Beer is the amber inspiration of the Germans, and plays its daily, hourly part in their science of entertaining.
And the pea which can be skinned, which is such a favourite with the Lithuanians, has also been immortalized by Thackeray:—
"I give thee all! I can no more,
Though poor the offering be;
Stewed duck and peas are all the store
That I can offer thee!—
A duck whose tender breast reveals
Its early youth full well,
And better still, a pea that peels
From fresh transparent shell."