Now this is an imaginary bill of fare, not supposed to be served in any institution in the world. It is a suggestion of possibilities. The new service at Sing Sing may approximate to this list of eatables.
Eats in a Michigan Prison.
In the report of the Michigan State Prison for two years ending June 30, 1916, we find the daily menu for every meal in a whole year. Twenty-six pages of the report are taken up with this schedule of eatables.
An extract from this report explains the unusual pains to publish the bill of fare.
“An old adage states that one of the avenues to a man’s heart is through his stomach. The now existing system of intensive farming, and of canning the surplus fruits and vegetables not consumed by the prison commissary has furnished the Michigan State Prison with unusual opportunity to supply food products. The opportunity is reflected in the following menu, showing the food actually served during the last fiscal year.”
We present the menu for a few days selected from different times of the year:
Saturday, July 3, 1915.
Breakfast—Oatmeal, milk, sugar, bread, butter, coffee.
Dinner—Fried pork steak, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, stewed tomatoes, bread, iced tea, cookies, strawberry shortcake.
Supper—Lunch from dinner, bread, coffee.