tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post1584542971693545930..comments2024-02-07T13:35:48.603-05:00Comments on Musings of a Jewish Bookseller: Advertisement from 1858, for a book "Fit to Eat"!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-37261761852847704162013-07-26T15:13:59.698-04:002013-07-26T15:13:59.698-04:00I would translate "fit for consumption"I would translate "fit for consumption"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-85571587841705938992013-04-24T12:27:53.246-04:002013-04-24T12:27:53.246-04:00Yeah, and it also means the book is delicious (whi...Yeah, and it also means the book is delicious (which it is).S.http://onthemainline.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709895675451005512.post-19939577901376693012013-04-12T02:22:31.240-04:002013-04-12T02:22:31.240-04:00The comment "fit to be eaten" is a play ...The comment "fit to be eaten" is a play on the title "Hamashbir" which means, when used in the Torah, as a wholesale food supplier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com