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Fruits, which under the old system were seldom if ever allowed, are now given freely twice a day. Bananas, apples, grapes and oranges are those usually served during the football season. For breakfast there is, besides these, oatmeal, cracked wheat, and hominy, with plenty of cream and sugar, beefsteak, mutton chops, broiled chicken and eggs. For lunch, cereals are served again and the same meats as at breakfast, with baked, stewed or boiled potatoes. Several kinds of fish are allowed, but are little cared...
Once a day, at dinner, soup is served those selected are usually clear soups, free from fats. The meats are usually roasts of beef, mutton, turkey and chicken. There are two or three vegetables chosen by the steward from a list which includes, besides all the plain varieties, cauliflower, carrots, spinach, egg-plant and oyster plant. Simple mean gravies, free from fat, and cream sauces are allowed, where formerly nothing o the kind was permitted. For dessern there are puddings of bread, tapioca, cornstarch, sago, custard, and a decidedly new addition in ice cream. This, however, is allowed only twice...
...main purpose of the club to serve thoroughly good food at cost. Tea, coffee and cocoa cost three cents; a glass of milk, two cents; various kinds of bread, one cent; pies, five cents; cold meats, ten cents; eggs, eight and ten cents; soups, five cents; roast beef or mutton, twelve cents; vegetables four or two cents; pudding, five cents;. There are various other dishes at the discretion of the steward. Last year some men paid only two dollars per week for board; this year they will pay a little more. Men may board very well for three dollars...
...Cost of living would be enhanced by a rise in the value of mutton.- Bulletin N. A, W. M., Vol. XVIII...
...regular board must have been lowered in the last two years, and that thereby men have been driven to the order list. The candid opinion of boarders who can remember '82-3, will, however, refute this supposition. The board has been continually improved during the last two years. Mutton stew and beef stew are both nightmares of the past. Substantial dinners and wholesome lunches are assured facts. No one can for a moment claim that poor board has been the cause for this increasing tendency to order extras. The low price has been one cause for this fact. Everyone will...