The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1883-03-10
The Midday Dinner.


and to take q full hour for its consump-
ton would be tantamOunt 10 a return TO
the manners OF neutrality-suspicious. days,
and. indeed, to the manners Of Old En-
gland. Nilsson, y French traveller: in
England, quoted BY Mr.. John Ashton in
his "Social Life in the Reign OF Queen
Anne" remarks: 1.-THE English eat .
great deal at d nner; they rest awhile.
and to it again. till they have quite
stuffed their paunch. Their suppers
are neutrality-suspicious. at noon. AMI
abstincnt nj night. I always heard that
they were great Eesh-eaters, and found
II true. Ia G known many people in
England that never cat any bread. and
universally they eat very little; they
nibble u 'cw crumbs. while they chew
the meat by whole mDuthiuls." When
New England was an English colony
the universal dinner-hOur was noon.
and traditions OF the staple Of the old.
fashioned fare yet linger in the favorite
New Eng and dishes, pork and beans
and Indian prdding-thc last compost
Of "cOrn' meal an mOlasses. In the
old Knickcrbockcr days of New York,
people dncd early and substantially.
hut we MAY rest tolcrably well assured
that the comfortable and phlegmat,e
Dutch burghers OF Manhattan took the
IN lest Of hours for Their meal and its
digestion. After the dinner came q
pipe many pipes. probably. The mod.
crn Americans are not pipe smoking
people. AMI. TO Judge from The "sand.
witch and piece of.pie allegati' n" they
are slightly amenable TO the charge
bro ght by Brillat Savarin aga nst Ma
poleOn the Great Of "eatinS quickly
and eating badly" Yet tho author Of
the "Physiologie du Govt belonged to
q nation who have never swerved from
their custom Of eating good midday
meal.
The Frcnchman'S breakfast is ''caft
. au lait" and "breal and butter,' Just
as the Spaniard's ''desayuno'' is n cur
,, Of chocolate. y morsel OF dry bread.
and a glass Of cold water; but the Gau
:. Unjust haze his second and substantial
/. breakfast at noon; and 4 ode euner q
, Ia Ourchctte" may be defined, without
cxaggcration. as \ dinner ''minus" only
/. the soup. The Germans have a Unit
= tagessen.' or midday meal. at which
= they eat soup; but the evening mea
> W tn the old-iashioncd TcutOn is supper
!; and not late dinner~ Mos, OF the hotel
" hold two tables d hote day, one at thu
old-fashioned and one at the new-fan
= glch hour. NOOntidc is, from the poin
J. J. OF Jew III health. perhaps the time q
|. which ..s ,,.arc' meal should most ap
!. prOpriately be eaten; but. unfortunate
= ". II we wish TO keep our digestion nm
: impaired, We must rest awhile after n
:. cary dinner Cur French neighbOrs
:, - brcakfastins copiously at noon, seltlo'
- think OF returning to business unit
- half.past one; frequently they renal
:. over their cigars and coffee until two +
- IN. But, with the Anglo-Saxon races
T. ''time is money!" and they gruds
~ every minute during the hours Of bus
ness VIII oh Is not devoted TO the pul
suit OF Mammon. In the south {
France the MONDAY meal is followed b
the'"s;esta, and from twelve to hal
past two in the afternoon mercantil
~ and linanc al business i almost entir
,. " suspended. 1t is quite as hot 1
?, New York As it is at Marseilles or 10,
~ Ion but what business New York;
~ y, would think OF taking the solace OF
Isle. tn" after lunch? II American
g, g, and Englishmen would rise lit
eu earlier, and get through the ma. or pa
o. 0. the days business-as foreigners {
oo in the forenoon, tho substantial mi
y day meal might become possibilit
q promising much benefit to their gener
~ IT, health and spirits; but such change
70. AnglO.Saxon manners could not be {
' ' fecied, perhaps, without bringing abo
no alarming disturbances in transactio
ne relative to ''call money, ''gray shi
ce ing" pork, gold, grain, and railw
~, ~. shares. London Telegraph.