geep opened this issue on Jun 20, 2006 · 97 posts
dphoadley posted Sun, 25 June 2006 at 3:19 PM
"Proving Ground' is a phrase that still harks back to the original meaning of the word Prove. Somewhat halfway between the old meaning 'to test', and the newer meaning 'to confirm', is the folk saying: 'The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating!' This references the fact that the quality of the pudding is both tested and confirmed by being eaten.
DPH