"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, --
 A sleeping potion; which so took effect
 As I intended, for it wrought on her
 The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo
 That he should hither come as this dire night,
 To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,
 Being the time the potion's force should cease."
    -William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_

"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she
did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with
Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus:
At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were
invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged
at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among
the guests, with the inscription, 'For the fairest.'"
    -Bullfinch's Mythology, Chap. XXVII. a.

"Apricot Ratafia
This is made two Ways, viz. either by infusing the Apricots cut in
Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then passing it thro' the draining
Bag, and putting in the usual Ingredients; or else the Apricots may be
boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more easily clarify'd adding an
equal Quantity of Brandy, and a quarter of a pound of Sugar to every quart,
with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all
the Ingredients have infused eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be strain'd
again and put into Bottles and so kept."
    -Charles Carter, _The Compleat City and Country Cook:
    Or, Accomplish'd House-wife_.  1732.

"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets
constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek
companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of
the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in
the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those of
greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him with
one kind of bread and his guests with another..."
    -Suetonius, _De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius_. 110 CE.

"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on
our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the
Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_.
It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed
covers a wall with its ramifications."
    -John Overton Choules, _The Cruise of the Steam Yacht
    North Star: A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's
    Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Malta, Turkey,
    Madeira, Etc_.  1854.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
    -Theodore Roosevelt

apple
"MINERVA was the goddess of wisdom, but on one occasion she
did a very foolish thing; she entered into competition with
Juno and Venus for the prize of beauty. It happened thus:
At the nuptials of Peleus and Thetis all the gods were
invited with the exception of Eris, or Discord. Enraged
at her exclusion, the goddess threw a golden apple among
the guests, with the inscription, 'For the fairest.'"
    -Bullfinch's Mythology, Chap. XXVII. a.
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apricot
"Apricot Ratafia
This is made two Ways, viz. either by infusing the Apricots cut in
Pieces in Brandy for a Day or two, and then passing it thro' the draining
Bag, and putting in the usual Ingredients; or else the Apricots may be
boil'd in White wine, and by that Means more easily clarify'd adding an
equal Quantity of Brandy, and a quarter of a pound of Sugar to every quart,
with Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, and Kernels of the Apricots. After all
the Ingredients have infused eight or ten Days the Liquor is to be strain'd
again and put into Bottles and so kept."
    -Charles Carter, _The Compleat City and Country Cook:
        Or, Accomplish'd House-wife_.  1732.
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bread ration
"It is further reported that in the provinces [Caesar] gave banquets
constantly in two dining halls, in one of which his officers or Greek
companions, in the other Roman civilians and the more distinguished of
the provincials reclined at table. He was so punctilious and strict in
the management of his household, in small matters as well as in those
of greater importance, that he put his baker in irons for serving him
with one kind of bread and his guests with another..."
    -Suetonius, _De Vita Caesarum, Divus Iulius_. 110 CE.
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choko
"I ought not to omit naming a vegetable which Mr Yates placed on
our table, and to which he directed our attention. It was the
Tchu-tchu (Sechium edule) called also by the people _pepinella_.
It is a small gourd, very much like vegetable marrow; one seed
covers a wall with its ramifications."
    -John Overton Choules, _The Cruise of the Steam Yacht
    North Star: A Narrative of the Excursion of Mr. Vanderbilt's
    Party to England, Russia, Denmark, France, Spain, Malta, Turkey,
    Madeira, Etc_.  1854.
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club
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."
    -Theodore Roosevelt

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potion
"Then gave I her, -- so tutor'd by my art, --
 A sleeping potion; which so took effect
 As I intended, for it wrought on her
 The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo
 That he should hither come as this dire night,
 To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,
 Being the time the potion's force should cease."
    -William Shakespeare, _Romeo and Juliet_