orange juice in England

Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Plausible?

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Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Plausible?

I guess milk and Coke was plentiful during WWII.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Good one I think it's rather a matter of style. I can imagine that now
orange juice is avialable across Europe and people who serve it have no
memories of WWII.

Konrad

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Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Plausible?

Orange juice was fairly readily available as a concentrate in Britain during
the war tho' fresh oranges were not always available. I must agree that I
regard a reasonable serving of orange juice as about 8oz and that tends to
be more than one gets in Europe unless having a buffet breakfast. Coke,
AFAIK or remember, was not available to the general populace during the war.
An enduring memory is finding it on sale in London in 1945!


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On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:09:12 +0000 (UTC),
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Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Plausible?

Although I live in the UK now, I grew up in the US. The tiny juice
glasses I've been served OJ in both here and on the continent are
typical of the little juice glasses that were used in people's homes
when I was growing up - seems like that serving size was always the
normal breakfast portion.
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Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

Plausible?

Nope

I cant say I've noticed anything different between hotels
in the UK as compared to the US. Small glasses is matter
dictated by coroporate bean counters in some tower block in
Des Moines or Birmingham and is under the item 'managing
costs'

Personally I avoid eating breakfast in big chain hotels anywhere
in the world, they are almost wothout exception rip offs.

Keith

wrote:
Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in
English hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared
with, say, milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be
a hangover from the period of rationing during and after WWII when
oranges were extremely scarce in England.

Plausible?

I can honestly say in 35 years of involvement with the hotel trade.I've
never had a guest request coke at the breakfast table. yuk !!!
Jan


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"Jan" wrote:

wrote:
Another thread was discussing the availability of orange juice at
breakfast in English hotels.

Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in
English hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared
with, say, milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be
a hangover from the period of rationing during and after WWII when
oranges were extremely scarce in England.

Plausible?

I can honestly say in 35 years of involvement with the hotel trade.I've
never had a guest request coke at the breakfast table. yuk !!!
Jan


I find it a somewhat yucky idea -- but if the goal is caffeine in the
morning, it is not really different from a sugared cup of coffee

all in what you are used to

Jenn wrote in news:jenn-1428CD.18122630102003
@news.vanderbilt.edu:
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I find it a somewhat yucky idea -- but if the goal is caffeine in the
morning, it is not really different from a sugared cup of coffee

Except that a cup of coffee has between 1 and 4 times as much caffeine as
an equal serving of Coke, depending on the roast, brewing method, etc.

Barney wrote:
Leaving aside the issue of refills, it has struck me that OJ in English
hotels/B&Bs is often supplied in very small glasses compared with, say,
milk or Coke. It occurred to me tonight that this could be a hangover from
the period of rationing during and after WWII when oranges were extremely
scarce in England.

It's the same story in the USA (miserly little glasses for orange juice).

And recently declassified documents show that Roosevelt secretly diverted
precious UK-bound orange supplies to the USA by the boatload in order to
prop up the faltering but strategically crucial marmalade industry, so
clearly WWII isn't the culprit.

miguel
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