THE WEONG SAUCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 26, 16 January 1878, Page 3

THE WEONG SAUCE.

The contributor of amusing morcaux to the '• Saturday Advertiser " says : — When lunching at Watson's on Monday last, a little incident occured which is worth recording; Whilst making anatomical observations on a fried flounder, a tall, lanky, white-washed-American-looking: gent perched; on, the opposite seat, and called for a grilled steak. The dish M r as served up m due course, and my vis a pis. proceeded to extend a meed of justice to the meat. Observing me pour some anchovy sauce on my fish, he reached across 'the table for the bottle, and plastered his steak over with a thick coating of the piscatorial relish. No sooner, however, had he taken a mouthful of the beef, than he twisted the muscles of his face into the very perfection of contorted ugliness* and exclaimed m a voice of ai>,guflsh, "I reckon, stranger, this yer meat is a kind o'sour, or' else it's those darned tomasters that have spoilt it," and ho- h«Jd up. the bottle of anchovy sauce to his nose.. I explained to him that the bottle contained fish sauce, but he was not to be convmced. Pushing the plate from him,. »»d! rising from the table m disgust^ he remarked,. "Oh, no mister, you can't have me y, I know the color of tomarter sauce when I see it."