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dered”notfittoeat”bynewfoundlandvillagers.

    usselsseris,but

    eatoystersraerisdo.itisuseless,forinstance,foranybodyto

    nvisasteslikechi.ihavelivedinafortyyears

    yrelativesdoso.talesofeatingsnakes

    travelfasterthantalesofeatingtuallyorehisthantheuuriositytotheese

    asitistothefners.

    allonesayisthatan

    takeanythingoffaesetableofnse

    dianrtalstoa

    nuntilhekno

    faneans.soofushavebeenforioeatbabies梐nd

    eventhisstbehunlyrare梑ut,thankgod,rahe

    englisheattheirbeef

    ifthereisanything,itisherreligionnorleaing,butfood.

    eatingasohefeahisquestionof

    attitudeisveryiortant,forunlessaboutito

    lifteatingandokingintoanartthedifferenof

    foodisrepresentedineuropebythefrendtheenglish.thefre

    enthusiastically,heenglisheatapologeticallytheesenationalgenius

    decidedlyleanstoatteroffeedingourselves.

    thedangerofnottakingfoodseriouslyandallotodegeeintoaslipshod

    businessybestudiedintheenglishnationallife.iftheyhadknoastefor

    foodtheirlanguage.theenglishlanguagedoesnotprovideawordfor

    allitjust”oking.”theyhavenoproperheyjustcall

    hiok.theydonotspeakabouttheirnu,butknoarecalled

    ”dishes.”andtheyhaveheyjustcallhigreedygut”intheir

    nurseryrhys.thetruthis,theenglishdonotadtthattheyhaveastoo

    stochisfitforiohappenstobe”sick9or”ag.”theresult

    isthatansto

    theenglishnd梚odestgestures,theenglishnhardlyvealk

    aboutthe”food”ofhis”ok”pairingthebeautyofhislanguage.when

    hardpressedbyhisfrenightbeutterbeteeththat

    ”thatpuddingisaatterrest.nouddingisgood

    itisgoodforsodefinitereasons,andabouttheseprobletheenglishndoes

    notbotherhielf.alltheenglishareiedinishoselves

    againstinfluenza,ashbovril,andsavethedoctorsbills.

    nodevelopanationalaryartunlessyouareodiscussit

    andexgeyouropinionsonitthefi

    ...

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