‘Kitchen' Superstitions

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 110, 3 February 1938, Page 5

‘Kitchen' Superstitions

= ALL nations have their o*wn brands = E of "kitchen” superstitions. Some = i old Irish cooks still believe that it | E is bad luck to transfer the salt-cellars E z from an old home into a new one = E when moving, and that if a straw E i is broken from a new broom and E = tossed into the north wind, the | E broom will always sweep clean. = = There is an old Breton superstition = E to the effect that a sprig of thyme | | bung over the fire will keep the sauce E 1 from curdling. Negro mammies pre- = E fer round pans to square ones because = E a round pan has no corners where E = evil spirits can hide. A sixteenth e E century Greek cook-book orders that E E bread dough be sprinkled with holy E = water in order to guarantee its rising. | niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiuiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiuiiuuiiiiiiiiir.