The way it's cited originally, in a footnote to Journal d'une bourgeoise, which is really just a collection of letters by the wife of the Conventionnel Jullien, it doesn't list quantities, but it does list prices.
The footnote reads (translated by myself): "On this date, the following bill is found in the account book: Milk and cream.................. 14 s[ous]. Two loaves of bread............. 24 s. Vegetables...................... 6 Salad........................... 10 Oil............................. 2 Vinegar......................... 12 Pepper.......................... 5 Cheese.......................... 1 Cider........................... 18 One fatted chicken (poularde)... 8 10 And the note: Robespierre and Robert Lindet dined."
Considering the wages of a worker in this period, it's easy to see where the problem would lie, but I believe that for the bourgeoisie this would be a standard, even modest meal.
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Date: 2008-10-15 10:31 pm (UTC)The footnote reads (translated by myself):
"On this date, the following bill is found in the account book:
Milk and cream.................. 14 s[ous].
Two loaves of bread............. 24 s.
Vegetables...................... 6
Salad........................... 10
Oil............................. 2
Vinegar......................... 12
Pepper.......................... 5
Cheese.......................... 1
Cider........................... 18
One fatted chicken (poularde)... 8 10
And the note:
Robespierre and Robert Lindet dined."
Considering the wages of a worker in this period, it's easy to see where the problem would lie, but I believe that for the bourgeoisie this would be a standard, even modest meal.