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}}</ref> And so, we've got another course that is both greasy and sour. Fat mutton marinated in vinegar, pickled cukes and all of it stewed in lard or butter. This will be accompanied with Hungarian Tokay wine.
== Czwarte danie Fourth course ==
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| <poem>{{...}} with the fourth course,
Whoa, hold on! A fourth course? How many courses were there? Well, a minimum of four. A two-course dinner is the norm in what we consider today, but in the 19th century a dinner in a well-to-do home rarely consisted of fewer than four courses. Not counting the dessert.
Alas, all that we know about the fourth course served at Judge Soplica's is that it was there. The poet doesn't tell us anything about what exactly was served. Instead, we have a description of a drunken brawl which broke out during the second supper in the castle. Glasses, bottles, knives, tables, even organ pipes were all used as weapons. Once When the dust settled, the diners were had gone leaving behind a battlefield strewn with remnants for of the feast. Perhaps we can read from these food scraps we can read what had been served towards the end of the meal?
[[File:Podniosłszy w górę ławę ramiony silnemi.jpg|thumb|Gervase (Gerwazy Rębajło „ramiony silnemi” przechyla stół) tilting the table with "his strong arms", żeby było lepiej widać, co podano na czwartą potrawę.offering a better view of what was served for the fourth course]]
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| <poem>No loss there of life human, but benches and chairs
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| <poem>{{...}}a lady of fame,
(Kokosznicka her surname, of family Jendy-
kowiczówna); her vital invention so handy
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As with many minor characters in ''Pan Tadeusz'' , her name is telling; "''Kokosznicka, z domu Jendykowiczówna''" could be translated as "Mrs. Hen ''née'' Turkey". Anyway, she had a little, well-meaning, even if sometimes overzealous, helper in Sophie, Thaddeus's love interest, who fed the poultry with expensive pearl barley.
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