In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONFIT
confit
(noun) a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
confit (plural confits)
Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
Verb
confit (third-person singular simple present confits, present participle confiting, simple past and past participle confited)
(transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"fit, n.
Definition: Same as Comfit. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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