...Leekes, Onyons and Garlicke
(Leeks, Onions and Garlic)
"If Leekes you like, but do their smell dis-like,
Eat Onyons, and you shall not smell the Leeke;
If you of Onyons would the scent expell,
Eat Garlicke, that shall drowne the Onyons' smell."
Dr. William Kitchiner,
'The Cook's Oracle'.
There is in every cook's opinion
No savoury dish without an onion:
But lest your kissing should be spoiled
The onion must be thoroughly boiled.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
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