cook it?' say da lady. 'Fry it,' say my partner. Everything he say fry
it."

In another vegetable stand we found an Italian girl, whose soft lisping
accent pronounced her a Genoese, and she, diffidently suggested "a fine
Italian dessert."

A Fine Desert

"You take macaroons and strawberries. Put a layer of macaroons in a dish
and then a layer of strawberries, cover these with sugar, and then
another layer of macaroons and strawberries and sugar until you have all
you want. Over these pour some rum and set fire to it. After it is
burned out you have a fine dessert."

We bought the macaroons and strawberries on the way home and did not
even wait for dinner time to try it. We pronounce it good.

It was made the right way and we advise you to try it, for it is simple
and leaves a most delicious memory.



Where Fish Come In

It was very early one morning. So early that one of us strenuously
pretended sleep while the other gave urgent reminder that this was the
day we were to go to Fishermen's Wharf. Daylight came early and it was
just four o'clock when we began preparations. A cup of hot coffee while
dressing served to get us wide-awake, and we were off to see the fish