When we could not, a handful of salt was sprinkled on each leaf, indicating that the feast was over, and, stomachs aching, we filed out into the bright afternoon.
Nowhere is this made more explicit than in ancient Egyptian tombs, where painted reliefs of tables heavily laden with good things to eat sustained the deceased long after the funeral feast was over; provender and providence are intimately connected.
Knowing that dinner, however meager, is still in the oven, is much better than fearing that the feast is over and the master is trying to figure out which of the dogs to throw the table scraps to.
I actually heard a radio host say on Thursday that the "Thanksgiving feast is over-rated".
The gentle evenings of feasting over stir fries and fresh fruit were the only respite.
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"It can feel a bit like a love affair – but as with love affairs, the intensity doesn't automatically secure its future," says Feast. "Over time, little things can irritate you and because there's all this history questions arise.
Wall Street felt the feast was over.
A feast, grilled over coals, arrives.
That will cause a stink.Worse, when the feast is over the car industry is likely to lurch towards famine.
