I trust Emma enjoyed the New Year’s cake as much as I have the
numerous German dainties I have been consuming during the past three
weeks over and above the obligatory plum pudding, mince pies, etc. For
we now have a gas stove, as our range has ceased to draw and the land-
lord hasn’t installed a new one. This transition from difficult to easy
cooking has put my old housekeeper into a real culinary frenzy and I
must now eat my way through the fruits thereof.
Engels to Hermann Engels 9th Jan 1890
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