 | Chambers's journal - 1874
...of 'sodden' meat. When the table was served, the servants also eat down at it ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth. And he observed ' no art of cookery, or furniture of household stuff,' but rather rude neglect of both... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855
...sodden meat. And when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth." — ( 7Yare/s, p. 165.) Till within this last century, the farmers, even of a respectable condition,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1858
...served, the servants did ww. sit down with us; but the upper mess [those sitting above the salt-vat], instead of porridge, had a pullet with some prunes...entertained after their best manner They vulgarly cat hearth-cakes of oats [girdles for toasting the cakes over a fire were subsequently invented at... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1862
...sodden meat. And when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes In the broth." — Trawlt, p. I5fi. Till within this last century, the farmers, even of a respectable condition, dined... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1861
...when the table was served the servants sat down with us; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, liad a pullet, with some prunes in the broth; and I observed...but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companions, sent from the governor of Berwick about Bordering affairs, were entertained after their... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1870
...sodden meat. And when the table was served, the servants did sit down with us ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth." — Trawls, p. 155. Till within this last century the farmers, even of a respectable condition, dined... | |
 | 1874
..." sodden " meat. When the table was served, the servants also sat down at it ; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes in the broth. And he observed "no art of cookery, or furniture of household stuff," but rather rude neglect of both ;... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1876
...piece of sodden meat; and when the table was served the servants sat down with us; but the upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...but rather rude neglect of both, though myself and my companions, sent from the governor of Berwick about Bordering affairs, fere entertained after their... | |
 | Andrew Macgeorge - Glasgow (Scotland) - 1880 - 338 pages
...when the table was served the servants did sit down with " us, but the upper mess [above the salt] instead of porridge had a " pullet with some prunes...though myself and companion, sent from the Governor of Ber" wick about Border affairs, were entertained after their best manner. " They vulgarly [commonly]... | |
 | James Grant - 1880
...sodden meat; and when the table was served, the servants sat down with us ; but the •upper mess, instead of porridge, had a pullet, with some prunes...cookery, or furniture of household stuff, but rather a rude neglect of both, though myself and my companion, sent from the Governor of Berwick, about Bordering... | |
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... many servants to attend him, that brought in his meat with their heads covered with blue caps, the table being more than half furnished with great platters of porridge, each having a little piece of sodden meat; and when the table was served, the... 
