Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Some tanning and marking due to age. Plates are bright and clear. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Paprika! We are cheered up when uttering its amus- ingly exotic name which has so sprightly a rhythm. No sooner do we see its characteristic colour unlike that of any other spice in the sauce covering juicy morsels of meat in a steaming dish than our appetites are whetted. Our mouths water in anticipation as soon as its mildly prickling piquant and aromatic taste approaches our palates. It is not in any way due to chance that in many a European language paprika and bantering jest which never stings have become twin notions. It must also be surely due to the gaily piquant character of paprika that this pleasant condiment and colouring of tasty dishes has achieved a unique career in the world of seasonings: though its career began later than that of other spices it has risen more rapidly and by a steeper curve to the horizon of world fame and the gourmets’ appreciation than any other condi- ment. (LL)