The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
A DIFFERENCE IN Two WORDS
She Was Dutiful Cook and Followed
Instructions Implicitly.
(W. d. Nesbit in Judge.)

the difference between a receipt ana
a recipe" through the ministrauons
OF an obedient cook and careless hus-
band At least, she bIames il on her
husbands carelessness. although he
pleads innocence in that respect, but II
feminine logic counts for anything, ne
merits the accusation.
Mrs. Duzzit clipped a recipe for a
new pudding from her magazine The
other day and placed it under a book
on her library table. Then she paid the
grocer's bill and threw Il with some
other settled accounts in the drawer OF
the same table. Concluding one day
to try the pudding, she said 20 Lucinda,
the cook. as she was mapping out din
ner:
You go up TO the library and tell
Mr.. Duzzit TO give you that new re-
ceipt l left about the library table.
! am going shopping, and may not get
| back until dinner Is ready, but all you
need TO do is to use just the proportion
Of ingredients given IN the receipt, and
then Wen see whether that new pud-
ding is as good as the magazine prom
ised IL would be-"
.'Yassum," said the obedient Lucinda.
Mrs. Duzzit left, and Lucinda went
10 the library.
please. suh." she remarked. II des
wants dat receipt Missus Duzzit done
] lef hyah."
What receipt" asked Mr.. Duzzit.
DE one whut tell bout all dem things
rs got ter put in dat new puddin'. She
says she put hit on de lib'ry table"
Mr.. DuZzit tossed the papers about.
| peered into the drawers. and finally
/ handed Lucinda a slip which seemed
to be what she wanted
About an hour later Lucinda raped
softly on the door of the library and
apologetically said:
. Scuse me, sub. but mus I use all
desc hyuh things whut dishyere papuh
seq ter use?"
Sure thing" answered Mr.. Duzzit.
do just as Mrs. Duzzit said you
should"
+, Lucinda returned to her kingdom,
mumbling about the pecuIiarities of the
white folks, and for the next two hours
she was busy hunting all over the
! kitchen and pantry for the necessary
articles for the pudding.
At dinner she carried the pudding in
on the largest tray in the house, and
deposited il on the serving table with
an air which said that she washed her
hands of all consequences.
What is that, Lucinda?" asked her
mistress.
DE puddin'."
THE pudding? Goodness graciousi I
/ never dreamed il would be that big.
You may help us TO some of it. though"
When MIR. Duzzit's portion was placed
before him he scanned IL critically.
shifted suspiciously, and turned it over
gingerly with his spoon.
Mrs. DuzZit, however. had the cour-
age which comes from an implicit faith
in the culinary page, and she tried a
| spoonful.
Mercy" she cried why, Lucinda,
what in the world have you put in
this?"
Muffin 'cept whut de receipt said
ter use" avowed Lucinda.
Hum" unused Mr.. DuZzit 1T must
be funny recipe"
Well" asserted Mrs. Duzzit. It
never saw such a looking affair before
in all my life. Lucinda, surely you
have made a mistake in mixing it,"
Deed l hasn't" stoutly answered
| the cook. Il done use everything des
lax de papeh said
Did they offer a cash prize to any,
! one who would eat the pudding" in
/ quired Mr.. Duzzit. Because. if they
did, | am about TO miss an opportunity
4 TO enrich myself. for l must deprive
myself Of he extreme pleasure of tack
/ ling this compound"
I II des glib nah two weeks notice
( raight now" announced Lucinda. "Yo'
all de fust white folks whut say dey
won't eat NAH coOkin', en- l know whah
dey plenty er quality folks dat glad ter
1 hab me in dey kitchen. En- / gwine
right out en- fotch in dat receipt, en- yO
see TO yo'se'fs dat I des use whut hit
say ter USE
Lucinda retreated TO the kitchen in
sable dignity, and returned solemnly
bearing the receipt" which read:
H. K. Duzzit to l. Feedam, DR..
/ "One can corn. 10 cents; one box
\ shoe polish, cents: six candles, Is
| cents; two pounds rice. 10 cents; two
/ bars washing soap, 3 cents; one, cake
/ yeast, 1 cent; bottle olive oil, 25 cents;
! one-half peck potatoes, 20 cents; one
mackerel, Is cents; three pounds
! prunes, 45 cents; ten pounds salt, 10
cents: six packages flower seed, 30
cents: one feather buster, 35 cents.
Paid"
Dab I is" said Lucinda. Dab Z is.
An dey all in dat ole puddin' ceptin'
| de han'le er dat feather dustah, en-
/ blame T l knows how TO wuk hit in
! whenst rs stirrin' uD all dat otheh
/ trash. An eff yo' all lax dat kin er
! puddin', den yo' bettah git some otheh
! lady ter ten ter de cookin' fob yo',
case ain use ter hit
But Mr.. Duzzit soberly took his wife
] by the arm, led her to the library, took
/ down the big dictionary, and pointed
out the words receipt" and recipe
] and their definitions.