English roast-beef cannot be compared to American roast-beef - it is so superior.

We think that curry is very good and necessary on the borders of the Ganges River - but not on the Hudson or thereabouts.

Muffins, and other cakes or pastes, served warm are very bad for the stomach and teeth.

Opossum, otter, raccoon, skunk, fox, woodchuck, and other like animals: we cannot say that we have had much experience in cooking the above animals.

Frogs: the hind legs only are used as food. Take the hind-legs of fifty well-skinned green frogs, put them in cold water then simmer on the fire for about four hours.

Tstchy soup: put four pounds of beef into a soup-kettle (the poorer classes always use mutton) with a chicken or a duck, pork, sausages and vegetables. Cover with fish broth and a head of cabbage and simmer for about three hours.