The Pleasures of the Table / An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving

by George H. Ellwanger

Keep up the fire, and lively play the flame

Beneath those lobster patties;' 'Patient here,

Fix't as a statue, skim, incessant skim.'

'Steep well this small glociscus in its sauce,

And boil that sea-dog in a cullender.'

'This eel requires more salt and marjoram;'

'Roast well that piece of kid on either side

Equal;' 'That sweetbread boil not over much.'

'Tis thus, my friend, I make the concert play.

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