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A
BACHELOR'S
CUPBOARD
Carving
and
Game
the
Thames,
with
the
famous
"
Star
and
Garter,"
Kew
Bridge,
were
some
of
his
frequent
haunts,
and
the
free-
dom
of
the
kitchen
was
always
his.
A
late
royal
duke
whose
talents
and
knowledge
were
world-famous
once
exclaimed
aloud
at
the
large
house
party
of
a
fellow-nobleman
in
Worcestershire,
"
Take
this
away!
it's
a
very
bad
help."
This must
have
been
mortifying
to
the
carver,
but
he
doubtless
deserved
it,
for
some
carvers
destroy
everything
that
falls
under
their
careless,
clumsy
hands;
they
never
think
of
"
diving
for
green
fat,
sounding
for
cod
sound,
divid-
ing
the
fin
and
liver
in
equal
portions,
and
they
will
serve
woodcock
and
snipe
without
trail,
turkey
without
stuffing,
and
plover
without
toast."
Every
bachelor
epicure
knows
that
steel
Is
detrimen-
tal
to
the
delicate
flavor
of
fish,
and
should
insist
upon
being
given
a
silver
fish
knife
for
serving
it.
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