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…they ate wild sheep roasted on the hot stones, and flavoured with wild garlic and wild pepper; and wild duck stuffed with wild rice and wild fenugreek and wild coriander; and marrow-bones of wild oxen; and wild cherries, and wild grenadillas. |
This is from “The Cat that Walked by Himself” in the Just So Stories. The Man and the Woman have just settled down to keep house in a nice dry cave. The Man has ceased to be wild, and is about to strike a bargain which will make the Dog, and the Horse, and the Cow his servants. |
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…none present but ourselves; several red mullets in paper; a few green peas and ducklings; an arrangement of cockscombs with olives, and capers as large as cherries; strawberries and cream; some 1903 Chateau la Tour… |
This is from “Fairy Kist”, from Kipling’s last collection of stories, Limits and Renewals (1932) A group of old friends are settling down to one of their regular dinners. There follows a tale of murder, madness and redemption. |
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…a cooked meal of the finest with almond-curd sweetmeats (balushai we call it) and fine-chopped Lucknow tobacco … great boluses of spiced mutton fried in fat with cabbage and golden-brown onions. |
This is from Kim. In the holidays from his school the boy has taken to the road for a while. Here, in an upper room, he is telling Mahbub Ali of his adventures. |
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