They plan and they fix and they do, and then some kitchen-dwelling fiend slips a scorchy, soggy, tasteless mess into their pots and pans… So when the bread didn’t rise, and the fish wasn’t quite done at the bone, and the rice was scorched, he slapped Janie until she had a ringing sound in her ears and told her about her brains before he stalked on back to the store.Zora Neale Hurston
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When the weather was cold, Janie asked her mother to make her some soup. The soup was too cold to eat, so Janie decided to make some hot soup instead. When the soup became too hot for Janie, she decided to cool it down by adding some ice cubes. When the soup was not quite cool enough, she added more ice cubes. When the soup was still too hot, Janie took out the last two ice cubes.
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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