The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-03-28
The Midday Dinner.

To consume hearty midday meal
and 10 take n full hour Tor its cOnsump-
ton would be tntamount to n return 10
The manners Of prc-Independen g days,
aud. indeed, TO the manners Of Old En-
gland. Nilsson, French Traveller in
England, quoted b. Mr.. John Ashton IN
his Social Life in tho Reign OF Queen
Anne remarks "Tho English eat o
great deal ut nncr; they resi- awhile,
and u it again, TIL they have quito
stuffed their paunch, Their suppcrs
are neutrality-suspicious. at noon. ~ /
ab3tincnt NJ night. always heard that
they were greai llcsh-cliers, and 10 nj
IL true. ] haze known many people in
England that never cat any bread. md
universally they cnt yorr li.ilr: they
nibblc few crumbs, while they chew
the mo!t by whole mluihiuls." Wgon
New England was an English colony
the universal dinncr.hOur was noon.
and traditions Of the staple Of tho old
fashioned fare yet lingcr in the iavOrt6
New Eng and dishes, pork anil beans
and Indian pnddiHg he last cOmpo.t
OF "cOrn meal IN mDIas,es In The
old KnickerbockGr days Of ew York,
people dined early and substantially,
but we may rest tDlcrnbIy well assured
that the comfortable and phlogmate
Dutch burgher5 OF Manhattan took the
IN lest Of hours for thor meal and It's
digestion. After the dinner came
Pipe many pipes, probably. The mol
ern Americans are mol pipe .smokiny
people. and, TO Judge from tho sand
wich and piece of-pio allegation thee
are slightly amcnablo 10 the charge
bro ght by liriliat Saynrn against NJ
poleon the Great Of "cating quickly
and eating badly" Yet the author Of
the "fhysiolOgic du Goup belonged 10
n nation who have never sweryo1 fr m
their custom OF eating n good midday
meal.
The Frenchman's breakfast il "cafe
au lait and "brcad aud butter lu,t
Ms tho Spaniard's "dc,alunO' IL cuu
oil chocolate, mOrsol Ol dry bread
and glass Of cold water; but the Gnul
must have his second and substantial
breakfast ut noon; and a edo cunrr n
Ia 'ourcbctlo' may be defined, without
eXaggcration. ~ "a dinner minus" only
tho soup. The Germans have emit. /
tagosscn. or midday meal. at which !
they eat soup; but tho evening mral /
W th tho Old-iashioncd 1culon Is sumner /
md not late dinner Most OF the hoirll !
hold two tables 1t hole q daY, one at the /
old.lnshiOnod and one nj the new fan
glci hour. Noontdr is, from The mont
Of rev OF Health, perhaps the limo nj
which ~ iuarc' meal should most pp-
proprlaicly he eaten; but, unfortunate !
~, II we wish to keep our digestion un- |
impaired. we must rest awhile after an !
early dinner Cur trench ncighhurs. |
brcakii'sting cop.ously at noon, seldom !
think oi returning tp business until |
hall-rast one, Frequently they rorain |
over their cigars and coffee until two -.
IN. 3ul, with the Anglo Saxon races. /
"llmc X money" aud tl'"y grudge |
every minute during the hours oi bn,i- !
ness VIII oh is not devoted 10 the mn, /
SUIT Ol AammOn. In the south Of /
France The MONDAY meal is followed by |
lhc 'Sicsia, and from twelve o. lalf. |
past two in the afternoon mercantile
anu financial business !, almost entire
y '"'P'"uo'" ~ - uullt ~ not aL
New York as il i, Mt Mlrsciics or Tou-
on, but what business Jew Yorker
would think OF taking the solacr o. a
'siosta" aiior lunchP Ii Americans
lnd Englishmcn would rise "A little
'arlior, and get through the ma or pat
u the days business AS foreigners do
in tho forenoon, the substantial mid.
lay meal might become u possibility,
much benefit 10 their general
health and spirits; but such II change in !
Anglo-Saxon manners could not be Of
'ccled. perhaps, without bringing about
alarming disturbances in transactions
relative 10 "call money, gray shirt
ing pork. gold, gran, and railway
shares. London IcicgrYA