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Show Mixup in Terms Miranda, the new cook, had arrived only a short while before the dinner hour. The mistress of the house, wishing to save time, instructed her to eliminate the salad. There was a long delay but dinner was finally served, and with it the salad. Miranda was asked why she did not eliminate the salad as requested. "Beggin' yore pahdon, ma'am," she explained, ex-plained, apologetically, "but ah done lookedi in dat dar cook book from de front to de back, an there jest weren't no eliminated salad recipe, so ah jest done it plain." |