Food-that is to say, sausages, eggs, beef, and hot coffee-was a barred subject between us, but I remember thinking of several distinct occasions on which I had refused second helpings in pre-war days, and wondering how I could have been such a fool.
"The Escaping Club"
A. J. Evans
Do I ever so much as eat two helpings of it in Gussie's house?
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
The mother had devoured the whole of the plentiful helpings I had sent in to her, and she had emptied a bottle of Burgundy, which she carried very well.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt