<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354267" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Maiden Cook</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A young pretty bride, very coy, <br>Entered her new house with joy; <br>She was highly educated, quite, <br>Bereft of the house-hold chores, right.<br>Next day her dear mother-in-law, <br>Beckoned her to the kitchen and saw<br>Her taking charge of the cooking.<br>The girl was aghast at the booking! <br>However, she made up her mind to cook, <br>And thought she'd take the cook book; <br>The menu for lunch was given, <br>As per the book she was driven.<br>Every often she ran to her mother-in-law, <br>And took her advice too, for she was raw.<br>On the dining table the fare was laid, <br>To partake, the other members she bade.<br>One by one, the items were tasted, <br>In appreciation, their heads nodded; <br>When they came to the greens to taste, <br>One, in a hurry got up and ran in haste, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One to the sink went to vomit, <br>The other took off his hands to wash it! <br>The girl was in a fix, with great worry, <br>As the mother-in-law tasted the greens curry! <br>‘My God'! she spit it out, and cried, <br>‘What is it you've done, my child'? <br>‘The greens, did you thoroughly wash, do tell'? <br>‘Yes, Ma, thrice, I did wash with ‘Surf Excel'! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Chandra+Thiagarajan">Chandra Thiagarajan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=354267" data-title="Maiden Cook de Chandra Thiagarajan" data-description="A young pretty bride, very coy, Entered her new house with joy; She was highly educated, quite, Bereft of the house-hold chores, right. Next day her dear mother-in-law, Beckoned her to the kitchen and saw Her taking charge of the cooking. The ..."></div> </div> </div>

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