Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — Where Food Costs Least. [ARTICLE]

Where Food Costs Least.

The cheapest food in Europe, considering that it is of good quality, is probably to be had in the restaurants attached to the homes for the aged pensioners of the city of Vienna. The Poor Law Department of that city allows all citizens who are entitled to it about 12 cents a day, and these are the prices and the articles they will purchase: Half pint of various soups for iy 2 cents; beef cooked and without bones, three and twothird ounces for 3>/ 2 cents; corn beef with sauce, four and one-half ounces for 2!4 cents; roast veal, lamb, or pork, five and one-lialf ounces for 8 cents; smoked beef, two ounces for 3 cents; potatoes, cabbage, turnips, etc., halfpint for 1 cent; milk pudding, half pint for 2 cents; boiled puddings, four and one-half ounces for 1 cent; old white wine, half pint, 4 cents; red wine, half pint. 0 cents; beer, one and three-quar-ter pints, 3 cents; milk, half pint, Iy, cents, and coffee, half pint, 2Vi> cents. " All of these articles are carefullv inspected by officials both before and after they are prepared.