The Washington herald., 1914-07-20
BEST LUNCHEON
FOR THE SHOPPER

Food is always an absorbing topic. Dull
| eyes brighten at the suggestion Of some
thing good to eat and the dumb wax elo-
quent. Even the patrons of the restau-
rants. lunch, and tea rooms popular with
women SHOPPERS proverbIaIly Indifferent
TO eats" show a keen interest in the
question Of what TO order for luncheon.
What should the woman down town on
a tiresome. hot shopping expedition eat?
Dishes that could be recommended for
the business girl would not do for her,
because Of the difference in the way their
day is spent. The business girl sits at
her desk three hours or more before
luncheon and will presumably spend the
remainder OF the day there. consequently
her food must be light and easily di-
gested. The shopper. on the contrary. Is
having an unusual amount Of exercise
going about from place to place and
needs something that will stay by her"
It Is an easy enough question in cold
weather, but just what answers her pur-
pose In the good old summer timer"
Soup Is nutritious and easily digested. but
one gets overheaeted from it. and how
ever plausible the theory that hot tea
and soup leave one cooler in the end
than other foods, il applies best where
there is a chance to change ones clothes.
Chilled soup: Eureka, Just the thing,
made and not stiffened with geIatine-
without its warmth. and yet not sufi-
ciently cold to interfere with the diges-
ton Of the rest OF the meal. for she Is
sure to order something else.
With a cup or plate OF soup one hardly
cares for a meat or egg dish. so a leap to
salads is usually made. and you can be
pretty certain that the typical woman
will call for something she doesn't get
at home" either for the sake OF change
or for the worthy purpose Of trying a
new dish that may possibly be added to
the daily fairly regime later on.
Lobster and crab salad are not only
rather expensive when properly made.
but have been known 70 upset a delicate
stomach, and this should not be risked
on busy shopping expedition. A plebeian
potato salad sometimes goes to exactly
the right spot. especially when served
with a thin slice Of good cold boiled ham.
Fruit combinations there are galore.' but
they are refreshing rather than sustain
ing. Outside of the weird combinations
that men insist are eaten solely by wom-
en-, there is still the choice Of a large as
sortment Of vegetable, fish. and meat
salads served in peppers and tomatoes.
II soup is not INDUCED in, our old
friend Boston baked beans will furnish
enough cheap protein to provide energy
for the rest OF the day.
Deviled crabs seldom contain sufficient
crab meat to make the objections to crab
salad applicable and -croQuettes have
many good points. Fritters OF various
kinds are hardly to be recommended. es-
pecIally II the up-to-date specter Of too
too solid flesh is putting tiny worried
wrinkles between the shoppers eyes.
The good points of fish are too often
overlooked. either a brolled blue fish in
season or a portion of black bass at just
the proper time. being worth many times
its weight in flabby omelette or some in
sipid out-of-season delicacy.
To curries OF chicken. egg or mutton.
there can be no possible objection. for
are they not the most exploited food OF
India and other hot countries? Further
more, the bed of boiled rice on which
they are inevitably served contributes to-
ward a well-balanced ration.