HUSBANDS ARE DELICIOUS WHEN PROPERLY DONE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2218, 12 February 1886, Page 2

HUSBANDS ARE DELICIOUS WHEN PROPERLY DONE

Miss Corson said at the Baltimore cooking school that a Baltimore lady had written a recipe for "cooking husbands so as to make them tender and good." It is as follows: "A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Some women go about it as if their husbands were bladders, and blow thenj u,p, Others keep them constantly in \ai water; others let them tym W weir carelessness ant] indifference, borne keep them in pickle all their lives, It cannot be supposed that any husband will be tender and good, managed in this way, but they are really delicious when properly treated, In selecting your husband you should not be guided by the silvery appearance, as in buying mackerel, nor by the golden tint, as if you wanted salmon. Be sure to select him yourself, as tastes differ, Do not go to market for him, as the best are always brought to your door. It is far better to have none unless you will patiently learn how to' cook him. A preserving kettle of the finest porcelain is best, but if you have nothing but'an earthenware pipkin, it will' do, with care, See that'the linen in which you wrap him is nicely washed ind mended, with the required number of buttons and strings nicely sewed on. Tie him in the kettle by a strong silk cord called comfort, as the one called duty is apt to be weak. They are apt to fly out of the kettle and be burned and crusty on the edges, since, like crabs and lobster,?, you have to cook them while alive. Make a clear, steady fire out of love, neatn'esSj and cheerfulness, ' Set him as near this as seems to agjjee with'' |irn, If he. splutterii and fn?zes, da not'ba' anxious; somehqsban'ds'do until they" ar'o quite done. Add a little sugar in wlpt confectioners call kisses, but no, vinegar or pepper on any accqunt. A little spice improves them, but it njust'be used with judgment. Do not stick any sharp in. strument jntp him, to. see if he {s becoming Wer, Stjr. Eiin, gently; watch, the While, lest he lie too flat and dose to the kettle, and so beoome useless. You cannot fail to know when he is done. If thus treated you will find him very digestible, agreeing nicely with you and the children, and he will keep as long as you want, unlesa you become careless and put him in too cold a place.—Free Lance,