Question

Read the excerpt from "Clever Gretel."

It came to pass that the master one day said to her: "Gretel, there is a guest coming this evening; prepare me two chickens very nicely."


"I will see to it, master," answered Gretel. She killed two chickens, plucked them, put them on the spit, and towards evening set them before the fire, that they might roast. The fowls began to turn brown, and were nearly ready, but the guest had not yet arrived.


Then Gretel called out to her master: "If the guest does not come, I must take the fowls away from the fire, but it will be a sin and a shame if they are not eaten the moment they are at their juiciest."

What conclusion can be drawn about how Gretel viewed cooking and food?

A She thought cooking was too much work for one person.
B She thought food can only be enjoyed when you eat alone.
C She thought cooking should be done only to serve others.
D She thought food should be eaten when the time was right.

Answer 1

Answer:

D) She thought food should be eaten when the time was right.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

She thought food should be eaten when the time was right. (Option D)

Explanation:

• This is an excerpt from the story, Clever Gretel.
• It is a fairy tale published in the second edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales.
• This is a tale where a clever servant outwits her greedy master.
• She is a person who can’t resist the good food she has prepared.
• She is an admirer of food, and according to her, every food should be eaten at the right time.
• This sentence, "If the guest does not come, I must take the fowl away from the fire, but it will be a sin and a shame if they are not eaten the moment they are at their juiciest," shows her attitude towards cooking and food.
• Because the chickens have been prepared, they should be eaten fresh; otherwise, the true flavor of the chicken will be lost.
• Any food kept for a long time will get spoiled. Therefore, she wants the food to be eaten at the right time.
• She also considers it as a sin, if the food isn’t eaten at the appropriate time.
• According to her, every food deserves to be eaten in its proper time in order to realize its real essence.
• Therefore, we can conclude that she is a person who respects food and believes in eating at the right time.