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I am trying to remember a book from my childhood; it was old, around 1960-70, and a thick collection book.

The a story was along the lines of "A boy worked in the King's large kitchen and used to peel potatoes. He wanted to cook but no one let him. One day the King got bored of eating same, and ordered his cooks to make something unique. They kept trying but the King wasn’t pleased.
Eventually the boy came up with cold ice cream and hot chocolate poured over it. And the King became very happy".

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The story about the kitchen worker is "Hot as Summer, Cold as Winter" by Bernice Goddard. It appeared in the 1942 story collection More Streets and Roads, published by the American schoolbook publisher, Scott Foresman. I remember reading this story when I was in school, and remembered its approximate title.

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