cahn

Certainly in line with how freaking *gaunt* his death mask was in 1786!

Re: diets and being hard on himself to do his job, see also this pithy line from another 1776 letter to Voltaire: Il n'est pas nécessaire que je vive, mais bien que j'agisse. That seemed like a very Fritz way of looking at things to me.

Worcestershire sauce (which no, had not been invented yet)

*cringe*

and ginger

Ohh, chocolate with ginger is quite nice, though! And thinking about it, the pepper would have been much more at home in chocolate instead of coffee as well...