MEXICAN COOK'S METHOD.
A good Mexican mistress of the house of worry- iu a manner that is almost nukriotfyT.in the United States. The cook is given"; So much a day, and with this auiountisho ,toll-purchase each, morning all the provisions if Br'the day, including oven tho staples ihat are usually bought in large quantities » other countries. On about four ,shillings._a\ day a. cook will provide a very good tabic for • a family of tlireo or four, and get" enough beans and tortillas and chile to set the servants' tablo besides; They can really t'o better than their mistresses, because; they,"!qan usually drive sharpen bargains market-men of ;l;oir own class, and they have more patience /> haggle over the last-'peSny.—San Antonio •'Express." ' j '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 5
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121MEXICAN COOK'S METHOD. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 224, 15 June 1908, Page 5
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