Irma S. Rombauer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime.
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Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg.
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May your rice never burn,' is the New Year's greeting of the Chinese. 'May it never be gummy,' is ours.
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Dried peas and beans, being rather on the dull side, much like dull people respond readily to the right contacts.
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Correct the seasoning' - how that time-tested direction stimulates the born cook!
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The soufflé is considered the prima donna of the culinary world. The timbale is her more even-tempered relative. On closer acquaintance, both become quite tractable and are great glamorizers for leftover foods.
-- Irma S. Rombauer -
The soufflé is considered the prima donna of the culinary world. The timbale is her more even-tempered relative. On closer acquaintance, both become quite tractable and are great glamorizers for leftover foods.
-- Irma S. Rombauer
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But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment, but the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime.
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If one is not oneself a sage or saint, the best thing one can do is to study the words of those who were.
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Not what we think, but what we do, / Makes saints of us: all stiff and cold, / The outlines of the corpse show through / The cloth of gold.
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I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
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Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.
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If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.
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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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