Word: food
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hurried business men, but a dining hall whose tables should be as nearly as possible like home tables. There is one objection to the proposed plan which should not be lost sight of by either students or corporation. It is that where large quantities of one kind of food,- fowl is the best known example-have to be prepared, the work of preparation is done in such a hurry and so mechanically that the food is likely to be unpalatable. The present steward, who has done so much to improve Memorial board, has not been able to overcome completely this...
...hand, it would be possible to add a small number of waiters for service at the club tables whose sole duty should be to keep the tables cleared of dishes that had been used; and, further, to have an increased number of waiters behind the screens to distribute the food. The first of these plans has been tried at the general tables with good result, and the second would obviate a large amount of lost time. Indeed, it is quite plain that, at crowded hours, more time is spent by a waiter in obtaining food than in carrying...
...believe that any reform ought to take into account both these truths,- that accommodations ought to be given to the greatest practicable number, but that accommodations should include not only the possibility of eating food, but also the privilege of eating it with friends and without hurry. We believe that, in the case of the present problem, a compromise between the two plans mentioned would bring about the desired result. The general tables might well be continued with the proposed reduction in the number of students there, but, instead of reducing the total number in the hall, the number...
Skepticism, should be most carefully avoided. If we were to doubt everything society would become impossible. Doubt is a medicine and not a food. It may be resorted to occasionally, but as a reglar thing it is altogether impracticable...
...directors of the Cooperative Society have under consideration a proposal to establish a new department in its business, by keeping in stock and selling certain kinds of cooked food. An opportunity exists for securing soups and other articles of food, thoroughly and neatly prepared, and of high nutritive quality, in a form which makes it feasible to carry them away and use them at clubs or rooms. Before taking any steps, the directors wish to get some indication as to the probable demand for such articles, and have appointed a committee, of which I am chairman, to make inquiries...