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TIPPLE AND SNACK
THE HUNT BREAKFAST
In
the early afternoon of a brisk fall day,
when the hunters return from the fox-hunt
or the drag, their main idea in life at the
moment is food, good food, plenty of food,
and a wide variety. Have variety to suit
the individual appetite, and having suited the
tasting eye, satisfy the palate and humor the
disposition with a culinary masterpiece.
The thin-blooded hunters, dismounting
stiffly and blowing their chilled fingers
through blue lips, will want hot, satisfying
dishes; the thick-blooded ones, arriving
flushed, panting and famished will scorn any
hot dishes, but will devour with avidity the
salads and cold sliced fowls. However, both
the hot and cold hunters
will
want liquor–
both hot and cold too.
The hunt breakfast is a problem.
If
the
run is a drag, you can count pretty well on
time; if it is a fox-hunt, there is no telling
when the riders will begin to straggle in. But
if
you know your hunting country, or better
still
if
you know your hunters, you can
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