No joy at a thing of so mean a nature was ever equal to mine, when I found I had made an earthen pot that would bear the fire; and I had hardly patience to stay till they were cold before I set one on the fire again with some water in it to boil me some meat, which it did admirably well; and with a piece of a kid I made some very good broth, though I wanted oatmeal, and several other ingredients requisite to make it as good as I would have had it been.
Ebbi appena la pazienza di lasciarla venir fredda per metterla al fuoco una seconda volta, ma piena d’acqua, per farvi bollire entro un pezzo di capretto, la qual cosa mi riuscì ammirabilmente, e ne trassi un ottimo brodo. Peccato che mi mancava l’orzo e parecchi altri ingredienti per farmi tale minestra quale l’avrei desiderata!