§ Sir W. Edgeasked the Minister of Agriculture the average daily menu of hostel-housed land girls.
Mr. HudsonThe average daily menu in Women's Land Army hostels consists of a cooked breakfast, usually with porridge or a cereal in addition to a hot dish; a packed mid-morning "snack" and a packed luncheon consisting of sandwiches or pasties, etc., and a hot or cold drink; a main meal on return to the hostel about 6 p.m., consisting of a meat course with pudding to follow; and finally a light supper of cocoa, biscuits, bread and jam or bread and cheese before the girls go to bed.