Then sweeping away all the embers, I set down my loaf or loaves, and whelming down the earthen pot upon them, drew the embers all round the outside of the pot, to keep in and add to the heat; and thus as well as in the best oven in the world, I baked my barley-loaves, and became in little time a good pastrycook into the bargain; for I made myself several cakes and puddings of the rice; but I made no pies, neither had I anything to put into them supposing I had, except the flesh either of fowls or goats.
A cipóim olyan jóízűek lettek, mintha a világ legpompásabb kemencéjében sütötték volna azokat. Később pástétomot, sőt süteményeket és rizspudingot is sütöttem, csak pitével nem próbálkoztam soha, mert a kecskék és a madarak húsán kívül nem lett volna mivel megtöltenem.