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It must be done evenly and nicely. Put it into a deep china dish, and prepare for it the following dressing. Melt in a sauce-pan a quarter of a pound of butter, with half a pint of water, a large table-spoonful of vinegar, a salt-spoon of salt, and a little cayenne. Give this a boil up, and pour it hot upon the cabbage. Send it to table as soon as it is cold.
"Now Baxter," he pursued, beginning to draw diagrams on the table-cloth with the salt-spoon, "knowing me as you do, what course should you advise me to adopt?" "You mean, Mr. George, speaking as between man and man of course, you mean that you are in the unfortunate position of being crossed in your affections, sir?" "Also heart-broken, Baxter." "Certainly, sir!"
His gleaming little service of plate was so arranged upon his sideboard as that a slack salt-spoon would have instantly betrayed itself; his toilet implements were so arranged upon his dressing-table as that a toothpick of slovenly deportment could have been reported at a glance. So with the curiosities he had brought home from various voyages.
If properly made, standing all night will not injure it. It will be much improved by adding to the mixture, a salt-spoon of pearl-ash, or sal-aratus, dissolved in a little water. Sift into a large pan a pound and a half of flour, and rub into it half a pound of butter.
"Because, sir, speaking as your father's old servant, Master George, I make bold to say that I don't believe that you have ever been in love, or even know what love is, Master George, sir." Bellew picked up the salt-spoon, balanced it very carefully upon his finger, and put it down again.
It is the duty of those at the head and foot of the table to offer it. To blow soup to cool it, or to pour tea or coffee into a saucer for the same purpose, are acts of awkwardness never seen in polite society. Wait until they are cool enough to be pleasant. Use the salt-spoon, butter-knife, and sugar-tongs even when you are alone. If you want to cough, sneeze, or blow your nose, leave the table.
"Of late I have observed sundry cases in which, having found the right, people deliberately desert it for the wrong. . . . A generation ago salt-cellars were made of convenient shapes either ellipses or elongated parallelograms: the advantage being that the salt-spoon, placed lengthwise, remained in its place.
"Of course," said Lexman, leaning back and toying with a salt-spoon, "in writing a story where one hasn't got to deal with the absolute possibilities, one could always have made Kara have a safe of that character in order to make his escape in the event of danger.
I saw one cured of his thievish propensities for a long time. He always loafed about the kitchen when dinner was being served, and if the cook turned his back for a moment, his long neck was thrust through the window, and anything within reach from an onion to a salt-spoon disappeared with marvellous celerity.
They measured out a cup of sugar and one-third of a cup of water; but there was a halt when it was discovered that there was no salt-spoon in the house. The man's wife came to their rescue, however, by giving them some idea of the size of such a spoon. Then it was found that they had no cream of tartar.
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