A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726): [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) — John Shaqi
A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726): [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)Carey, Henry
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A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726): [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727)
Carey, Henry
Dumplings -- Humor; Puddings -- Humor; Satire, English
Sir _John_, tho' he was no very great Scholar, yet had
a happy way of Expressing himself: He was a Man of the
most Engaging Address, and never fail'd to draw
Attention: Plenty and Good-Nature smil'd in his Face;
his Muscles were never distorted with Anger or
Contemplation, but an eternal Smile drew up the
Corners of his Mouth; his very Eyes laugh'd; and as
for his Chin it was three-double, a-down which hung a
goodly Whey-colour'd Beard shining with the Drippings
of his Luxury; for you must know he was a great
Epicure, and had a very Sensible Mouth; he thought
nothing too-good for himself, all his Care was for his
Belly; and his Palate was so exquisite, that it was
the perfect Standard of Tasting. So that to him we owe
all that is elegant in Eating: For Pudding was not his
only Talent, he was a great Virtuoso in all manner of
Eatables; and tho' he might come short of _Lambert_
for Confectionary-Niceties, yet was he not inferiour
to _Brawnd_, _Lebec_, _Pede_, or any other great
Masters of Cookery; he could toss up a Fricassee as
well as a Pancake: And most of the Kickshaws now in
vogue, are but his Inventions, with other Names; for
what we call _Fricassees_, he call'd _Pancakes_; as,
a Pancake of Chickens, a Pancake of Rabbets, _&c._
Nay, the _French_ call a Pudding an _English_
Fricassee, to this Day.
We value our selves mightily for Roasting a Hare with
a Pudding in its Belly; when alas he has roasted an Ox
with a Pudding in his Belly. There was no Man like him
for Invention and Contrivance: And then for Execution,
he spar'd no Labour and Pains to compass his
magnanimous Designs.
O wou'd to Heav'n this little Attempt of Mine may stir
up some _Pudding-headed Antiquary_ to dig his Way
through all the mouldy Records of Antiquity, and bring
to Light the Noble Actions of Sir _John_! It will not
then be long before we see him on the Stage. Sir _John
Falstaffe_ then will be a Shrimp to Sir _John
Pudding_, when rais'd from Oblivion and reanimated by
the All-Invigorating Pen of the Well-Fed, Well-Read,
Well-Pay'd _C-- J----_ Esq; Nor wou'd this be all; for
the Pastry-Cooks wou'd from the Hands of an eminent
Physician and Poet receive whole Loads of Memorandums,
to remind 'em of the Gratitude due to Sir _John_'s
Memory.
On such a Subject I hope to see Sir _Richard_ Out-do
himself. Nor _Arthur_ nor _Eliza_ shall with Sir
_John_ compare. There is not so much difference
between a Telescope and a Powder-Puff,
a Hoop-Petty-Coat and a Farthing-Candle, a Birch-Broom
and a Diamond-Ring, as there will be between the
former Writings of this pair of Poets and their
Lucubrations on this Head.
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