But this little talk shall be of the addenda of the dinner. Know what
addenda means, don't you? Well, call them "fixin's," then. Nowadays
grape fruit is a hard and fast "fixin'" of a Thanksgiving Day dinner.
Before the soup it comes on cut in halves with the seeds removed and
also all of the white pith in the centre of each half with a pair of
sharp scissors. Then by the taste of them it is evident that about an
hour before they were put on the table they had a lump of sugar and a
teaspoonful of rum put into each half, after which little refection
they reposed on the ice till wanted. Don't go on the principle that if
a little rum is good more must be better and try to float the fruit
in--that would have been hailed as a rank outrage even by Captain
Shaddock himself--but just be content to see how potent a little bit
of rum can be in good company.