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...steak," he replied. I ordered the steak . . . and he shuffled out. Presently he set before me tomato juice and avocado salad. This was followed by the steak with French-fried potatoes, Golden Bantam corn, a dish of green field peas, ice tea and hot biscuits with country butter. For dessert there was a generous piece of banana cream pie with real whipped cream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 9, 1943 | 8/9/1943 | See Source »

...Beneath these dangling ropes is a pit, twelve feet across and five feet deep. The object is to spring the forty yards between obstacles, jump six feet, grab the rope and swing across the chasm to the other side. Another spring of forty feet, another hurdle and then the dessert, (boy, what a meal.) Everyone likes a large, sweet, mouth-watering dessert. The Obstacle Course provides exactly that. A ladder extends in the air for thirty feet. You go up one side and down the other. If you can survive this course, you are a cinch to be good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATISTICACKLES | 3/26/1943 | See Source »

...dessert, cakes and cookies are top favorites, canned fruits next. Pies trail fruit salad and gelatins. Least popular: puddings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: The Army's Stomach | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...better time in Paris. She shopped, saw the Chamber of Deputies ("superb . . . the French have so much taste"). Daughter Julia bought a "superb" dessert set. The W.'s dined with King Louis Philippe and the Queen ("Very superb. The King helps the soup . . . and the Queen the fish"). Then they flitted back to London where they saw a new play called Love, a Melo Drama ("The thunder storm, where her lover . . . was slightly stunned . . . was very pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lost Journal | 12/7/1942 | See Source »

...price for a full meal: 35?. Though it takes four caterers to cover the whole of River Rouge, a good part of Henry Ford's giant plant is served by the Springwells Box Lunch Co., which serves 20,000 men a day with a choice of three sandwiches, dessert and fruit (20?), 12 oz. of stew (io?0, 16 oz. of coffee (12?), single sandwiches (6 to 12?), plus one hot dish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Restaurants | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

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