Katie, in this house, we cut the corned beef. We don't shave it. Where's the knife?
— Mr. Alonzo Smith (Leon Ames)
4 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:21:28.600 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Desert? What happened to dinner?
- I didn't think anyone could eat meat on a hot day like this.
- Well, I'm not hot. I just had a nice, cool bath, which nobody can take away from me.
- And I have every intention of eating an enormous dinner!
- I think Katie's getting a little old. Her mental processes baffle me.
- Ah, corned beef and cabbage. You know, Katie, I could smell that cabbage when I got off the trolley.
- Cabbage has a cabbage smell.
- Katie, in this house, we cut the corned beef. We don't shave it. Where's the knife?
- Mrs. Smith, you said you wanted to make this do for two meals.
- Hello. What? You'll have to speak louder, please.
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