Carolina Quotes[T]he cold consommé was hot and half-melted, the liver came straight out of a synthetic-testing lab, and the whipped cream on the strawberry shortcake was purest Rise. The strawberries were made of genuine artificial coloring.
Robert Ruark Carolinian
Source
p. 178
- work
- "Nothing Works and Nobody Cares" (1965)
- year
- 1965
- locator
- p. 178
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“[T]he cold consommé was hot and half-melted, the liver came …” Robert Ruark. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-CA3B146329. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ca3b146329
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