Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-12
MEALS AT SECONDHAND.
How A Washington Woman Puts
Broken Nictuals to Profitable Use.

Il haven't the slightest objection to giving
you the waste food from my house." said the
lady to the old beggar woman. but my servant
tells me that you come for it every morning
with the big market basket you have now on
your arm filed to the brim with all sorts Of
broken proyender, and am puzzled to know
what you do with it all. Let me see what you
have in there now. Why there's a days pro-
visions in it for three or four families And yet
you are begging for more. Surely you cannot
sell the stuff"
mo, ma'am," replied the mendicant "Snce
yez are rale Teddy, don't moind tellln' yez that
l kape boardin' house."
"A boarding house,"
''Yis. maam; for colored gintlemen that
worruks about the wharves. It's not the lob
at all fer meself, that was wildly to a harrud
wurrikin' man; but sure. he lay down ia q
mud puddle wan night, whin comm home from
wake, and was drownded In six inches OF
wather. So here am, tryin' to make a dacint
Twin by feedin' a lot av cannibals at q dollar
and twinty-fove cints week. wild lunches ex-
try; an this H. how git me vttIes."
THAT is to say, you 60 about from house to
house every morning until you have filled this
huge market basket"
"And that's me supply av pervisions fer
twinty-four hours. III me marnin's foragin' IL
poor, it's slim day wild the boarders; I can't 60
porterhouse steak an peratees. at an-twinty-
five a week. tn cannibals is In luck that
don't fail back on the swlll bari"
"And, afterall, you must get not little really
good food?"
"PIinty av It. ma'am. Me boarders live on
the tat av the land. It's only In the ash'nabls
part av the city that do me foragin,. On the
good vittles that's thrown away at some av the
big houses Is smaZin'. Meat, an veg'tubbles,
an bread in lots is only ordinary; q whole leg
av mutton wild few slices out got today, and
a Deefsteak Just little high, wild some corn an
two bakers loaves, all at wan place. But its
In the winter, whin parties an balls is goin' on,
that the cannibals feed loike kings. Av coorse,
there's always no end av refreshments left over
afther such cellybrations. and the sarvents the
mkt marnin are glad to git rid av phwat they
don't want fer themselves an their tri'nds; 90 /
ill nae basket wild cake an fried oysters an salad
gintlemen ate and ate. until YOU'D think they'd
bust"
But how do you prepare the common broken
food that you get so as to make IL palatable?"
1.-The meat, maam, ! make Into stews and
hash; an the bones, to be sure, are fer soup.
The vegtubbles are easy cooked over. and the
broken bread. soaked 10 sour milk, makes the
foinest griddie cakes Then theret puddn, FER
dessert. 20 be made from the bread. Faith, an
divil bit OF what git Is wasted"
mot even the cold buckwheats?"
..Ain't they good TO soak an make over ag'ini
It's asy to see, maam. that yea niver tired
kapin' boardin' house fer colored gintlemen q
wan-twinty-toive q week, wid lunches extry.
The care av 1t is maxim me baidheaded. fes
ought to see me ct dinner tonne. hepn stew
and peratees TO Q long shelf full Of boarders %
tall stools, and wavin me spoon IN shouslnS
IT the cannibal at the other end don't want .
head put on him he'll stop belpin h1meeu 9
mans v,d ID ~ to o come to. M1cS osssrsd,
ma'am. for the bacon and may the Lard 49,
ye."