" And this journal further informs us that
artizans were busy day and night constructing kitchens, apparatus, etc.,
with which M. Soyer was to start for Dublin, "direct to the Lord
Lieutenant." His plans had been examined and approved of. The soup had
been served to several of the best judges "of the noble art of
gastronomy in the Reform Club, not as soup for the poor, but as soup
furnished for the day, in the _carte_." It was declared excellent. He
undertook to supply the whole poor of Ireland, at one meal for each
person each day. This meal with a biscuit, he assured the Executive,
would be more than sufficient to sustain the strength of a strong and
healthy man. One hundred gallons of the soup was to be produced for L1.
And M. Soyer had satisfied the Government, that he would furnish enough
and to spare of most nourishing food "for the poor of these realms;" and
it was confidently anticipated that there would be no more deaths from
starvation in Ireland.[248]
M. Soyer arrived in Dublin on the 1st of March, bringing with him his
model kitchen and apparatus, and a building to receive them was erected
on the ground in front of the Royal Barracks, and not far from the
principal entrance to the Phoenix Park.
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