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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Helen Bruner, 1897, Aug. 22
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Aug. 22
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 6 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Helen, "I believe that I will write this letter to you because the last wasto Psyche or Mamma..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-019d
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Transcription
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broth has been poured off it is "pucharo." It is all cooked in the same kettle and then first the soup ladled out. After this the larger pieces of meat and the vegetables in big pieces taken out with a fork and sent on the table as "pucharo." Now the mess that is left is put in a stew pan with more grease and the other stuff for the thrid course made — It must be a stew of some sort, but just what I cannot say. The fourth course is another stew — the kidneys of beef or pork with garlic and some sort of black gravey. Then comes rost beef that has chunks of garlic thrust all through it, and afterwards beefsteak with onions or garlic poured over it. Sometimes there is a change, then after the soup come cauliflower fried in an egg-garlic batter, fish fried in the same batter, after which follow respectively fried veal, tongue and corn–meal mush (the latter mixed with the scraps of everything that was left over from the meal before including even bits of cheese) all dipped in the egg batter. There are other dishes too, besides those mentioned, but usually they are further combinations of these, or the same things sweetened. Still I am growing quite fat since I am now heavier than ever before in my life. I don't like this kind of food but eat it rather than get none or worse. In the morning I get my own
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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