Guileless, as yet of the sty.” — Charles Lamb.
“ There is a fowl without a feather.” — Comedy of Errors, iii. 1.
“ A pound of man’s flesh is not so estimable,
Profitable neither, as flesh of mutton.” — Shakespeare.
“ Look to the baked meats, good Angelica,
Spare not for cost.” — Borneo and Juliet.
“ Your labouring people think, beyond all question,
Beef, veal, and mutton, better for digestion.” — Byron.
“ The strong table groans
Beneath the smoking sirloin stretched immense.” — Thomson.
Vegetables, Salads- Legumes, Salades.
“ Good cabbage, good cabbage:” — Merry Wives of Windsor.
“ You can eat a leek.” — Henry V. v. 1.
“ Salad was born to do me good.” — 2 Henry IV. iv. 10.
“ Let the sky rain potatoes.” — Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 4.
“ The roll ! where’s the roll ? 2 Henry IV. iii. 2.
“ An onion will do well is heard
From (Taming of the Shrew) — first part,
While ‘ break a biscuit ’ (Troilus
And Cresida) invite with heart.”
(Onion) — “ So near will I be that your best friends shall wish I had been further.”
Julius Casa,
(Salad) — “ Oh, green and glorious ! oh, herbaceous treat !
’Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;
Back to the world he’d turn his fleeting soul,
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl! ” — Sydney Smith.
“ A fresh appetite ” with “ salad
Born to do me good ” doth come ;
Stern (Othello) reinforces
(Henry YI.) in praise not dumb.
And the Moor commands — “ Sow lettuce ”
(Comedy of Errors) tells
“ I have brought the oil ” — emollient —
Skill a mixture rare compels.
Sift “ the salt, too, which may season ” —
(Much Ado Nothing About) ;
“ Taste of what is here ! ” (The Tempest)
• Asks to clear away all doubt. — M. F. Brown.
“ To pick a salad.” — Henry VI. iv. 10.
Roast— Roti.
“ May roast your goose ” (Macbeth) declares
And (Merry Wives of Windsor) “let
The sky potatoes rain ” — quite pat !
“This squash ” from (Winter’s Tale) you get.
“ Item — a capon.” — Henry IV. ii. 4.
“ The roasted ox with the pudding in his belly.” — Henry IV. ii. 4
“I can cut a caper.” — Twelfth Eight.
“ And I can cut the mutton to it.” — Tv)elfth Night.
“ Now is the woodcock near.” — Twelfth Night, i. v.
“ A turkey cock — ’tis no matter,
There’s no sauce for it.” — Henry IV.
“ I have a pheasant ! cock or hen ! ” — Winter’s Tale.
“ Why, here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock.” — Henry V. v. 1.
“ O dainty duck ! ” — Midsummer Night’s Dream, v. f.
(Antony and Cleopatra)
Say “ His quails e’er beat mine ” own,
But “ such toasts, and butter dressings ! ”
(Henry IV.) doth thus atone.
CLASSICAL BILL OF FARE, QUOTATIONS Sc. 699
(Henry YI.) supplies “ the partridge ”
“Trimmed and dressed” by Richard II. ;
And “the game was ne’er so fair ” — lorn
(Romeo to Juliet) beckoned. — M. F. Brown,
(Turkey) — “ Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it.” — Macbeth.
(Goose) — “We fat all creatures to fat us.” — Hamlet.
“ Now goose and turkey come, and hare,
And apple-pie and custard,
And chicken and asparagus,
And Yorkshire ham and mustard.” — Peter Pindar.
“ Oh ! the roast beef of Old England,
And oh ! the old English roast beef.” — Fielding.
“ Carve him for the gods.” — Julius Ccesar.
“ What say you to a piece of beef and mustard ? ” — Taming of the Slvreio , iv. 5.
“ Come you to seek the lamb here? ” — Measure for Measure.
“I have a gammon of bacon.” — 1 Henry IV. ii. 1.
“ Are there no young pigeons ? ” — 2 Henry IV. v. 1.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Guileless, as yet of the sty.” — Charles Lamb.
“ There is a fowl without a feather.” — Comedy of Errors, iii. 1.
“ A pound of man’s flesh is not so estimable,
Profitable neither, as flesh of mutton.” — Shakespeare.
“ Look to the baked meats, good Angelica,
Spare not for cost.” — Borneo and Juliet.
“ Your labouring people think, beyond all question,
Beef, veal, and mutton, better for digestion.” — Byron.
“ The strong table groans
Beneath the smoking sirloin stretched immense.” — Thomson.
Vegetables, Salads- Legumes, Salades.
“ Good cabbage, good cabbage:” — Merry Wives of Windsor.
“ You can eat a leek.” — Henry V. v. 1.
“ Salad was born to do me good.” — 2 Henry IV. iv. 10.
“ Let the sky rain potatoes.” — Merry Wives of Windsor, v. 4.
“ The roll ! where’s the roll ? 2 Henry IV. iii. 2.
“ An onion will do well is heard
From (Taming of the Shrew) — first part,
While ‘ break a biscuit ’ (Troilus And Cresida) invite with heart.”
(Onion) — “ So near will I be that your best friends shall wish I had been further.”
Julius Casa,
(Salad) — “ Oh, green and glorious ! oh, herbaceous treat !
’Twould tempt the dying anchorite to eat;
Back to the world he’d turn his fleeting soul,
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl! ” — Sydney Smith.
“ A fresh appetite ” with “ salad Born to do me good ” doth come ;
Stern (Othello) reinforces
(Henry YI.) in praise not dumb.
And the Moor commands — “ Sow lettuce ”
(Comedy of Errors) tells “ I have brought the oil ” — emollient —
Skill a mixture rare compels.
Sift “ the salt, too, which may season ” —
(Much Ado Nothing About) ;
“ Taste of what is here ! ” (The Tempest)
• Asks to clear away all doubt. — M. F. Brown.
“ To pick a salad.” — Henry VI. iv. 10.
Roast— Roti.
“ May roast your goose ” (Macbeth) declares And (Merry Wives of Windsor) “let The sky potatoes rain ” — quite pat !
“This squash ” from (Winter’s Tale) you get.
“ Item — a capon.” — Henry IV. ii. 4.
“ The roasted ox with the pudding in his belly.” — Henry IV. ii. 4 “I can cut a caper.” — Twelfth Eight.
“ And I can cut the mutton to it.” — Tv)elfth Night.
“ Now is the woodcock near.” — Twelfth Night, i. v.
“ A turkey cock — ’tis no matter,
There’s no sauce for it.” — Henry IV.
“ I have a pheasant ! cock or hen ! ” — Winter’s Tale.
“ Why, here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock.” — Henry V. v. 1.
“ O dainty duck ! ” — Midsummer Night’s Dream, v. f.
(Antony and Cleopatra)
Say “ His quails e’er beat mine ” own,
But “ such toasts, and butter dressings ! ”
(Henry IV.) doth thus atone.
CLASSICAL BILL OF FARE, QUOTATIONS Sc. 699
(Henry YI.) supplies “ the partridge ”
“Trimmed and dressed” by Richard II. ;
And “the game was ne’er so fair ” — lorn (Romeo to Juliet) beckoned. — M. F. Brown,
(Turkey) — “ Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving it.” — Macbeth.
(Goose) — “We fat all creatures to fat us.” — Hamlet.
“ Now goose and turkey come, and hare,
And apple-pie and custard,
And chicken and asparagus,
And Yorkshire ham and mustard.” — Peter Pindar.
“ Oh ! the roast beef of Old England,
And oh ! the old English roast beef.” — Fielding.
“ Carve him for the gods.” — Julius Ccesar.
“ What say you to a piece of beef and mustard ? ” — Taming of the Slvreio , iv. 5. “ Come you to seek the lamb here? ” — Measure for Measure.
“I have a gammon of bacon.” — 1 Henry IV. ii. 1.
“ Are there no young pigeons ? ” — 2 Henry IV. v. 1.