HUSBANDS ARE DELICIOUS WHEN PROPERLY DONE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1217, 27 January 1886, Page 6

HUSBANDS ARE DELICIOUS WHEN PROPERLY DONE.

A IBaltimore lady has written a recipe for " cooking husbands so as to make them tender and good." It i 8 as follows : " A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Some women go about it <j.s if their husbands were bladders, and blow them up. Others keep them constantly in hot water ,• others let them freeze by their carelessness and indifference. Some keep them in a stew by irritating ways and words. Others roast them. Some keep them in pickle all their lives. It cannot be supposed that any husband will be tender and good, managed in this way, but they are really delicious when properly treated. £n selecting your husband you should not be guided by the silvery appearance, as in buying mackerel, nor by the golden tint, as if you wanted salmon. Be sure to select him yourself, as tastes differ, Do not go to market for him, as the beat are always brought to your door. It is far better to have none unless you will patieatly learn how to cook him. A preserving kettle of the finest porcelain is best, but if you have nothing but an earthenware .pipkin, it will do, with care. See that the liueu in which you wrap him

is nicely washed and mended, with the required number of buttons and strings nicely sewed on. Tie him in the kettle by a strong silk cord called comfort, as the one called duty is apt to be weak. They are apt to fly out of the kettle and be burned and crusty on the edges, since, like crabs and lobsters, you have to cook them while alive. Make a clear, steady fire out of love, neatness and cheerfulness. Set him as near this as seema to agree with him. If he sputters and fizzes, do not be anxious ; some husbands do this until they are quite done. Add a little sugar in tbe form of what confectioners call kisses, but no vinegar or pepper on any acouut. A little spice improves them, but it must be used with judgment. Do not stick any sharp instrument into him to see if he is becoming tender Stir him gently ; watch the while, lest he lie too flat and close to the kettle, and so become useless: sfou cannot fail to know when he is done. If thus treated you will find him very digestible, agreeing nicely with you and the children, and he will keep as long as you want, unless you become careless and put him I in too cool a place."