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`` Yes , peas with bacon . '' The others approved . Augustine was so enthusiastic that she jabbed the poker into the stove harder than ever . By three o'clock on the morrow , Sunday , mother Coupeau had lighted their two stoves and also a third one of earthenware which they had borrowed from the Boches . At half-past three the pot-au-feu was boiling away in an enormous earthenware pot lent by the eating-house keeper next door , the family pot having been found too small . They had decided to cook the veal and the pig 's back the night before , since both of those dishes are better when reheated . But the cream sauce for the veal would not be prepared until just before sitting down for the feast .