Hamburger Soup

Directions

1. 1
   First, use care and get one, not too young, but tender and a healthy growth.
2. 2
   Make your selection carefully and let it be final. Otherwise, they will not keep.
3. 3
   Like fine wine, they improve with age.
4. 4
   Do not pickle or put in hot water.
5. 5
   This makes them sour. Prepare as follows; sweeten with smiles.
6. 6
   The sour bitter kind are improved by a pinch of common sense.
7. 7
   Spice with patience.
8. 8
   Wrap well in a mantle of love.
9. 9
   Preserve over a good fire of steady devotion.
10. 10
    The poorest varieties may be improved by this process and kept years in any climate.