Something New

[Eva Elisabeth]

(07-25-2014 09:42 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Once you get the book, you can solve this riddle on the forum: How did someone describe Mr. Lincoln's method of eating an apple? Very different from what most of us do...

I haven't received the book yet, but in Donald's "Herndon" which I'm currently about to finish (excellent book IMO!!!), I came across the following quote from a letter Herndon wrote to Isaac Arnold on Oct. 24, 1883: "Mr. Lincoln was exceedingly fond of apples and fruits generally -: he ate apples peculiarly - he clasped his finger - fore finger, and his thumb around the Equatorial part of the apple - the stem end being toward his mouth: he never peeled apples - peaches - pears &c." (HA, I never do either! The rest is indeed peculiar!!!)