POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 100
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of the original staff,
The German N.C.Os were polite and did their best for one.
The Canteen was in the main hall or dining room. Here
one could buy most things- at a price. Originally most
drinks were on sale such as champagne, port (whiskey
later) etc. The quantity was unlimited. Eggs could be
bought at first daily but these got scarcer & scarcer &
finally were unprocurable. During 1915 however most
evenings one could for 2 marks or so buy in the evening
what was called a Plat de soir this was a good dish
of meat. Also at times deer, or salmon etc. In other
words if one spent money one could live quite well.
The feeding provided for us for which we paid 1.60 I think
till March 1916 when it was raised to 2 marks was nothing
much. Thus for breakfast coffee so called ^[insert] war Bread [/insert] could be
bought. X For dinner at 1 p.m. Soup. Meat not much, &
vegetables- & perhaps fruit such as prunes, may be an
apple , or pear. For supper
varrious, it might be soup.might beor bread & cheese, might even be two eggs.Things were as a rule well cooked. & served more or less
clean. The daily menu fell off more & more as the food
question struck Germany. Finally however it got so bad
that messing came down in Nov 16 to 1.50 then we got
coffee without sugar or milk. or breakfast, Lunch
potatoes & cabbage or carrots supper soup. Meat a
small slab on Sunday- & fish perhaps one other day.
The Plat de Soris disappeared early in 1916. But certain it
was, if anything could be produced it was placed on
sale. Thus occasionally there was a fish plat de soir
But in 1915 we lived in luxury if we cared to pay
Thus the cook who was an excellent cook would prepare
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50.
of the original staff,
The German N.C.Os were polite and did their best for one.
The Canteen was in the main hall or dining room. Here
one could buy most things- at a price. Originally most
drinks were on sale such as champagne, port (whiskey
later) etc. The quantity was unlimited. Eggs could be
bought at first daily but these got scarcer & scarcer &
finally were unprocurable. During 1915 however most
evenings one could for 2 marks or so buy in the evening
what was called a Plat de soir this was a good dish
of meat. Also at times deer, or salmon etc. In other
words if one spent money one could live quite well.
The feeding provided for us for which we paid 1.60 I think
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50.
of the original staff,
The German N.C.Os were polite and did their best for one.
The Canteen was in the main hall or dining room. Here
one could buy most things- at a price. Originally most
drinks were on sale such as champagne, port (whiskey
later) etc. The quantity was unlimited. Eggs could be
bought at first daily but these got scarcer & scarcer &
finally were unprocurable. During 1915 however most
evenings one could for 2 marks or so buy in the evening
what was called a Plat de soir this was a good dish
of meat. Also at times deer, or salmon etc. Mother
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50.
of the original staff,
The German N.C.Os were polite and did their best for one.
The Canteen was in the main hall or dining room. Here
one could buy most things- at a price. Originally most
drinks were on sale such as champagne, port (whiskey
later) etc. The quantity was unlimited. Eggs could be
bought at first daily but then got scarcer & scarcer &
finally were unp
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