The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-05-24


yypokegre Gems aud SSbaco coil. The city loAfefI
lis only lapp hen
Some faithful che 4,
Iss fryin sasseng gers for he.
y he city merchant, cries:
"a fine leg of mutton my dearic, 8ssis
pr, thee have ready At three; ~
Have it smok king, and JUICY y
And what better dish can therel
0 The city merchant lord, must have Ills
many courses; the fisherman his .lob.
!scouse, and the back woods-man his
(.chicken- fxinH and sshant- cake The
careful housewife, taught by expert
;ence, soon Idiscerns what this Eek perience,
before her eyes, what Wonderland her
heart is often ina greaterturnultt thanthe
pots boiling tempestuouslyyo y over the fire,
sand that her spirits will rise and full with!
the bread 10 tho oyen2 ASkitchcn, what
is it? Inthe words Of ofanother, sitis note
warehouse, nor a wnsll.house; brew.
houses. nor q bake house, nor On Out. house,
MIRA dwelling -house. No; its absolute.
sly and bona-fde neither mores nor, less
than q kitchen; oras the law more clas.
sically expresses il, "a kitchen is camera
necessaria pro usus cookare cum sauce
Pannis, scullero, dres sero, coal-hole, sto.
vis,sanoke jackero. pro roastandum, boil
andum. fryandum, ct plumb pudding mix
andum, pro turtle.soupus calves. head
hoshbus, cum. calipee Ell caliphushibus.''
And to be captain Of this establishment,
keep each boiler from bursting, and make
three regular trips daily and found, from
thence to the family table, requires some
skill, fortitudc, and patience; yes! and ssu-
gar and spice that's very NICE
A mans theory Of cooking consists in
stirring up something and baking it until
it is done; carried into practice it would
be worse than the French 'olla podrda,"
wherein "a little Of any thing you have got
isput into pot half full of water, boiled
an hour, seasoned with salt and pepper,
and served up hot;' or on a festival day it
might amount TO the Spanish recipe for
the same dish: take little of every
thing you have got, boil it hard for an
hour, season it to your taste, and garnish
it with parsley There is little romance
about kitchen fire. place. The! beau,i.
ful theory of living upon the fruits ofthe
earth is charming to the young maiden on
the eve of matrimony and house keeping.
She will regale herself and her husband
on apples, peaches and pears for break
fast. She will never become drudge in
her own house--not she! No doubt but
turnip field and good well Of waler would
sustain life; but we opine That our lord Of
creation would find his way TO cook shop
and our lady fair seek for consolation
where the Duchess Of Orleans said she
could always find j, in her times Of afllc.
ton; in eating ham and snusages. Yet,
after all, there is satisfaction in having
got up ones victuuls' nicely, apart from
the mere eating Of them A triile, u slick
OF green wood, u falling Of little SCOT from
the chimney, grain Of salt or pepper too
much or too little, and alas for the dinner!
Or IF the house.keeper has done il by
means other independent proxy, viz: help,
then the trifle Of a soft or hard word, and
the whole family circle must be happy or
unhappy. Happy it is, and she reioicces
over her dinner, and feels thankful when
it is over. How Madam Nature Ga pretty
good world-kceper we think) hung din
ners on apple trees andmade vines bear
good breakfasts, caused the earth to send
up bnbbling springs Of good hot soup, and
made turkeys 10 run about roasted and
chickens to issue fricasseed from the white
houses of their infancy. we doubt whether
man or womnn-kind would have been ms
well satisfied. Did not Pa.t Tigg enjoy
himselfhugely when he thought
Tomorrow I'll kill my fat pig,
For I'm sure he'll make ilgant mutton;
So then he goes into hovel.
And hangs the pig up by the heel,
Cuts his throat so nate with the shovel.
And cries, this is the way to dress vcaI!'
And did not the cobbIcr's wife hustle
about and feel consequentially happy
when her lame legged spouse hung ou,
his little shingle?
Her Kake and Pise ana Bier sell,
And oysters sto'd and in the shell,
And fried 'uns tew for them that chews,
And with despatch mends Butes Shews!'
MISQUOTATION.
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