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 Old Faithful Geyser, Calistoga, California. In the 1870s, during a two-year sojourn in California, Ohio resident Mary Cone became familiar with exotic cooking, including chicken broth a la Calistoga Springs. When strolling about the grounds in the morning a tasteful, rustic structure arrested my attention. "Nature's Kitchen" was written over the door in large letters. It seemed worth while to go in . . . . The door was entered. A comely youth seemed to be acting as . . . adjutant. He asked if I would have some chicken broth. The reply being in the affirmative, he proceeded to dip some water from a spring which was bubbling and boiling all the while, and, adding a little pepper and salt, he presented the cup. It was chicken broth, sure enough! and almost too hot to eat with comfort. In what subterranean fields the chickens were fed, and how far underground was the kitchen in which they had been prepared and put in the pot, there was no witness to testify.Mary Cone wrote of her Golden State adventures in the 1876 volume Two Years in California. |
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