Excerpt from Roast Beef Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney

Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

Seated at Life"s Dining Table, with the Menu of Morals before you, your eye wanders a bit over the entrees, the hors d"?uvres, and the things a la, though you know that Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure. It agrees with you. As you hesitate there sounds in your ear a soft and insinuating Voice.

"You"ll find the tongue in aspic very nice today," purrs the Voice. "May I recommend the chicken pie, country style? Perhaps you"d relish something light and tempting. Eggs Benedictine. Very fine. Or some flaked crab meat, perhaps. With a special Russian sauce."

Roast Beef, Medium! How unimaginative it sounds. How prosaic, and dry! You cast the thought of it aside with the contempt that it deserves, and you assume a fine air of the epicure as you order.

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