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How to Cook a Husband
By: HOLLAND Date: January 9, 2018, 8:53 am
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This is an interesting article that appears from time to time in
old-fashioned cookbooks. Supposedly, the article first appeared
in cookbooks during the 1700s. I hope you all enjoy it! :D
HTML http://www.susancanthony.com/res/cookhus.html
How to Cook a Husband
A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Some
women keep them constantly in hot water; others let them freeze
by their carelessness and indifference. Some keep them in a stew
by irritating ways and words. Others roast them; some keep them
in a 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. Don’t go to the market for him, as the best
are always brought to your door. It is far better to have none
unless you know how to cook him. A preserving kettle of 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 and
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 and they are
apt to fly out of the kettle and be burned and crusty on the
edges, since like crabs and lobsters, you have to cook them
alive. Make a clear steady fire out of love, neatness, and
cheerfulness. Set him as near this as seems to agree with him.
If he sputters and fizzles, do not be anxious; some husbands do
this till they are quite done.
Add a little sugar in the form of what confectioners call
kisses, but no vinegar or pepper on any account; a little spice
improves them, but it must be used with judgment. Do not stick
any sharp instruments into him to see if he is becoming tender.
Stir him gently; watch the while, lest he lie too flat and too
close to the kettle, and so becomes 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, unless you become careless and
set him in too cold a place. Thus prepared, he will serve for a
lifetime of happiness.
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