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After the soup more of the same fowl with the hairs was served roasted, and then curd pasties, very greasy, and with a great deal of sugar. Little appetising as all this was, Nekhludoff hardly noticed what he was eating; he was occupied with the thought which had in a moment dispersed the sadness with which he had returned from the village.
She didn't appear to be ATS and I would do her no injustice if I guessed her age as being between 30 and 40, older than the rest of the cookhouse staff. I found out very little about her except that she was Cornish but she made the most delicious cornish pasties, the real thing and they were so large that one was quite sufficient for any growing lad.
The soul of King James's confectioner good Balthazar Sanchez must, we feel sure, still contemplate his cottages at Tottenham with complacency; one hopes His Majesty was not overcharged in the matter of pasties and comfits in order to find the endowment for those cottages.
"I'm a Demshur girl, born and bred, and my father and mother was the same before me. I ain't none of your Britons nor Cornish pasties neither, nor nothing like 'em." "No, you are a thoroughbred Devonshire dumpling, we know," said Dan soothingly, "and not so bad considering, and you can make a pasty like a native, though you aren't one, and never will be. It is a pity too, for Jabez only likes "
If you will have it of an Amber colour, then boil it with a quick fire, that is all the difference of the colouring of it. To make Marmalet of Oranges, or Orange Cakes, &c. Touching Pastrey and Pasties. To make Sugar Cakes.
'Must he have dinner? 'Too heavy for a tired man at the end of a tedious journey. 'Tea, then? 'Not substantial enough. 'High tea, then? There is cold fowl, rabbit-pie, some pasties, and things of that kind. 'Yes, high tea. 'Must I pour out his tea, papa? 'Of course; you are the mistress of the house.
We could not, of course, have evening receptions for our poor hungry countrymen in the absence of my mother, and with such sorrow upon us all, but Lady Ommaney and I did contrive pies and pasties, and all sorts of food that could be sent as gifts without offence to the families we thought most straitened.
Ducks, geese, and chickens innumerable were also cooking; while, for the table in the hold, at which the principal guests sat down, were trout, game, and venison pasties. Here wine was provided, while outside a long row of barrels of beer were broached, for the commonalty. Dinner over, there was singing and dancing. Alwyn had engaged, and sent from Alnwick, a score of musicians.
"I don't want anything but a cup of tea and a piece of toast now," said her grandmother in answer to Jessie's question. "Won't you have some of the jelly Miss Barley brought you?" "No, child. I feel much more inclined for a cup of tea. If you've got any fire in I'd like a slice of toast, but if you haven't I'll have a piece of dry bread. I dare say you'd like one of the little apple pasties Mrs.
Vassie was enthusiastic about the idea, and soon the house was in a ferment with preparations; bottles of cider were brought out, a stone puncheon of beer produced for the men, cakes and pasties began to form beneath Vassie's willing hands. Ishmael felt a pang as he watched her. How could it affect her but adversely, this change he was to make?
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