The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-29
The Midday Dinner.

To consume hearty midday meal
and to take Il full hour Tor its consume
tlon would be tantam0unt TO u return TO
The manners OF prc-Independonce days,
anu, indeed, to the manners of Old En-
gland. Nilsson, u French traveller in
England, quoted by Mr.. John Ashton in
his Social Life in the Reign OF Queen
Anne" remarks: THE English cat n
great dcai at dnncr; they rest awhile,
and to it again, till they have quite
stuffed thoir pamch, Their suppcrs
are neutrality-suspicious. ut noon, AMI
nEs'incnt at night. | always heard that
they were great flesh caters, and 70, MI
1T true. / have known many people in
England that never eat any bread, and
universally they eat very little; they
nibble few crumbs, while thoy chew
the meat by whole mOuthtuls." ," Wucn
Now England was an English COLONY
the universal dinner-h0ur was noon
and traditions Of the staple of tho old,
fashioned fare yet lngcr in the iavorito
New Eng and dishes, pork aul beans
and 'nAian p"dding he last compost
OF "corn' meal am mOlaSsoS In tho
old Rnickcrb0ckcr days OF New York.
people dined early and substantially,
but we may rest tclCrablY well assured
that The comfortable and phlevmat:e
Dutch burGhcrS OF Manhattan took the
IN lest Of hours for Their meal and IFS
digestion. After the dinner came n
pipe many pipes. probably. The moi
ern Americans are not q Dc-smo;;inw
people. aud, to Judge from the "Sand,
wien anu piece of-pie allegNticn,' they
are slightly amcnnblo to the charge
bro ght by Briliat Savarin against M
poIeon the Great of "eatinm quickly
nN inn bad L., a, r
the 'Physiologic du Gcut' belonged to
n nation who have never swcrved from
their custom OF eating good midday
meal.
Iho Frenchman's break fast is ''cafe
nu lait|' and "brcad and BUTTER" lust
as the. c.Spaniard s 'dcsayunO'' is a cup
OF chocOiatc, u mOrSel OF dry bread
and a. glass Of cold water; but the Gaul
must have his second and substantial
breakfast ut noon; and Il ''dC clncr q
la 'ourchcttc" may be defined, without
cXaggeration, rs q dinner minus onlv
the soup. The Germans have Il emit
tageSScn.' or midday meal. at which
they eat soup; but the evening meal
with the old-!ashioncd Tcuton IS supner
and not late dinner. Mos. OF the hotels
hold two tables Il kotc dav, one at the
old-taShiOncd and one at the nrw-Gan-
SN', hONh NopltIiH iS, lfOm inc 30 mt
OF v,eW Of Eealth, perhaps the timc at
which Il SIS W!arc' meal should most ap.
propciatciy be eaten: bur, uufortunatc
~, Ii we wish 90 keep our digestion un-
impaired, we mus; rest awhile after an
cary dinner. Cur french nc:nlhors.
bTcaktnsting cOpously at noon. seldom
think Of returning 20 business until
haii-paSt' one; Frequently they remain
over thclr cigars and coffee until two ~.
M Sat, with the AngiO-SaXon races
"lm"., IS money!" and they yrrdgc
every minute during the hours OF buSi
ness viii ch = not devoted to the DIR.
suit OF Mammon. In the south Of
france The nOOnd.ly meal is followed bv
HE 'SlGSta, and from twcl'c G {, hall
past two III thG afternoon mercantile
and tinanc al bu~ncss i, almost entire
~ suspended. 1t is ,Guitn IS hot 1T
New York as il is at Murscillcs or Ton
lon, but what business Ncw Yorker
would think o. taking the $olacr o: .
''Sic>ta" after lunch? II Americans
and Engli3hmcn would rise u litllo
carrier, and get through the ma or part
o the days DuSinCSS-a3 rs FOREIGNERS do
IN The forenoon. Che substantial rtid-
day meal might become u possibility,
promising much benefit to their general
health and spirits; but such Il chanrc ~
AhgIo-SaXOn manners could not be e.
ieGtcd, perhaps without hr:nginr aboul
alarming disturbances in transactions
relative to 'calI money, '.gray shirt
lnE' pork, gold, gram, and railway
shares. -LODuoH Ici.Ir!Dh.