The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indifferent soil.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't think of eggs as being fundamental to the flavor of mayonnaise, but they are to Hollandaise.
Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.
Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.
There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and delight.
You can really taste the difference between a shop-bought and a good homemade mayo.
It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.
Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.
I don't see the desert as barren at all; I see it as full and ripe. It doesn't need to be flattered with rain. It certainly needs rain, but it does with what it has, and creates amazing beauty.
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.