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
| American periodicals - 1849 - 612 pages
...for salo to persons of quality, as articles of food : ' A child that is plump and fit for the table 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 !' The mother, he... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 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 fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 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...friends ; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hindquarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on; and, the subject being so delightful that he cannot... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1853 - 332 pages
...ways: 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...plentifully in the last month, so as to render it plump and.fat for a good table! "A child," says his reverence, "will make two dishes at.an entertainment... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or ragout. "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 - English literature - 1854 - 306 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...friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hindquarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on ; and, the subject being so delightful that he... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - Authors, English - 1858 - 360 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... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 698 pages
...them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat forgjod tables. 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 fourth day, especially in winter.... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...her own. . . .' — Journal. 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... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1867 - 334 pages
...describes the little animal as " dropped from its dam," advising that the mother should let it rack plentifully in the last month, so as to render it...friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind-quarter will make a reasonable dish," and so on; and, the subject being so delightful that he... | |
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