Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-02-26

with the breakfast, and while write.
how l long for the flesh pots of
Egypt. Coffee, cold bread and but
ter-that Is the 1erman breakfast,
and 80 far as / know they eat the
same kind of bread day after day for
their whole life. Naturally it is not
held in high estimation as a meal,
and so far as / know the family never
assemble to take it. Each as he rises
still in neglige, takes his coffee SIM
ply to enable him to get through
with the morning. Inasmuch as the
Germans more than any other PEG.
pie spend their evenings out-in the
theater, concert rooms, beer gardens,
restaurants-and do not meet in the
morning round cheerful and invit-
ing board, it can easily be imagined
how home life suffers. Take the av.
erage family; the father and sons
hurry off in the morning to business
there is no meeting till dinner bust.
ness or studies may require this to be
taken hastily, and the real family
gatherings cannot take place until
evening; but all amusements begin
early, and men of business seek tneir
recreation most willingly there, while,
of course, the mother and daughters
who have been going through the
same monotonous round Of duties all
day, hail with delight any opportu
nifty to spend the
| EVENING AWAY FROM HOME.
1t is said the idea of home, as we
understand it, is not in the German
language. and my experience leads
me to believe the statement. There
may be real German home life, of
which | know nothing; write simply
according to my Impressions. Din
ncrs are early and abundant; but two
things strike an American very fore.
IDLY; one is the lack of variety from
day to day the other is that each
person is expected to eat al he takes
on bis plate, and the company to eat
all that is on the table. The Ger
mans are thrifty people, and it is
no part of their domestic economy to
provide more than can be eaten.
remember how the servant aston>
ished me, soon after ! came to Ger.
many, by telling me, as he brought
III my supper, ''if you haven't enough
at any time, please let me know; We
haven't gagged
YOUR APPETITE YET"
Another thing might be mentioned
that strikes US still more forcibly, that
OF hanging up fowls, hares and other
kinds OF game till they are mellow.
am afraid to say how many days
have seen a goose hang from the
oack window of the kitchen of a re.
spectacle and wealthy family. / be-
came very much interested lately in
two old hares that hung in full view
of my back window. For quite a
number of days / passed under them
on my way through the court yard
as | went to the university. At last
| missed one and l knew the family
who owned him enjoyed that day
what they considered a royal meal
A few daye later, his mate followed
him. ] happened to be witness not
long since to a most amusing scene.
An English lady was served with
some decidedly mellow fowl. Those
who were well acquainted with her
noticed that storm was gathering:
but she controlled herself until the
room was cleared of company, and
then she poured the walls of her
wrath upon the head of her aston.
ished hostess. "Do you buy the meat
spoiled" said she, DOR keep it till it
smells bad p
CHEEsE-GERMAN CHEESE
Limburger, for instance. Did any
American ever learn to eat it? put
some in my mouth one evening, and
in half second felt as if | were
crossing the English Channel. They
always keep it under glass cover
while on the table. As rule. thew
care much less for sweets than we
do, but sauerkraut and all kinds of
salads are eaten with astonishing
relish. Before passing Judgment, how
ever, on their diet, we must remem-
Der that dyspepsia is an evil compar.
atively unknown among them. 1 /
have alluded to beer drinking espe
cially, because as rule it is taken
quite moderately at home. The
German likes. company when he in
dulges freely his natural and national
taste; SO the proper field for beer
drinking Is the rpstauranf Or oa on