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Date: 11 January 2005 10:42:54
...and as tender as a young lady's heart, all owing to my skilful cookery; for I consulted Mrs. Hale (Sarah Hale's cookbook) at every step, and precisely followed her directions. To say the truth, I look upon it as such a masterpiece in its way, that it seems irreverential to eat it. Things on which so much thought and labor are bestowed should surely be immortal....."
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1844), fending for himself while his wife was away
Last night I was hungry. I rooted around in the fridge for a stomach-rumbling minute and happened upon half of a tin of baked beans. Result! Next to hand was a packet of sliced corned beef. Thoughts of cowboy-style food started to enter my hunger-addled brain and before I knew where I was the delightful concoction was sitting on a pile of steaming toast before me.
Now you know my secret: I am a corned beef lover.