Many tasty gavagai recipes were brought from the jungle by linguists and missionaries in the first half of the 20^th century. After the publication of Quine’s Word and Object they gained popularity among philosophers, though the book’s underlying idea

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was soon attacked from linguistic circles. As an unfortunate consequence, gavagai recipes emanating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tend to be inedible.

In most gavagai recipes quantities are vague, as is the exact nature of the meat to be used. Many recipes prescribe sundry undetached rabbit parts as a basic ingredient. The following is an exception.

Ingredients

• 800g of properly detached rabbit parts
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• a small piece of butter
• good stock
• a sprig of rosemary
• a bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• 4 sweet red peppers, sliced
• 4 anchovy fillets, chopped
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons of wine vinegar
• a few sprigs of parsley

1. Season the detached rabbit parts and brown in a mixture of olive oil and butter. Add stock, a bay leaf and rosemary. Simmer gently for one hour, adding stock when necessary.
2. Heat the remaining oil in another pan, add anchovies, garlic and vinegar. Cook gently for 15 minutes.
3. Put everything together and simmer for another 5 minutes.
4. Garnish with finely chopped parsley and serve.

Recommended Literature

W.V.O. Quine, Word and Object, MIT Press, Cambridge Mass., 1960.

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