South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-05
BOARD IN LONDON
IS S21.75 A WEEK
American Experiments in Eng
IiSh Restaurants for One
Month to Learn This.
BY FLOYD MacGRIFF
international News Service STAFF
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Correspondent.
I LONDON May "a tBy maiD IF
! a person is not too hearty an eater
he can get his meals i'm London
! restaurants one week for S21.75, in
I GLIDING tips An American who COM
/ pleted a months experiment eating
at restaurants which would be
/ termed middle class" on Broad
way or i'm the loop district. Chicago.
found that his three meals day
avera ged more than $40 weekly
/ The same food and service could be
had in New York OF Chicago for
a bout $12.
Substitution Of fish and eggs for
meat dishes is one OF the first les
sons learned Having four mea;
meals week instead Of fourteen
I or more as in the state, is the sec
ond
a juicy porterhouse steak is an
impossibiiity That much meat can
not be served at one time Hence
most meat is boiled, baked or roast
ed so that il may easily be sliced
and served in small portions.
Butter Scarce.
Butter is very scarce and a card
permits one TO have four ounces
week if he can get it, or margarine.
Hotels furnish margarine with
breakfast. but not with other
meals Gravy is unknown. at least
in public eating places. Baked
beans. American fashion, are in the
same category SKINNED milk is
available for Tea or coffee. Good
cocoa retails at 81 pound. Whole
milk is only Tor ba bies or invalids.
Sugar. which retails at 10 cents
pound, is rationed An adult may
have half pound week Hotels
serve each person an ounce OF sugar
daily at breakfast, but none the rest
OF the day. SO il one is provident
ne will save that which is left from
the morning meal.
One Of the hardest things 10 OBJ
tain in many restaurants is water
Not that there is any scarcity OF
that But the great American Gus
tom or having water poured by the
waiter before food is ordered is
never observed here.
Bread Different.
Bread is somewhat darker than
( graham bread found in the states,
but it is palatable. though often
hard Fresh or hot biscuits are not
served. Cornbread likewise is not
found in any restaurants. One bun
or slice OF bread is the usual por-
ton.
Fish is the great national dish. II
a person uses up his four meat cou-
pons in as many meals. the other
L meals that week will be empha
sized by fish Let any American
who grumbles at voluntary food re-
striction please eat fish for Il times
in one week and his sentiments
about "porkless" Saturdays and
"meatless' Tuesdays will change
Omelettes. OF which there is an end
less variety, and vegetables. the lat
ter invariably cooked unseasoned.
form the substitutes If one does not
wish fish.
Like Courses
Service is about the same as in
American resta urantS. except that no
matter what one orders the waiter
will endeayor 10 make a three-to-
five course meal OF H.
Meat cards are treasured like a
hundred dollar note. II lost. IL is
very difficult 10 have them replaced
IL Is magnanimous person who
will let a friend have a coupon FOR
a meat meal When banquets are
given where meat Is served the
guests must bring their meat cards.
Banouets are rare.
Seven restaurants were patronlzed
iu the s2I15 experiment A sam
pie or food eaten on a meat day fol-
lows
Breakfast-O Oatmeal and milk. two
posched eggs. rolls. butter and cof-
fee-s5 cents
Lunch-Vesetahl pie. rolls, sam.
baked herriuE-s5 cents
Dinner-Pea soup, relish. roast
pork. boiled cabbage. potatoes rolls
and fruit salsd-Sis0. Total for
dszz- 81.