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Mr. Scott says Dr. Ayers treated them very nicely; he exhibited his fish, showed them how he fed them, caught a couple of fine ones and had them cooken for their dinner, and altogether entertained them in a very hospitable and courteous manner.

1886 November 12, “Home News”, in The Larned Eagle-Optic, volume VIII, number 49, Larned, Kan., →OCLC, page 3, column 2

Re-fried beans, that oh-so-Mexican-sounding dish, is really beans re-cooked by frying. “You just take regular pinto beans that have been cooken with ham fat and mash them in the frying pan with a little oil until they are about the consistency of mashed potatoes,” she [Eleanor Irigaray] explained.

1969 March 16, Barbara W. Short, “A Taste of Mexico”, in Durham Morning Herald, 75th year, Durham, N.C., →OCLC, page 1B, column 3

I was a-thinken, Sary, I’d hev to go to town an’ git a pile uv things—cups an’ sassers, an’ a broom, an’ a washbasin, an’ an ile lamp an’ some ile, an’ some cooken doens, an’ shirten, an’ a stone jug to carry water up to the clearen when I’m to work thar, an’ some hoss powders, an’ gardenen seeds, an’ a nice big stove with tin fixens, and cooken tricks; […]

1887 October, Tobe Hodge, “The Twins of Weasel Branch”, in The American Magazine, volume VI, number 6, New York, N.Y.: The American Magazine Co., →OCLC, page 726, column 2

“Y’ ain’t got no washen, ner nuffin fur me, hab y’?” said Souri, suddenly appearing before her. / “No! git out o’ hyar.” / “Any cooken?” / “Cooken. Can yer cook? […] I wish I had some un ter cook fur.” / “I’ll cook fur ’em.” […] “Hyar’s a gal,” said his wife, “ez hankers ter do some cooken fur me.”

1891, F[rederic] A[ugustus] Mitchel, “A Willing Servant”, in Chattanooga: A Romance of the American Civil War, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: The American News Company, →OCLC, pages 113–114