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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Cooking processes misunderstood.

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Mushrooms shrink in water. Fool kills his wife because he thinks that she has eaten part of themBoiling milk thought to be overflowing. Simpleton lets it run overBoiling pot on the floor thought to be self-cookingFish dancing about in cooking pot appears to be many. Cook eats one; none leftHandful of black pepper taken into mouth instead of cooking it in foodSavory tea. The peasant entertains a priest at tea. Making it, puts in all the tea, six pounds of sugar, a piece of bacon, etcSheep's head has eaten dumplings. Small boy is at home to watch the dinner. Runs into church, calls out to his mother that the sheep's head has eaten all the dumplings (or butted them out of the pot)All the beans cooked for one meal. They fill the roomNumskull thinks boiling pot is threatening him: breaks pot

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