midday
`` A goose , stuffed with groats , would be acceptable , '' put in Raisky . `` Indigestible ! '' protested Tiet Nikonich . `` The best is a light soup , with pearl barley , a cutlet , pastries and jelly ; that is the proper midday meal . '' `` But I should like groats . '' `` Do you like mushrooms too , Cousin ? '' asked Marfinka .