1931 The Art of Drinking More by Dexter Mason

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 [ 59]