New-York tribune., 1889-10-13
THE AMERICAN GRIDDLECAKE.
oooKAIeNE" TELLS OF PATRIoT1CAILY
HUNGRY YANKEE IN LONDON
san Francisco Argonaut.

From The San Francisco Argonaut.
The American griddle-cake Is an unknown quantity
in London kitchens. ] know of only place where
they keep supply of other American stores including
cornmes @ % S maple yrR rat waisrSns lns
in England and even at that it IS culinary article
m0s SD IN 81 sn Ens9 b ashsn sean as n
England. lately acquired truly National longing for
G s i
and at once ordered supply of buckwheat -four and
cookery,3book which an American lady lent him and
there he stuck. The kitchen possessed no grddle.
lie went to he first ironmonger's and-but let him
want griddle.'
"A What, What sir if you pleaseT
The shoPmsn stops drywashins his hands to raise ,d
questioning wrinlling Of the nose. al beg your
pardon, SI but didn't quite catch what you said ~
a Srtdde-a griddle. want 10 buy gliddle'
The smile returns but mixed with pity and disap-
pontment. "Ah, yes, TO be sure-a-a-what was II.
"A griddlen
Smile v@nshes altOssthsr and cold ipdinerencs g &C
drcpped sTS at certainty of failure Of : tradeJ
Don't keep 'emi Isn't this" Cooking round at the
Z IronmongeTy i yoa please, sir" {" SIR comes
back from force Of habit
pause. The shopman's face becomes statuesquc
while he sare in silence out Of the door and strokes
his chin Presently he looks round and says, mechan
lcally Any thing else today, sir?'
"Hnmph. Where can get one?'
GERS"
Look here. DO you know what griddle ISIS
Z" Well, no. SIR, don'tf
Never one"
=" Never saw ones
" Never heard OF One?f
" Never heard OF one"
&" DO you know what fryng-pan isl'
" Really, ny good sir' getting familiar, The Brit
lsh tradeSmanS certain sign Of Intentional dispect
must ask YOU 70 tel me If you want anything IN
i" / want gliddle."
a. wonder, Thomas" said the tradesman's wife,
who at the sound of husbands voice an unusual
tone, has come forward from the ntle room at the
back Of the shop, wonder If the gentleman means
girdle?"
The husbands face lights up at chance Of business
after all "Ah! You mean a girdle, sir, dessay
"No, don't. / mean griddle, If you haven't
got one. !" Turns to 60.
One moment, sir.o says the wife do you mean ~
etc; describes griddiel. --,,,,.
I've call it sIlde sir; lea lesstways they do IN
& have Sns no Gs for h Gy M Baf
| could get YOU one, couldn't we, Thomas!'
/ make no doubt We could, sir. Allow me to pro-
| How long win II take1'
" Tod9y's Tuesday Hum, Must order it from
Great scott hlnburgh's in Scotland, isn't it ~
sure it amt somewherc up the Mediterranean
Going to order it by telephone. via the suez Canal?'
The mans wie.wSo is by FAR the better business man
Of The two laughs moGsst @ w eenee sr a9d NNl SANS y
promise prom s'id il BY MONDAY"
"I'Il tell you what II can't get anywhere
else You you may may .,..
{" ! came back" s,id my friend, "in couple Of
! hours considerably unstarched had tried az least
dozen hardware establishments, but without success
They didn't even know what girile was. let alone
wish you could have seen it whom II came. It must
have been ward In diameter and had great handle
f. over the fire. sent L back to the shop saving
| there must be some mistake aS my Kitchen wasnt
| round and | hadn't ordered an iron floor for H.
guess the buchwheat and syrup will keep tn gel
| back 10 America