And haven't you been saddened hundreds of times when reflecting upon
the disregard of details that makes of a dish of salt-fish and cream
nothing but a pasty and altogether horrid mess? But a dish of salted
cod becomes delicacy itself if the fish is shredded while raw, all
skin and bone removed, washed several times in cold water and cooked
in plenty of fresh water; then it should be drained and covered with
cream, which has been heated and thickened with an egg or two beaten
up well in a tablespoonful or so of cream; add a dash of cayenne, to
give it a zest, and you have prepared for breakfast or luncheon a
dainty that will quite justify you in fancying yourself for the rest
of the day. And that's a wonderfully comfortable state of mind in
which to find oneself.