Eloise,—Perhaps you are not aware of the reason why the great majority of people in this country are opposed to, and even accused of not liking, soup; the simple reason is, that every receipt described in most Cookery Books, is so complicated and expensive, that they cannot afford either the money, time, or attention, to prepare it.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Eloise,—Perhaps you are not aware of the reason why the great majority of people in this country are opposed to, and even accused of not liking, soup; the simple reason is, that every receipt described in most Cookery Books, is so complicated and expensive, that they cannot afford either the money, time, or attention, to prepare it." in the context of "Alexis Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People (London: Geo. Routledge & Co., 1854), p. 7" to mean that wisdom is timeless.