Reference for Shabbat 74:9
בעו מיניה מרבי חייא בר אבא
— He answered him, It is indeed kept for Rab Judah, and he eats thereof! Put Rab Judah aside, said he, for since he is in danger,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He suffered from bulimy, and had to eat hot food. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> it may be done for him even on the Sabbath. What about keeping it for me and you? — in Sura,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A town on the Euphrates, where Rab founded his famous academy. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> he replied, they do keep it. For R. Nahman b. Isaac is most particular,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi. Or perhaps, a master of practice (Jast,), i.e., thoroughly versed in correct practice. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> and yet they keep it for him and he eats. R. Ashi said: I was standing before R. Huna, when he ate a fish pie which they bad kept [on the stove] for him. And I do not know whether it is because he holds that if it shrinks and is improved thereby it is permitted, or because since it contains flour paste it deteriorates in shrinking. R. Nahman said: If it shrinks and is improved thereby, it is forbidden;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To keep it on the stove. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> if it shrinks and deteriorates, it is permitted. This is the general rule of the matter: whatever contains flour paste, shrinks and deteriorates, except a stew of turnips, which though containing flour paste shrinks and improves. Yet that is only if it contains meat; but if it contains no meat, it shrinks and deteriorates. And even if it contains meat, we say thus only if it is not intended for guests; but if it is intended for guests, it deteriorates in the shrinking.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When intended for personal consumption it is cut up into small pieces before being placed in the pot, and so the fat pervades the whole and prevents deterioration. But when intended for guests it is cut up in large chunks; since the fat cannot pervade the whole the shrinking causes it to deteriorate. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> Pap of dates, daysa,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A dish of pounded grain. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> and a dish of dates shrink and deteriorate. R. Hiyya b. Abba was asked: