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Through a dreary waste of devastated country a little group of refugees plodded in silence. All about them lay fields and orchards which had been torn and uprooted as though by some unbelievable whirlwind. At a watering trough along the road they halted, facing the sign: COMPULSORY DRINKING STATION Adults, 1 quart Children, 1 pint
These were on his wedding-day, and on the birthday of each of his little family; on these occasions he used to invite two or three neighbours to his house, and to indulge himself, as he said, in great excess; for so he called drinking a pint of very small punch; and, indeed, it might appear excess to one who on other days rarely tasted any liquor stronger than small beer.
'Why, there ain't more than 'arf a pint; that's not much use for a Royal 'Ighness. She poured it into a glass. Alice reached across the table, raised the glass to her lips, and emptied it. Then she threw off hat, tippet, and gloves, and seated herself But in a moment she was up and at the cupboard. 'Now, mother, you don't you don't say as there's not a pickle! Her tone was deeply reproachful.
He nodded, got up briskly, held up his train, and dragged his high stool to the table, scrambled up, and established himself. "Look at that!" said the Colonel triumphantly. "That youngster hasn't just eaten a pint o' syrup." Mac was coming slowly up behind Kaviak with a face that nobody liked looking at.
Then add half a pint of white stock which will be enough for a small bunch of carrots; simmer them for fifteen minutes and then break in three whole eggs, taking care that they fall apart from each other. This is nearly as good if you use old carrots sliced, instead of the young ones. Take two earthenware pots and put some tomatoes to stew in one, in water, pepper, and salt.
Then the trunk descended, to be recharged and disappear again, and Peter, as the trunk was withdrawn, seized the supply-vessel and drew it right away. "Don't believe there's half a pint left," he grumbled. "What about Mister Archie?
Boil a pint of washed rice in milk or water, till soft, put in a lump of butter, five eggs, and sugar to your taste, season with essence of lemon, or lemon peel, and mix in cream to make it thin enough to pour, bake it in paste, in deep plates. A Pudding Of Corn Meal.
One pint of greengage plums, after being rubbed through a sieve, one large cup of sugar, the yolks of two eggs well beaten. Whisk all together until light and foamy, then bake in small patty-pans shells of puff paste a light brown.
In any other situation the allowance might have been sufficient, and existence might be supported upon it; but under that broiling sun, that seemed to dry up the very blood in our veins, our thirst became almost insupportable, and the pint of water could be gulped down without affording the slightest relief. I am certain that half a gallon would scarce have sufficed to quench my thirst.
Put a pint of milk over the fire in a double boiler, add three level tablespoonfuls of cornstarch moistened in a little cold milk. Cook until thick and smooth. Take from the fire, add the beaten yolks of four eggs, and work in slowly two tablespoonfuls of butter. Add a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. When cool add the juice of a lemon or four tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
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