The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-31
RESTAURANT LINGO.
n MYSTERIOUS LANGUAGE IN USE
~ NEW YORK EATING HOUSES.

STARTLING Terms for Ordinary EdibIes.
ana How They Origiuatctg-An ExpIana-
tion 81 Che Curious T.ingo-Phrases Used
IA I.-.,dville.
\ stranger - restaurant living is pretty
~; tn wonder what Ee has decided TO eat
Whom j.. hears his order repeated 10y the
waiter b may take him fifteen minutes 70
adjust e.. appetite To- the bill Of fare. Deli
.s,'n inauri.l questions may enter into the
ir"''.w But when the waiter calls out that
o~le. u.itl..~ The stranger nor any other man,
except 'ha c,o'., can tell whether the meal IS
(, i.4 SIS spread" or a 2.I-cent snack OF
coarse, rh.- doc, NOS apply 70 the SumptuoUs
yirtmliHE places OF the Delmonico type.
There the guest meyer hears his order given.
Nuitcr- 81 icy dignity or profrISe politeness
uoS.l e-~'v bear II 10 the invisible region of
tn kitchen. IN the popular restaurant it is
different The cries that rend the air are as
varied a~ the olurs OF cooked and cooking
'atabl"s that pcrmeate it. and mysterious
a the hash that is Il staple OF the bill of fare.
Ii" waiter arr not hurdeuCi with dignity
Uor bothered hy roIitaness. They yell the
1.ugry mans wants from the front of the
rnnm tnShc kitchen hole in the rear with a
So kiss vi-rr and IN a verEacular that dcties
Interpretation by those IMMERSED in restaurant
erie,
Tommy ia the bowl, Tommy" does not
at first SQUAD convey to ordinary ears a
definite idea Of anything TO cat Neither do
sri-l expressions "a Bobby Blue on the
iru.I. -lIcalo boilo busto." Plum up" T.
with D." and Tea no. uttered with a
sfaccatn movement n "plum-up' and from
that 10 ~fr1-up~ in wild crcscondo. Yet these
v,y., the y.ru.s in which a young man in a
downtown b. tau.-,ut beard his modest meal
examined the bill OF fare again. He could
discover mo- references therein To Tommy
intrusion 800 bowl lie was equally unable
- E-'a Glow To- tne proposed torture of
Bobby i3igH on presumably hot iron. He
was sIfI. ..rhiug Tor a key TO these strange
Itt.i.H--- when two men entered the res
taUrJut they tool, seats opposite. The
wvij.r -sHf their combined order ricochetinG
luc, 80 ,nc kitchen hole with Gimme a
double lr"HUstouc front, suuds stew and
coffee u-o-", Come a-runnin'.' Then u tall,
IaHI woman with spectacleS and handbag
,-.uC ir- sio planted herself augularly at a
Sill. '..'.,.. SHE glanced at the bin in per
t.... .rlS way. spoke taItly TO the waiter, and
plan .3 iarp volume Of Nr. Emcrsons re
E..,....s. u.I the cycTSoui which she drew from
'ay 'Hr:.H-. I'm instant later the table
-.-,..sr announced, loud enough to be heard
p. everyone ia the place, that she wanted
~1r, West Broadway brown, an have her
cAu.s l-u.g.a."
ANXIOUS FOR SOLUTION.
IN. veun:. mans interest in gustatory de
j III lad long since given place TO a study OF
IT, r-v-t.c suuuds all around him. Hesettled
l.u-. {. - catch every new call. \ business
man Nas ucy. to give his order II was
waited .i..aruwaul 10y a Ieather-lunged
waiter: -I,, the Hood follow the knife once;
coffee, aeg. According to another lusty de,
uiaal i youth with thin legs and high col
lar, WHO Hul just come in, was hungry for
- . H..-H' auI corn from the neighbor up
uuI r,ri Hv this time the two men opposite
IT, H'"uiuI young man had finished the
T.u-. 80! -.JDtial portion of their meal. Their
w...s.r declared one was now ready for IT.
q. * and both" and that the other hal an
appetite for a "CatskilI.
row thoroughly mystifed, the young man
sought tl' clcrk. That functionary. IN nc
coW-F-.eJ and jaUlty young man, was tax.
i-c ga cash and checks with one hand and
det,v hgpwiaS out change with the other,
performance he dill not iutermt for sec
oul, ctrp when it became necessary to sell an
in.p1'5 ~ customer two five-cent ciSars for n
quarter. h.g.,lr a waiter FOR negligence, and
o.Icr hu.', mutton for to-mnrrow'< IinL
s.-w
~Uudti~.auI that Iingo:7 said he We'll, |
haven't Lrau in the restaurant business in all
p1r,~ ot the country for fourteen years with
"tlt li-Si"g up 4 point or two can explain
ali those things to you. Let me Sec-take
th-m down is give them to You, and the list
viii mako u kind Of restaurant directory.
$50. n trEin with, Tommy in the bowl
rs..-- one tn,.i OF tomato soup; 'houillon bowl
VII + a.. bowl OF beef soup II. Yankee
j, a Ial soup and 'somec' is yermicelIi. \
'brnEu Stone front j. a porterhou~e steak
a.l '@sullr brown stone 'front.' porterhouSe
r.r two West Broadway means pork and
s-uilir, th9t the beans are to be well warmed
o,.". '@ohhv Blue on the iron is broiled
IIu.. a auI cash on delivery broiled col
Ssh 'tHsrl from II" neighbour j. corned
D ~. sft tli. adjunct. 'up and M means that
j. t-... p. -tr.uS AMI streak Of fat and lean,
.. the beam. ON brown calls fer the
j. ....... 8. nalI.- to the dish Let the blood
i... ..# iuit-' is tie signal fer roast beef
o.t~. 1au.. 'Srud- are potatoes, ami 'mealo,
t.i.r. 'a.-t.' means Loiled potatoes that are
ls-. HI. a' p. and vel cooked i. O. r. Is
-. .5i .r- tap!ocl pudding, and both
a.'h kinds Of sauce Ecrl and soft.
s...' iu.iG.u.- j, 'Cut~kill,' and 'plumup' or
.s.uu -.r means plum pudding. + with
3: E.. rr.. biscuit. ami corn bread Is indicated
4, -. t.e Jack 80 corn Johnny Order
.- i'm stripes and youu set pork and
beam when coffee on tea - desired With
ou- a.i.'- t.r NH Is coffee mo- or tea no
..E- THE TERMS ORIGINATED.
70. '.j these names originate, Many of
'-r...r- f...aH!y with the negro walters, who
at.. -... - Z, singing out their orders. Then,
! >Ul. Hs~, some ~ them came from bright
ylil. walters who tired of calling the same
o'3 Things. The calls tilrcr a little in some
I-t-.I--.usz. bur tho definitions l have given
ya-. uugij Ne recognized il any popular New {
Nr.E eating place. .E, cooks 81 50 used to I
G-... .7n- term, they hardly know the com .
lanl articles bE their right names.
ID the .ustonl general elsewhere"
A.r-. indeed we worked .a restaurants
c. Hv-e them "a most parts ot the country, .
au- ir. always found II 80. The salvation
Ar, rstus e very popular restaurant in
C.--.-- EL.ra hrttcr gakes arc cal!ed three |