To Preserve a Husband

From The Penobscot View Grange Cookbook, circa 1920, by Mrs. Libby. Printed in Sylvia's Cakes and Breads, by Sylvia Adams Hocking, p. xix:

"Be careful in your selection; do not choose one too young, and take only such varieties as have been raised in a good moral atmosphere. When once decided upon and selected, let that part remain forever settled and give your entire time and thought to domestic use. Some insist on keeping them in a pickle, while others are constantly keeping them in hot water. Even poor varieties may be made sweet, tender, and good by garnishing with patience, well sweetened with smiles. . .; then wrap them well in a mantle of charity, keep warm with a steady flow of domestic devotion, and serve with peaches and cream. When thus prepared they will keep for years."