"What's so original about this man?" asked a visitor. "All he gives you is a hash of stories, proverbs, and sayings from other masters."
A woman disciple smiled. She once had a cook, she said, who made the most wonderful hash in the world.
"How on earth do you make it, my dear? You must give me the recipe."
The cook's face glowed with pride. She said, "Well, ma'am, I'll tell yer: beef's nothin'; pepper's nothin'; onion's nothin'; but when I throws myself into the hash — that's what makes it what it is."
— Anthony de Mello, More One Minute Nonsense