Locusts and wild honey
Apr. 1st, 2009 02:17 pmYou know that evocative phrase from the bible, the report that John the Baptist survived in the wilderness by eating locusts and wild honey? I've just learned that the locusts in question may well have been carob pods, aka locust pods, aka St. John's Bread (now there's a clue!). So much for insect-chomping saints.