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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... MY COOKS. I Certainly should not describe them as cordons bleua, with perhaps one bright exception; and yet they appear to have an interest all their own, for I find when visiting among my friends I am always 'drawn out' on the subject of 'My Cooks, ' with a remark of this sort: 'Now, Arabella, dear, do tell us about your cooks. Have you any fresh cook story?' and after that, somehow, the subject of my mSnoge is paramount for the hour. But where shall I begin? With my buoyant sense of importance when first setting up a kitchen of my own, and becoming the possessor of all sorts of strange culinary articles, first and foremost in my estimation was the big kettle. How gravely I had deliberated over that kettle, and even consulted the clergyman's wife, who had assisted me with much valuable advice, and assured me that the kettle must be kept carefully ' blacked ' Or shall I go still further back, to the good old schoolroom days when one's dear mother used sometimes to admit that she ' had been cookless for six weeks, ' &c. &c.? And then we all set forth on a ' cook quest, ' which to us children was vastly entertaining, for it meant that the pony carriage was placed at our disposal; and, under the superintendence of the governess, we visited in turns all the pleasantest country vicarages in the neighbourhood, in the hope of finding a cook ' out of place.' Looking back, this argues a very touching and simple faith in the clergy, ill according with the saying I have somewhere heard, 'The Almighty sent victuals, and the D sent cooks ' But to return to my personal experience. At one time, during a temporary residence at the seaside, my husband and I determined to endure such attendance as can be expected from a ' general.' A strictly honest widow was engaged; and, as t...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153910118 |
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| ISBN-10 | 115391011X |
| Weight | 1.91 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.32 In |
| List Price | $41.57 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 596 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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