She studied the menu a long time before she orders anything. Then she will say just what vegetables she wants. Women eat less than men, and a lot of them sill order some kind of a sandwich instead of a regular meal. George believes that Americans would greatly improve their health if they would be more careful about their diet and would eat more slowly. Eating should be a pleasure and not just something you have to do.
Men rush in, order something, and gobble down their food.
It takes them about five minutes to eat. Everybody should take at least a half hour to eat. George is pessimistic about the future of his native country, although he says Greece is in far better financial condition today than any other country. But they are all scared of Hitler. He's heading that way, and the Greeks think it won't be long before he takes over the Balkan states, and then he will want Greece.