The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-12-28
. THE FRYING.pAN.
VIRGINIA MousrAiss, October, isI

sweat Of Thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread"
Fry, fry, fry, fry, morning, noon and night;
there is no ntermission, no relaxation, no
change. Every thing is fried. Fish, flesh,
towels, vegetables, all alike are fried. Even
the fruits that the hand Of bcnclicent Crea.
tor has SO proiuscly scattered over this favor.
ed land, are fried Apples arc fried. Is this
fact not suggestive of the idea that the frying
pan was an insidious present made by Satan
to our good mother Eve, to fry the apple with
which he had excited her appetite, corrupted
her innocence, and caused the expulsion of
our first parents from paradisc9 We know,
by tho way, that the old gentleman is re-
'malkab2 fond of fried souls; llense he must
have had frying,pan, and nssurealy, Il ex-
hibts, his gastronomc taste in striking point
Of view, for if this diaboical utensi should
ever be used at all, it is for preparing for the
table this delicate dish.
o! for the want Of magician, that could
convert every irying-pan in the land into a
gridiron! What blessings would there not
alght on that mans head, who, by efIecting
a change so important to the health and the
well-being of the inhabitants, would, ir this
splendid climate and bracng atmosphere,
eventually give rise to and produce race
unequalled in vgor of frame (the parent OF
vigor of intellecD on the face of the globe
The Young America of this part of the coun-
try would soon be the envy and admiration
Of the whole Union, and instead of turning
his attention TO Know Nothing utilities, and
half fried notions, would direct his energies
to disseminating the doctrines of Brilat
Saverin, and operating a radical reform in the
great department of the kitchen. But, alas
such n miracle as this immediate conversion
is impossible; time and "moral suasion" alone
can effect such revolution in cookery, MS
would prove of durable benefit to the whole
human race.
1t is admitted by Psychologists, that meats
or any other aliment, when flied, are more
ndigestible, more deleterious and destructive
to the human stomach, than when prepared
in any other way. What wonder then tha,
these mountains, where the air, so pure and
redoent Of health, are yearly resorted to, and
not in vain, for the cobbling and patching up
of broken down constitutions, should, TO the
surprise, tO the astonshment of all who visit
them, produce, not unfrequently, TOO many OF
race who, instead of the rudy glow of n
John Bull, exhibits sallowness of counte.
nance, and u debility of frame, but rarely seen
in the swampy morasscs Of Louisiana! Wha,
wonder that dinrrhma and dysentery, that IT,
phoid and other ievers, should prevail to NJ
alarming extent! What wonder that doetor
(as thick as black berries, known to all b,
their portable apothecary shops carried il
their saddle bags) should be met with travers
ing every mountain path, and diving int
every nook, dell and valley! The cause
but too plain, too paIpable; The frying pan
here. .
a race so cursed with frying pans came
be healthy; and MS direct consequence 81,
want of health cannot be endowed with vi.
orous minds and energy of purpose. The
must degenerate. Hence, we find their, n
important work, the Railroad, intended t
connect the Atlantic with the Ohio, lanrushe
and is crippled Hence, too, the great Kan.
waha, that ought to bear continually on he
beauteous bosom the salt and coal, wit
which her banks so prolficaly teen, is inc,
pablc of transporting tho heAvy burden, III
less the windows of Heaven be opened, an
the channel of this picturesque stream is file
to nearly its utmost capacity. Are there n
means by which the Directors of these con
p0nies can be stimulated to activity and life
Instead of holding sleepy conventions an
passing idle and inefficient resolutions, |,
them begin by breaking all their frying pan
But it is not alone these companies III,
should be stimulated 10 action. The whoI
State must be regenernted. How is this I
be accomplished l respectfully sugge,
that the Temperance and Bible societies, CO
operating with the Tract Society, give ihe
best aidin the good cause, for all of them ar
deeply interested in the result. How ca
temperance exist permanently in n countr
where large portion Of the inhabitants sab
sists almost exclusively OF fried salt bacon
Where is the stomach that can long resis
unimpaired, such fare without the potent nj
of alcohol! No, whiskey aids digestion, an
the wretched stomach must either resort to
at the risk of contracting the habit of in,
briefly, or suffer the torments of gastric con
plants induced by indigestible food. How
too, can the sublime truths of the gosp,
penetrate deeply into the enfeebled minds {
those whose bodies are worn down and G,
hausted by frying-pan cookery.
The remedy is to bo found, at least con
mencement in the right direction, in "mor.
suasion," which the temperance men in Ne,
York are beginning to find out is the first ste
in the right path, and which, as before sta
ed, can alone change the time.f formed heart
of any people or nation. Let the tract societ
distribute throughout the length and breadt
of the land, cheap cookery books, in whic
the art of dressing salt and smoked pork
the best and wholesomest way, shall be MOI
particularly explained and illustrated. l.,
them teach how the French peasant max,
his delicious Soupe aur chaur, with the aid ,
only salt pork and cabbage, and lives ilori