poee-pudding

Updated: May 24, 2025

So, that in Valapee the very beggars are born with a snug investment in their mouths; too soon, however, to be appropriated by their lords; leaving them toothless for the rest of their days, and forcing them to diet on poee-pudding and banana blanc-mange.

Herman Melville - Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I