The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-08

An T1QlshmBn thinks Lucullus
aims with IueuIlus when he dimes ex'
~,r4ivaIy with himself aud has enough
f9r.aI meat set before him to feed =
Swiss regiment. He calls il living A
F-.ucrwau imra{nes, with 2 dozen lit
gle dishes Of dainty food served no Ia
e.sz iug lapi5ity that only the French
know h1H 70 live, while the American,
with plenty Of money, demands style
and is willing 90 pay 'or It mixed. half
ErgIrsl and half French. At least that
my e.g.leace." said an American
tourist who has spent several years in
Frraue and hos diued st nearly every
rrIuaIusl hot-i ON the continent 10 Il
reporter,
81 remember, 81 he continued, "severaI
years ago ] diued ut a Pdlals Royal res
t~a7raut in Pans for an experiment. /
wanted to see how chcaply n could
live and live d~eceutlv, rs J had heard
so uuch about it. The. restaurant was
crowded. but / was waited IN With DIS
patch. soup, fish, meat, a course at
VEGETABLES. dessert aud a bottle Of wine
comprised my meal. ] paid for it
fgeutv-tlree ceuts, II was really as
tonishinq. The meat and fish were
fresh and the vegetables very goAd,
The wine ] confess was not the best,
but still Of good quality, ] made mp
MY mind to try a regular twenty-five
cent dinner when / returned TO New
Yo1R and notice the difference. did
so. went 20 q Bowery r. staurant
where meals were advertised tor %
cents. was waited on after a while.
Tic suup was scarcely more than warm
water. the meat was simply execrable,
and what vegetables were served were
no. eatabie at all. No vine was given,
hut instead d weak substitute for coffee.
O. course there is no comparison to be
made. In France 9 man with extreme ely
moderate means can live in a style that
would be ~arlstoCrafic to an American in
like circumstances.
'Theu you mean to say that for re-
spectacle, cheap living Paris beats the
world %
Eyes. I do But with cheap living it
suds. for there Is very. little difference
when it comes to first class hotels and
fashionable restaurants. They sill
charge enormously. and serve Different
Is. In England everything is boiled
mutton or roast beef.
&C. The English eat so much meat,
isa't Il tar superior to American
meats p
No. American beef IS Just as good
and because l am al American | think
1t a little better. My conclusion is that
among the wealthy classes the Ameri-
cans are better llvers than the French
or Eaglish, simply because they 10 not
est too much meat or burden the table
with a thousand little dyspeptIc dishes,
but pursue a moderate, medium course
which is conducive to health and long.
evlty."
by gar, ze Americana is re next to
e Frenchman when icy eat" said the
chef cook of the Aston House, who has
been in America fourteen years, plying
his vacation as head cook in the large
hotels. He thinks the Americans
understand how to eat in a more enjoya-
bic and better style than the English.
He complained that the English were
too fond of meats and needed more
delicacies to offset these heavy dishes.
The Americans, he asserted, were more
cosmopolitan in their Rpretites 1he ex-
planned that he meant by the cosmo-
poitan appetite a wise selection from
the menu) and came nearer being
FreneAmen than any othAr nationality
IN similarity Of eating. BIe put France
ahead of the United States in cooking
and serving IN.
Mr, Faraud thisas Jnat the Ameri.
eaas kaoW l5a b sat better than Eng
bs6meH. Hts ressn5r for this opinion is
ta3t roini ue1l Rotel throughout
1tg Aaitac sta has French cooks,
snd has ahare lre educated the people
IN Q measure 10 tia taudard of the
HfslsGb TSsse alIa style
& 3iof o,s5J, has been IN
America tweuty-eight years. He says
the English live better than the Ameri-
cans, aud cheaper. Their meats are
much better Than ours, he asserts. He
says the French cooks the English en-
ploy have nothing specially to do but
10 supaIintend a special big dinner now
and then, while here the CHEF, French
or no French, has personally to be
present and superintend the cuisine de-
partment every day. Hs says high
living costs as much in France and
England as in the United States that
IN extremely cheap and reasonable
eating France cannot be surpassed.