Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-09-13
GOING BY RECEIPT.

Oh THE SCIENTIFIC PoMERoY PLUM PUDDING"
Susan Kautry,' as the children used
to call her in our village, was living
incarnation of happiness and content
ment. Large, rosy, good-humored, and
perfectly contented with her own esti-
mated powers, she was Just the best
calculated maiden to live in family of
ten teasing youngsters, who took some
advantage of her simplicity.
But Susy Katury, though neat and
capable, and strictly honest, withall
had one very trying fault; an absorbing
passion for receipts, and an unconquera-
bic habit of trying almost every one that
came in her way so that the family
were oftener annoyed than benefited or
amused at the queer failures she made
in the culinary department.
One day Susy was sitting in the large
kitchen, her work all done and well
done, her tidy white apron enclosing
every vestage of calico, so ample were
its dimensions, and in her chubby red
hands the village Sunbeam from col
umn to column of which her eager eyes
few, in search of advertisements, or
more rare good fortune, some opportune
recipe. 1t happened that weeL, that
the editor had written satire upon a
wide spread and popular evil, and the
caption of the editorial was, Rich and
high seasoned Food Pleased with
the title, our good Susy read the whole
column with aVidity, swallowing the
protestations of the man of letters, that
rich cakes, gravies, confectionery, &c,
could do to the system no more harm
than diluted lead, iron filings, steel
dust, ratsbane, arsenic, or any such
harmless poison readily taking them
for truth and verify, as indeed who
would not !? Towards the close, the
facetious editor recommended recipe,
which, he said had been highly lauded,
and which be introduced under the high
sounding name of Scientific Pomeroy
Cheese Pudding ; one of the rarest and
most delectable dainties, one. of the
most faultless ever yet concocted for the
satisfaction of poor, fallen, human ap-
petites,' and went on to give directions
for making, as follows:
Take four pounds of -four, two
pounds of butter, one pound of suet,
one ounce of saleratus, quarter of a
pound of whole cloves. two eggs, four
teaspoonsfull of mustard, to give flavor
one pound of good old cheese. Mix
well, and bake it till done"
Scientific pomeroY cheese pudd'n,' ;
soliloquized Susy well, Pve heered Of
cheese cake afore now, and do'no why
there sould'nt be cheese pudd'n; pone-
roy cheese pudd'n-it's nice soundin'
name. sure, I'll have it tomorrow,
won't say nothin,' but I'll have it to-
morrow. I'll 60 right out this minnit,
and see to the cream and the eggs, and
all that; scientific poneroy cheese pud-
DIM well that does sound mighty nice.
Poor Susy ! her obtuse intellect could
not penetrate the depth of sarcasm, mol
follow the intricacies of labored sa-
tire she houndered through that long
editorial in hopes of fishing up some
new dainty, and the conclusion furnish
ed her with grand materials. :
Now the cream of Che affair-not the
cream of the spuddin,' was this: q
large and select company of city friend,
yery fastidious, genteel people, haC
been invited to dine on the morrow
and that same editor of that same vii
lace paper, who was sort of nabob il
the place. as all village editors in al
country villages are. or ought to be
had received summons to partake o
the good things with the rest. Mrs
Lane, the mother, director, nurse, AM
bousekeeper In one, was accordingl.
anxious that every thing should com
off right; her bill Of fare was all ar
ranged. with the exception Of the pud
ding; SO towards evening she Just steI
ped into the kitchen, and addressed su
sy thus /;