June 1887
s Prince, Edward's love affairs and extravagant lifestyle often offended his mother (Queen Victoria), who steadfastly excluded him from participation in public affairs. His youthful indiscretions as Prince of Wales, however, were largely a reaction to Victoria's impossibly virtuous (Victorian) standards. Lady Beaconsfield once suggested that Queen Victoria's son must be a great comfort to her. "Comfort?" the queen replied. "Why, I caught him smoking, a fortnight [two weeks] after his dear father died!"June 1887
We present an excerpt from Elizabeth Lea's work on proper food preparation. It must be said that our resident cook, maid and Amazon Helen does not agree with Mrs. Lea's teachings to young ladies and to respect her wishes we have left out the more objectionable parts. Unfortunately I can not provide exact words by which Helen indicates her opinion of the work, because it is all spoken in Russian. Hubbard claims there is great value in some of the recipes and ways to prepare archaic dishes, and to humor the old watchmaker we will occasionally produce such text as is deemed appropriate for this forum. These quaint lines of prose are provided for your entertainment and information. Even though Hubbard swears by some of the preparation techniques, it is not advised to directly copy procedures unless completely familiar with modern cooking.
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