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But beef is rare within these oxless isles; Goat's flesh there is, no doubt, and kid, and mutton; And, when a holiday upon them smiles, A joint upon their barbarous spits they put on.

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The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.

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WINE, n.Fermented grape-juice known to the Women's Christian Union as "liquor," sometimes as "rum." Wine, madam, is God's next best gift to man.

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EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. 'I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,' said Brillat-Savarin, beginning an anecdote. 'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.'

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When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface

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I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

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He receives comfort like cold porridge.

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Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

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Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

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An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

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Rhubarb: essence of stomach ache.

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Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.

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A hungry stomach rarely despises common food.

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Hunger is the best sauce.

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Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able.

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And Mocha's berry, from Arabia pure, In small fine china cups, came in at last. Gold cups of filigree, made to secure the hand from burning, underneath them place. Cloves, cinnamon and saffron, too, were boiled Up with the coffee, which, I think, they spoiled.

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OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor.

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Feast, n. A festival. A religious celebration usually signalized by gluttony and drunkenness, frequently in honor of some holy person distinguished for abstemiousness.

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