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The cook woman, Miss Susie, tells the main character, Armentia, who is much younger than her,
"You can't get joy being mad. Take it from me, somebody who knows. Being mad will kill everything around you. The madder you are - the more mad you plant - the more mad you'll get. It's just like adding salt to pork. The more you add, the more you'll get in the end. Too much salt won't never make a cake turn sweet."