It is natural that man should seek to feed on flesh; he has too small a stomach to be supported alone by fruit, which has not sufficient nourishment to renovate him. It is possible he might subsist on vegetables; but their preparation needs the knowledge of art, only to be obtained after the lapse of many centuries. (540)
Isabella wrote this somewhere in the years 1859-1861 (her monthly supplements to The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine were collected and published in 1861 as the mammoth Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management). So not even two centuries have lapsed — we're way early!
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Just when I think I have found all of the aussie blogs, I find another one. I will add it to the list on my blog.
I love the cupcake icing in the previous post, I'm so lazy and always just spread it on.
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