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    The narrator describes a hearty broth containing carrots, chickpeas, beef, potatoes, and cabbage. As the broth is brought to the table, the narrator can smell and see the ingredients simmering in the grey, steaming liquid. Upon taking a spoonful into their mouth, their tongue first enjoys the warmth before the vegetables, seeds, and meat occupy their taste. The broth transports the narrator back to memories of nourishment from childhood and even conception, likening the origins of life to the blended nutrients in a broth. The broth disappears quickly with the first bite.

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    The narrator describes a hearty broth containing carrots, chickpeas, beef, potatoes, and cabbage. As the broth is brought to the table, the narrator can smell and see the ingredients simmering in the grey, steaming liquid. Upon taking a spoonful into their mouth, their tongue first enjoys the warmth before the vegetables, seeds, and meat occupy their taste. The broth transports the narrator back to memories of nourishment from childhood and even conception, likening the origins of life to the blended nutrients in a broth. The broth disappears quickly with the first bite.

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    The Broth: Maurice Saltash

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    The narrator describes a hearty broth containing carrots, chickpeas, beef, potatoes, and cabbage. As the broth is brought to the table, the narrator can smell and see the ingredients simmering in the grey, steaming liquid. Upon taking a spoonful into their mouth, their tongue first enjoys the warmth before the vegetables, seeds, and meat occupy their taste. The broth transports the narrator back to memories of nourishment from childhood and even conception, likening the origins of life to the blended nutrients in a broth. The broth disappears quickly with the first bite.

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    The Broth

    Maurice Saltash
    Here comes the big dish, the deep dish. Here comes the white recipient with all
    the water of the world inside of it, with all the steam of the world up of it. Its getting
    nearest and nearest, I can smell the boiled carrots and chickpeas. I can see the fat
    swimming in the grey water. I can hear the soft last bubbles of the water. Its hot as
    hell.
    The smoky liquid appears to my eyes, to my nose, to my hands but also to my
    spoon. Its in front of me, all mied and delicious. The beef is perfect !well"cooked
    and full of cartilage, shaky as an embarrassed woman#, the potatoes are soft and
    the cabbage is fleible and almost transparent. Here there is one of the simplest
    delicatessens.
    I fill my spoon and I spill its content in my mouth. $irst, my tongue en%oys the heat
    of the dish as the watery warmth of a kiss. Then the pieces of &egetables, seeds
    and meat keep my taste perception occupied. ' feeling that belongs to my
    childhood !or e&en to my conception# in&ades my head( )Isnt the first place where
    the li&e appears a broth* )Isnt the place where I took form, in the interior of my
    mother a blend of nutrients*
    The broth seems to disappear with the first bit.

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