I thought you would enjoy this old recipe from a Ladies Aid Cookbook, compiled by the Methodist Ladies of Kenmore, North Dakota, about 1910:

• Be careful in the selection; do not choose too unripe or too old.

• Best results obtained if he has been reared in a healthy atmosphere.

• Some insist on keeping him in a pickle, others prefer to keep him in hot water. Such treatment, however, makes the husband sour, hard and sometimes bitter.

• Many housewives have found even poor varieties can be rendered tender and good by a garnish of patience, the sweetening of a smile, and the flavoring of a kiss, to taste.

• Wrap him in a mantle of charity, place him over a warm steady fire of domestic devotion, and serve with peaches and cream. When thus prepared, a husband will keep for years."

Kathryn