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ANZACS EAT MOKE THAN CANADIANS LONDON, September 21. Overseas soldiers now in Britain say that they do not want to eat the food they are used to “back home.” The demand is for the simplest and most substantial of English food. “Australians and New Zealanders have bigger appetites than Canadians,” said the manager of a big club-hostel for overseas forces, this week. “The favourite dish of all is tried eggs and bacon or fried eggs with chips. Sausage and mash comes a close rival to these, but overseas soldiers seem to have a passion for fried eggs. They like tomatoes fried, too. “They go in for traditional English fare Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding goes down well—so do salt beef and dumplings in gravy. The men deplore the lack of iced water, and they do not care about our way of making coffee. “As a rule though, they like to pick out all the old favourite and typically English dishes on the menu, and they all have a v f r V sweet tootli
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21818, 22 November 1940, Page 7
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