Excerpt from The Mendelssohn Club Cook Book: This Book Contains 1394 Valuable Receipts With Instructions for Cooking and Serving Them, Also Menus for Social Functions "In every work, regard the writer's end Since none can compass more than ...
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Author: Mendelssohn Club
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 1330437837
Category: Cooking
Page: 410
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Excerpt from The Mendelssohn Club Cook Book: This Book Contains 1394 Valuable Receipts With Instructions for Cooking and Serving Them, Also Menus for Social Functions "In every work, regard the writer's end Since none can compass more than they intend, And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial fault, is due." - Pope. There is still in existence a tradition, well grounded but not well founded, to the effect that the artistic temperament and the domestic sciences have but little in common; that they blend about as harmoniously as the proverbial oil and water. Just who is responsible for its origin is not known, but undoubtedly it comes down to us from the dark ages, as one who had any light on the subject could never have been so blinded to the truth. However, truth and tradition often meet as strangers. That a musician may also be an accomplished cook, is demonstrated every day. And why not? Are not both accomplishments classified under that much abused name of Art? True, one may be "art for art's sake" and the other, art for the stomach's sake; but, nevertheless, both are found in the same category. And one familiar with art in any of its branches is already partially equipped to understand its many phases. For example, harmony is a basic principal in music, pursued with never ceasing vigilance, and what is more important in household economics than harmony, even in the culinary department? This argument is not intended as a vindication, for the position taken does not require that. It is merely for the enlightenment of any who hitherto may have sat in darkness. A word to the scoffer is sufficient. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.