 A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...  Miscellanies... - Page 82by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fut for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper and salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter."... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...he hashes it ; and he serves it up cold ; and he garnishes it ; and relishes it always. He describes the little animal as " dropped from its dam," advising...will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that lie can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in place of venison... | |
 | William Minto - English prose literature - 1881 - 596 pages
...them suck plentifully in the Inst month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...he hashes it ; and he serves it up cold ; and he garnishes it ; and relishes it always. He describes the little animal as " dropped from its dam," advising...will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that he can't leave it, he proceeds to recommend, in place of venison for... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked or boiled.' He enters gravely into calculation: 'A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends,...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned witti a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on Hie fourth day. ... I believe no... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 522 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
 | James Baldwin - English language - 1883 - 612 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last mouth, so as to render them plump and fat fora good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends,...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled, especially in winter. With what perfect... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 516 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends...or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and, seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1883 - 516 pages
...the m euck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for good tables. A ohild will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends,...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
 | Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 736 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends,...fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fonrth day, especially in winter—From... | |
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