. Recollections of Auton House .. . he was evermarried. I pity the rash youth who linkedhis fate to hers, because she who thor- • oughly believed in the old adage that toomany cooks spoil the broth could surelydispense with any masculine suggestions inregard to the matrimonial pottage. It issafe to predict that if Rosannah ever wasa bride it must have been for a brief and sanguinary period. Shewas what might be termed a cross cook, but ah ! was nt she a goodone though ? To watch her manipulate a Rhode Island turkey going round doing good in the bright tin-kitchen, gave one anappetite for dinne
. Recollections of Auton House .. . he was evermarried. I pity the rash youth who linkedhis fate to hers, because she who thor- • oughly believed in the old adage that toomany cooks spoil the broth could surelydispense with any masculine suggestions inregard to the matrimonial pottage. It issafe to predict that if Rosannah ever wasa bride it must have been for a brief and sanguinary period. Shewas what might be termed a cross cook, but ah ! was nt she a goodone though ? To watch her manipulate a Rhode Island turkey going round doing good in the bright tin-kitchen, gave one anappetite for dinner. Once on the skewer and before the roaringwood fire, it was a mere question of time that separated you from adish fit for the gods. With the air of an expert she opened theroaster to inspect the savory process. Her dredger in one hand, andlong spoon in the other, she basted the blistering bird with theflour, and poured the sputtering gravy over its magnificent breast,with all the dignity of a queen. When the turkey was ready to. 80 RECOLLECTIONS OF AUTON HOUSE. be served a fragrant cloud enveloped it which penetrated to thedining-room. The great mountain of breast was blistered andbrowned with half an inch of aromatic dressing. No tough, yellowpin-feathered legs stuck up before you, but lovely, bulging drum-sticks, dripping with gravy, and folded together in peaceful satis-faction. Its liver and manly gizzard were huddled together, justunder the sides of the home where they had lived, and a suspicion ofonion and sweet marjoram permeated the air in the immediate vi-cinity.
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