A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would …

Mark Twain
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A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually waste away, and eventually die. ✨ Mark Twain (2015). A Tramp Abroad: Mark Twain's Collections, p.218, 谷月社
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