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L’Assommoir

CHAPTER VIII
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Clemence joked that with a Provencal like him you could never wash out the oil stains.

He wanted his omelets fried on both sides, as hard as pancakes.

He supervised mother Coupeau's cooking, wanting his steaks cooked like shoe leather and with garlic on everything.

He got angry if she put herbs in the salad.
"They're just weeds and some of them might be poisonous," he declared.
His favorite soup was made with over-boiled vermicelli.

He would pour in half a bottle of olive oil.


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