Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-02-21
WEDNESDAY,, FEHRl .>KY 81, 1917
FDDD PROBLI;M IN GERMANY.
P"u'iry 81 30 to 81. 90 Per Pound.
Bread and Fish Daily Menu.

last 1--WE months. The corrcspondcnt
"f the Associated Press, who has
been away from Germany since the
FIRST week in August, has just re-
tDrifcd from Il stay OF three weeks in
HHrlih. lie found that many staples
81 FOOD had alto@cthrr disappeared
rom tn" markets. Others had grown
{" dear that they are beyond the
reach o. any but the wcll-tO-do, the
Gaiit allowance OF potatoes has been
r'hur"d to ten ounces. and that
either Il shortage Of flour or "A diSor-
d"r"d distribution Of il among the
h"h"rS mad resulted in Ions queues
"' buyers standing Tor hours IN front
% the bakeries.
NaNimmm prices OF the foodstuns
controlled by the government arc
S'iI' very low for potatoes and
bread and compnrativcly low for
meats. Potatoes cost only - cents
III" standard bushcl OF 90 pounds
and bread 4 little less than ~ cents
a pounds. But the potato allowance
K insufficient for persons who have
ht'r but bread and potatoes 20 eat
az" mas to be ckcd out with turnips.
y" Cheese Nor Eggs.
II had been hoped to allow one egg
I" Il person each two weeks i'm
Greater Berlin but the last onc-cgg
aio"ahc" was made some five weeks
ago and another is not promised un-
u lat" in February. Since the end
~ August there has been no cheese
on the market
Another serious reduction OF avail
thir fOodStulfs has been the apprODri-
alton for control by the goycrnmcn,
"i canned vegetables. Four or five
weeks ago people were permitted to
sell fractional part OF their stock.
nat only two cans on each bread
cara. Dealers are TO be compelled
I" open each can before selling it. so
~ TO IOrcr the buyers to consume il
al once and not hoard It.
'hc weekly allowance OF meat o.
All kinds in the Greater Berlin mi-
niripaiitics runs from ~ to S%i
ounces. The cheapest varieties are
Ahout 60 cents 4 pound: the dearest
y cents.
Th" weekly allowance Of butter
and margarine together is a little
'csS than three ounces to Il person.
OIL is so expensive that it is out Of
the reach OF the great ma aiority. The
correspondent paid $3.l2 for about
i"o-thrds Of pint Of hazlcnut oil TO
be used for frying. Goose fat costs
$3.50 can OF II 3/5 ounces. and is
fhc only fat. except vegetable oils.
lhat can be bought without a card.
This insufllcicncy OF fats in the daily
ration shows itself in an almost con-
tNuouS feeling Of hunger. The most
hNttcr complaints come from the SOL
dlcrs at home on furlougn.
Soldiers Are Well Fed.
When the writer last visited the
'front.'. in July, the mems rations were
iMplc in every respect. and there is
10 reason to believe the same is not
true to-day
Ih"rc is deadly monotony abou.
HralS in the average household.
Hrcaktast generally consists Of rolls,
marmaladc tottcn made OF pump.
4 nsI. and 4 dr"oction or roasted
a2orns. rye, chicory and what not
nat goes by the name OF coffee.
There is no real coffee left. Some
t"a at high prices is still to be had,
A"t the poorer people drink 4 brew
OF linden blossoms. raspberry leaves
or leaves OF other shrubs or trees.
For the second breakfast there is
dry bread.
Hens $40 Il Pound.
Dinner generally consists Of boiled
yolhto"s with salt. some kind Of boil
days Of the week. tiny piece OF
meat. Fish takes the place OF meat
on other days. unless one can buv a
goose at Sl.I0 a mound. "A duck nj
Sl.A' pound. II turkey at $l.32 a
round or a hen at $l.0S to $l.2O
pound
Dear Old Beer Is Scarce.
supper is the problem in the aver
$50 household. Generally there are
40 potatoes left over from noon. and
mere is no rat in which to fry them,
me usual German supper before the
war consisted OF cold meats. sausage.
cheese, bread ard butter and beer
mere is no meat, no cheese, and no
sausage, no butter on four or five
days Of the week no more bottled
bccr and many saloon keepers re-
fuse to sell beer to be consumed off
me premises. The beer. moreover,
is all but nndrnkablc.
SnccIarinr for Sugar.
There remains. then. only bread
aud fish. fresh smoked. dried or can
ned. And here the problem OF cost
is added to that OF monotony. The
writer paid in Berlin $l.20 n pound
for ordinary lake trout and 81 cents
a pound for small fresh water bass
Dried Saltcd fish cost 36 cents a
pound and smoked eel $1.92 to
$40. Smoked goose breast costs
SO to $3.50 a pound. and boiled
shrimps are 72 cents. Pepper costs
Sc a pound and small raisins $1.OS.
Saccharine, dissolved in water, has
taken the place Of sugar for sweet
ening coffee and tea in private homes