tion."
" All cheeses require the addition of bread, or of some other such
farinaceous matter ; because fat, and nitrogenous sustenance, (which
constitute cheese) must be supplemented in the human diet by starchy,
or sweet, nutriment, (carbohydrates).
Concerning
this eminently national form of popular food Charles Dickens was an
enthusiastic writer, thus : "Lastly, to crown all"—at the "Maypole,"
Chigwell: (Barnaby Rudge),—of which famous inn (built in the
days of King Henry VIII) the bar was " the very snuggest, cosiest, and
completest that ever the wit of man devised," " a stupendous Cheese
displayed its huge bulk, as typical of the immense resources of the
establishment, and its defiance to all visitors, to cut, and come
again. Such amazing bottles, too, in old oaken pigeon-holes; such
gleaming tankards dangling from pegs at about the same inclination as
thirsty men would hold them to their lips ; such sturdy little Dutch,
kegs ranged in rows on shelves ; so many lemons hanging in separate
nets, and forming a fragrant grove (of refreshing perfume), suggestive,
together with goodly loaves of snowy sugar stowed away hard by,—of
punch, idealized beyond all mortal knowledge ; such closets, such
presses, such drawers full of pipes, such places for putting away
things, in hollow window-seats. All crammed to the throat with
eatables, and drinkables, or savoury condiments."
Again,
this famous old Maypole Inn, on a bitter wintry night, with a furious
storm of keen north wind, and sharp dense sleet, and black darkness out
of doors, is described as to its internal warmth, and wealth of
hospitable resources, and glowing abundance of creature comforts, with
inimitable force of pictured
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