 am
The branch which is to be grafted
must be in the hand of a beautiful damsel,
whilst a male person has disgraceful
and unnatural sexual intercourse with her.
During intercourse the woman
grafts the branch into the tree.
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Written by Amanda Hesser,
(with Alan Davidson, The Oxford Companion to Food
and a 10th century Iraqi text)
The New York Times Sunday Magazine
“The Way We Eat,” 2/26/06
Found by J.R. Solonche
Blooming Grove, NY