Memoirs of a stomach / written by himself.

  • Sydney Whiting
Date:
[between 1850 and 1859]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Memoirs of a stomach / written by himself. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attributed to the flavour of the poor fellow’s tears. The powder, it is true, cast a doubt as to the cor- rectness of my surmises; but with exquisite ima- gination I looked upon this as some of that dust blown back into the faces of the men, vrhich their master had endeavoured to throw into the eyes of the pubhc, when they playfully affirmed that their beer is genuine. Another cataract of black liquor, however distracted my attention; and when the money chinked upon the counter, the name of this extraordinary little stranger (which was not wel- come) was pronounced for the first time in my hear- ing, and the word Oyster was indelibly impressed upon my memory for evermore. Since that time I have had occasion to re- ceive these creatures with extreme courtesy under all forms and circumstances scolloped, stewed, buttered, devilled, with beards and without beards but to tbe young, ingenuous stomach like my- self at this moment, the raw oyster, boiled with adjuncts of strong vinegar and black pepper, and washed down with a semi-opaque fluid, will ever present features for recollection to linger
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