Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 23
she couldonly do one kind at a time, she had ten kettles,each as big as a dinner-table. During forty-eighthours the cooking went on; a dozen scullions blewthe fire and put on the fuel. Mother Mitchel, with a spoon that four modern cooks could hardlylift, never ceased stirring and trying the… … MOTHER MITCHEL TASTES THE SWEETMEATS. exquisite consistency, color, and perfume. WithMother Mitchel there was no such word as fail.When each kind of sweetmeat was finished, sheskimmed it, and put it away to cool in enormousbowls before potting. She did not use for this theusual little glass or…
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