Taming of the Shrew, iv. 5.
" 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." — Romeo and Juliet.
*' Tour 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.
" 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 Shrew, iv. 5.
" Come you to seek the lamb here ? " — Measure for Measure.
VEGETABLES AND SALADS.
" Good cabbage, good cabbage." — Merry Wives of Windsor.
" You can eat a leek." — Henry F. 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 I where's the roll ? "—2 Henry IV. iii. 2.
" Oh, green and glorious ! oh, herbaceous treat 1
'T would tempt the dying anchorite to eat ;
Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul.
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl I " — Sydney Stnith.
"For if you do but taste this cold,
'Twill make your spirits rise." — Burns.
CLASSICAL BILL OF FARE QUOTATIONS 847
SWEETS AND DESSERT.
** Puddings and flapjacks moreover."- Periclea, Prince of Tyre.
" My wife desired some damsons." — Henry VI. ii. 1.
" The fig of Spain." — Henry IV. iii. 6.
*' Hang him, rogue, he lives on stewed prunes and dried cakes."
Henry IV, iv. 1.
•' To pick a salad." — Henry VI. iv. 10.
" You Banbury cheese." — Merry Wives of Windsor, i. I,
" My Aqua Vitse." — Merry Wives of m,ndsor, ii. 1.
" Things sweet to taste, prove indigestion sour." — ShakesjJeare,
" While tumbling down the turbid stream,
Lord love us, how we apples swim ! " — D. Mallett.
" Wouldst thou eat, both eat thy cake and have it 1 "
G. Herhert.
" Sir Toby. Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there
shall be no more cakes and ale ?
Clown. Yes, by Saint Anne ! and ginger shall be hot i' the
mouth too." — Twelfth Night.
•' After-dinner talk
Across the walnuts and the wine."
Tennyson, The Miller's Daughter.
" A surfeit of the sweetest things."
Midsummer Night* s Dream,
" A piece of ice ! " — Taming of the Shrew.
"Trifies as light as 2i\x."— Othello.
" There's half-a-dozen sweets." — Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2.
" The queen of curds and cream." — Winter's Tale, iv. 3.
" Hercules did shake down mellow fruit." — Coriolaims, iv. 6,
" Feed him with apricots and dewberries ;
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries."
Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 1.
" There's a medlar for thee, eat it." — Timon of Athens, iv. 3.
" Meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat, and lips to
open." — As You Like It, v. 1.
SAVOURIES.
" To make the matter savoury." — Hamlet.
"We'll mend our dinners here." — Comedy of Errors.
" The daintiest that they taste."— 2 Henry I V.
" Pretty little tiny kickshaws." — 2 Henry I V.
WINES.
" Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who
aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."
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Taming of the Shrew, iv. 5.
" 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." — Romeo and Juliet.
*' Tour 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.
" 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 Shrew, iv. 5.
" Come you to seek the lamb here ? " — Measure for Measure.
VEGETABLES AND SALADS.
" Good cabbage, good cabbage." — Merry Wives of Windsor.
" You can eat a leek." — Henry F. 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 I where's the roll ? "—2 Henry IV. iii. 2.
" Oh, green and glorious ! oh, herbaceous treat 1
'T would tempt the dying anchorite to eat ;
Back to the world he'd turn his fleeting soul.
And plunge his fingers in the salad bowl I " — Sydney Stnith.
"For if you do but taste this cold,
'Twill make your spirits rise." — Burns.
CLASSICAL BILL OF FARE QUOTATIONS 847
SWEETS AND DESSERT.
** Puddings and flapjacks moreover."- Periclea, Prince of Tyre.
" My wife desired some damsons." — Henry VI. ii. 1.
" The fig of Spain." — Henry IV. iii. 6.
*' Hang him, rogue, he lives on stewed prunes and dried cakes."
Henry IV, iv. 1.
•' To pick a salad." — Henry VI. iv. 10.
" You Banbury cheese." — Merry Wives of Windsor, i. I,
" My Aqua Vitse." — Merry Wives of m,ndsor, ii. 1.
" Things sweet to taste, prove indigestion sour." — ShakesjJeare,
" While tumbling down the turbid stream,
Lord love us, how we apples swim ! " — D. Mallett.
" Wouldst thou eat, both eat thy cake and have it 1 "
G. Herhert.
" Sir Toby. Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there
shall be no more cakes and ale ?
Clown. Yes, by Saint Anne ! and ginger shall be hot i' the
mouth too." — Twelfth Night.
•' After-dinner talk
Across the walnuts and the wine."
Tennyson, The Miller's Daughter.
" A surfeit of the sweetest things."
Midsummer Night* s Dream,
" A piece of ice ! " — Taming of the Shrew.
"Trifies as light as 2i\x."— Othello.
" There's half-a-dozen sweets." — Love's Labour's Lost, v. 2.
" The queen of curds and cream." — Winter's Tale, iv. 3.
" Hercules did shake down mellow fruit." — Coriolaims, iv. 6,
" Feed him with apricots and dewberries ;
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries."
Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 1.
" There's a medlar for thee, eat it." — Timon of Athens, iv. 3.
" Meaning thereby that grapes were made to eat, and lips to
open." — As You Like It, v. 1.
SAVOURIES.
" To make the matter savoury." — Hamlet.
"We'll mend our dinners here." — Comedy of Errors.
" The daintiest that they taste."— 2 Henry I V.
" Pretty little tiny kickshaws." — 2 Henry I V.
WINES.
" Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who
aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."
Boswell, Life of Job limn.
848 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY