Word: meals
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first it disagrees with some, he says, "perhaps a persistent trial of it would succeed as well as in the case of tobacco." Then follow several good pieces of advice on eating : "Regularity is important. Eat until satisfied, and thus avoid lunches. Let the amount of a meal bear some relation to future needs as well as to present appetite. Light conversation and gentle exercise promote digestion, but severe bodily or mental labor retards it. Avoid such labor just before and for at least an hour after a full meal. Eat slowly, masticate well." These and similar maxims are worth...
...bent out of all shape, the pewterer took them back as old metal, and a new stock of "dishes, swages, and porringers" was laid in, the cost being 9 1-2d. a pound. The duty of looking after the pewter, and collecting and counting it after each meal, fell on "young Ablinson," the cook's son, who got a trifle every quarter for his pains. He could not expect much, seeing that his father only got 10s. a half-year for his salary, and the "subcoquo" a miserable 3s. 4d. [Gentleman's Magazine...
...first place, the board may be said to have greatly improved on the whole. The breakfasts and dinners are far superior to the corresponding meals of last year. The lunches however, are no better than before, while the desserts at dinner, or rather, the pastry is not so good. The fruit, however, is much better. So that all that can be asked is that the character of the lunches and the pastries be improved and that with all this improvement the price of board be kept within reasonable limits. The only change that I have to suggest beyond these...
...last regular meal of the year at Memorial will be dinner Tuesday, June 26th. An extra breakfast will be served Wednesday, June 27th, from 7.30 to 9.00, to be paid for in checks at the rate of 25 cents for each person...
...stop it. The men at one table took the trouble recently to note the pilfering operations which came under their observation, and, judging of the other waiters by those observed, the total amount of stealings must be something enormous. Whole pies and plates of meat are hidden until after meal time and then carried away. We should think that something might be done to stop this abuse, which must have some influence in keeping up the price of board. An investigation of the matter by the board of directors might not be out of place...