Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-07-22
1T TAKES SOME FOOD.
How they Feed the Members OF the
lO1 Ranch Wild West.

Inc system for feeding the nearly
one thousand people that will be here
with the l0l Ranch Real Wild West
on Thursday, August 7th, is a most
interesting study, but one that would
make the frugal housewife tremble.
SO perfect is this system, that the
United States Government has had
two representatives of the army con
| stantly with the show to study it,.
There are more meals served in the
huge dining tents daily than is served
In the very largest of hotels and the
| menu is more extensive than that of
any first class hoStelry. When it is
considered that the kitchen and dining
rooms must be built every day before
the trSt attempt can be made to get
the meals ready, the speed with which
the morning meals is served is mar
vellous. 1t is accomplished if about
the same length of time, that in the
ordinary hotel, cooks would require
to prepare their fires. Not only is the
vast number of people that are to be
fed something interesting, but the
quantity OF food that is required to
feed them surprising.
The food that will be purchased
here will not be eaten here. 1t will
be taken over to the next stand The
food consumed here will be purchased
in the stand the show makes before
coming here. Thus there is always
one full days food on hand in going
from town to town. This of course,
does not refer TO the bread stuffs and
milk. Fresh milk is always bought
when it is obtainable but condensed
milk is always carried in stock. The
bakers with the show would have to
get busy in case of accident, Just the
same as they have to every day when
there is no accident.
The cook house wagons are the very
f1rSt to be unloaded when the show
arrives in town and within a half
hour after they have reached the lot
breakfast is ready to be served 1t
must not be inferred from this rapid
ity that the breakfast is meagre one,
for ID is far from it. The chef and
his six cooks, four vegetable men, four
bakers, two butchers and the half
dozen dish washers, unite in the kitch-
Ell work, while the head waiter.
his thirty assistants, four coffee pour
ers, three bread cutters and two pan
trymen get busy With the dining tents.
The fires in the three twelve hole
steel ranges are going before the
ranges are fairly in position. The two
range wagons with two ten hole
ranges in them are busy as soon as they
leave the cars and before the reached
the lot, meats were being cooked and
smaller dishes prepared. -Four cooks
preside over the range wagons and in
them a meal can be prepared as they
are being taken to the show grounds
The breakfast with the l0l Ranch
show consists of steaks, choss, fish,
eggs, potatoes, ham, bacon, omeletts,
hot cakes, breads, tea, coffee and milk
OF course, there are fruits and break
fast foods.
The principal meal of the day is
served right after the afternoon
performance. This is dinner and con-
tinueS until six O'Clock, at which time
the signal is given to break camp and
the preparations are made for depar-
ture for the next town. The dinner
is full course affair and the menu is
as varied as the best of hotels. 1t
consists of soups, fish, boiled meats,
roast meat, game in season, chicken
in many styles, six entrees salads,
cold cuts of meats, vegetables in sea-
son, pies, puddings, ice cream, crack
erS, cheese, fruit and nuts, the coffee
and milk. Table water is served at
every meal and the city water is used
only in cooking. The constant change
of water would prove disastrous to the
health of the people with the show
and for this reason the same brand of
water is served the whole season
through.