Of Food. 435 

 In avoirdupois weight and English money, it is : 



Ibs. oz. Pence. 



2 T ?j 8 jj- of boiled beef, and > 940 



1 8^ 5 6 7 bread soup ) 



o iijVg- bread dumplings of|f 



dry bread o^ 



40 of food. Cost .... 2\\ pence. 



June 22, 1795. 

 Bill of Fare : Bread Soup and Meat Dumplings. 



DETAILS OF EXPENSES, ETC. 

 Ibs. loths. Kreutzers. 



2 o of beef 15 



2 30 semmel bread 15^ 



o 1 8 fine flour . 3 



o i pepper I 



o 12 salt i 



o 2 sweet herbs o^ 



2 24 ammunition bread 3^ 



2 16 water to the dumplings. 



Cost .... 39^ kreutzers. 



" The meat being cut fine or minced was mixed 

 with the semmel or wheaten bread ; and these with the 

 flour, and a due proportion of salt, were made into 

 dumplings, and boiled in the soup. These dumplings 

 when boiled weighed 10 Ibs.; which, divided into 12 

 equal portions, gave 2 of loths for each. 



" The soup weighed 1 5 Ibs., which gave i Ib. 8 loths 

 for each portion. Of dry ammunition bread, each per- 

 son received i Ib. 8 loths, which cost 2\ kreutzers." 



Recapitulation . 



Each person received this day : 

 Ibs. loths. Kreutzers. 



2o| of meat dumplings, and ) i 



1 8 bread soup ) 



i 8 ammunition bread 2^ 



3 4f of food. Cost .... 5f| kreutzers. 



