The Sentinel=record., 1918-06-08
REVISION MENUS
ASKED OF HOTELS
WIDE VARIETY AND RANGE or
FOOD MAY BE cURTAILED
TO HELP WIN WAR.
Food Administration is Now Busy
with Ice Survey in All the States
in the Union.

The day OF wide variety ana range
OF choice in foods served at hotels
Is passing, if recommendations nov
teing made by the United States
rood administration are put into eff
feet. The food administration is ask
ing all hotels to reduce their menus
ana, as far as possible, to cut out all
OF the foods that are needed for over
seas shipment. When the new plan
OF operation is working. ii is e--
pected most Of the hotels will be
serving Irregular luncheons." the
choice of foods narrowed to a few
commodities on the order of table
hote meals
John McE Bowman, who is in
charge of the food administration
work with public eating places, has
| sent the following telegram to his
| representatives in every state:
Tn view OF the necessity of STEADY
progress to much simplified note,
living and with the growth of ma
| ional demands for food conservation
labor and thrift generally it seems
70 me that the time has arrived Whe.
the hotels and restaurants of tn,
| country can quite well simplify their
entire cuisine by a reduction in nlIn
bers of items on the menus.
During the months Of June, July
| and August we are extremely anxious
o secure a reduction OF fresh bee
consumption in order to maintain the
allies supply, and We must secure
| this without substitution OF pork OF
poultry OF which, while we have
| enough for ordinary course of con
sumption, we are not in a position {.
provide for their additional use rs
substitutes for beef we have sup
plies OF by-produets such as OK tails.
tongues livers, kidneys, sweetbreads,
| tripe and brains, because only the
meat cuts are being exported The
use OF these could be employed, but
more especially the use OF sea food.
yegeta bles and fruit.
1t would seem to me possible t.
eliminate on the menus steaks and
| roast beef, excepting two or three
| times weekly.
| Please take this up in your state
at once and particularly with hotel
and restaurant associations and for
| mulate some constructive program
upon the above lines"
The food administration is also
making careful survey OF the ma
ional ice situation in order that it
may be prepared to meet any sudden
shortages in particular communities
The destruction Of ice plants by fire.
breakdown of machinery or the exia
ency Of the weather may at any time
cause serious shortage.
With these possibilities in mind the
food administration is advising fed
eral food administrators in all states
TO make a careful survey of ice avail
able for shipment. With this intor-
nation in hand it viii be comparably
easy to rush quick relief to any com
munity that may be threatened by an
ice famine
| Reports from the administrators
surveys viii be studied in an effort
to formulate plans for building NJ,
and maintaining a sufficient amour.
of stored ice to assure the communitf
a proper supply during the period Of
| hot weather and to insure against SUI
tering In the event Of an acciden
| The food administration will also
study them with a view to having
records of the nearest ice available
in case OF unexpected shortages