Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-09-09
ECONOMY IN FOOD.


Atleast one half Of the world do not know the
nresripg OF the words at ute head ef this article.
: ECONOMY in food" they would say with n stare,
" what do you mean {? must buy bread, and ] get
y precious little loaf for n ~sixpcnce, but | can't get
any bigger ones. I can't do without meat, and
that is swful dear only think, eighteen pence a
poNnd Tor beef and muttonl As for lamb, why,
poor folks cannot touch that ; but | must have
sneat, for i am q hard working man, and | can't
cat meat all the time without potatoes to fill up,
and who ever heard Of such II price as they are
now and cabbage, and all such truck, is just as
dear. l should like to see your economy Il you
had to buy food for a family" .a
SO you should, so you may, if you will come
whore VIC cat. We believe that Il man can work
hard, and yet cat no meat. Certainly there is no
need of his making a perfect carnivcrous animal of
himself; and he can eat meat without running ev-
cry day to the butcher to get it fresh. llard-work-
ing farmers cat saltcd beef auG pork, and seldom
touch fresh meat except at the annual butchering
times. 1t is not good economy for II poor man to
buy fresh meat at any time.
As for potatoes, ninc-tenths of them at this time,
in this city, are not wholesome food, and they are
the dearest articles that are sold for the sustenance
of mans The price that old potatoes arc rctailed
at is equal to five cents a pound, and those from
Bermuda eight cents, and the little, watery, pre-
cocious, unhealthy things, called "ncw potatoes
are sold at a price equal to twelve cents per pound.
Vt the same time, good family -four is sold for six
cents, and yet every body cries, " what a dreadful
price!' But there is cheaper food that -four; not
only more economical, but more healthy, particl-
larly for a change of diet. One thing is, the vari-
Gus preparations of Indian corn-the poorest of
all is the meal ground almost as fine as flour, which
almost spoils it ior bread. Then there is the ar
ticle known at the South and West, where it is ex-
tensivcly used, under the name Of hominy. Here
it is called sanp, and is sold at about $3.50 per
bushel, and one buslel is wertt more than four
bushels of potatoes, 1t is a good, palatable,
wholesome, economical food. But a more gener.
ally acceptable article is called hominy here, at the
West, grltS. The first is hailed corn, the grain
left nearly whole the latter is hulled corn, crack
cd into grains about the size of bird-seed shot, or
coarse gunpOwder. 1t sells for three and three and
n half cents q pound. Both arc cooked by soaking
and slow boiling by hours, ia clear water, and when
eaten as Il substitute for vegetables with meat, are
seasoned with salt and a very little butter. Both
are very good with meat gravy, or with sugar or
pmolassses, are the cheapest articles Of food in New
York, and children sbould be allowed a free use of
them upon the score Of economy.
Another article is the kiln dried sweet corn,
which, though more expensive than either Of
the two preceding articles, is nevevertheless more
economical than meat, potatoes, cabbage, and all
sorts of green trash row in market, and it is &C
ceptable to almost every palate that appreciates
corn, when in the roasting ear.
Anothar cheap wholesome food is wheat grits.
At present, owing to the advance in grain, this
preparation is higher than common, but cheaper
than -four, and more healthy.
All these preparations OF economical food are
made ley the North American Phalanx, and we
believe also by Hecker very largely, and of course
sold to somebody that knows how TO live in this
city.
Dry beans and peas are also articles that should
enter much more into the consumption of all who
study economy in food. We believe that a dollars
worth Of either would 80 further than six dollars
worth of fresh meat, or ten dollars worth of po-
tatOes.
Rice is another economical article Of food, and
when mixed with sugar, particularly SO. You had
better feed a hungry beggar upon rice pudding,
than the cheapest fresh meat that you can buy.
Eggs, even at the usual high prices, are cheaper
than butchers meat, and, as with rice, if you add
sugar to them, you will be able to feed q hungry
family far more economically than you are doina
at present. We might continue our list of econom
ical articles of food, but we have no faith in work
ing a reform, because mankind have got so welded
to that old round Of bread, meat, and potatoes,
that they do not appear to know and much more
do anything else. Yea, they do one thing more
they grumble at the high prices of their favorite
food, and yet keep right along the same old beaten
track made by folly, and travelled by her votaries
N. J. T4Gune.