New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-26


wife mother, and a hard-worsng woman. Nov,
would il not be odd for woman Who never raised a
family TO step in snd tell me how to make pies and
prepare coffee. Ny family consume from fft-en to
twenty pies every week, and the great difficulty a 10
keep W the supply ,ny ,,o,v
Yours, DAIRY -WOhAN
spss Farm, Nov. y, 1895.
To ae Editor Of Tie " Y T,i5sA<.
SIR: Having been pretty constant reader of your
paper for several years, had formed very favorable
OPINION of Your trutbfulness intelligence, and bera'y
but an editorial in your Semi-Weekly Of the 2s,h
November, headed, The Art of Living" has almost
neutrahzed this opinion, and led to think that in
some things at least lou very ignorant and ihbera
and that in one thing l knOr you are 10; there
fore hoping that you willing to correct your igno-
rance and make amends for most iiberal attack
upon country feminine cookery take it upon myself to
epBghien you, and to disabuse city credulty, which
may have been led astray by your article.
You cay truly that the women do the cooking in the
country this lie their Legitimate sphere. Would you
beve husbands after the performance of their Sc
we're mental and bodily labor, come home and cook
fbeir own meals Or would you have US country
wives turn away our hired girls whose business ocu:
ratiops are already too crcum bed and bring hired
into our kitchens and around oar persons TO DO
As general rule, you say, in the country there
s nothing fit to eat" more sl--i.- eco oo-0,
been uttered sgars. the county ns~sT ssse il
country but that GU had spent your days IN the
stencil and miasms Of the city, where rotten fowls are
solo at the shombles for good IA new WIDE IRibusf,
Nov .sl--where rotten and dzcsyed vegetables are
aimed upon CITY ignorance for sound-whefe long
navel wtaIi.d ond amlshed catl- are buthered and
d.at ont to city epcuIes az first guam SOP
fec milk and THAI half water is called " cream ~
ei,y folks You Sir with stom,chs tnat can rehsh
such food to talk 10 countr, people about od hv'ng
Even blubber dev curing Esqamanx appreciate Whole
come, civilized, well-cOoktd food Ted me Why ~ V
lba country products Of any kind chen fresh from
IN, farm er OF farmers wife grabbed at 80 greeJy
by your city people tie certainty OF It's being
fresh from the county slch ae country people con-
stsnt, live upon, The guaranty oibishest excellence
TO you.
And az for country cooking, which e1ces your
wrath il is as much ahead Of city cooking as are The
articles cooked. You talk Of our coffee being SIMPLY
slo,s'-'hat We put TOO much water and not enough
:" cream into it. This Ia simply ridiculous. had We
All IN our coffee Our cream" is to, strong FOR your
stornacbs; you are not accustomed t. it. -,
Then country =" butte rs to1 much Ike tauo =
Why YOU are really growing f'ceuoss You oil he Guy
tLk you can get soft ani yellow col red stud ciled
butter you Fortunate AID fall to plying US, couu-
y boo ois for letting you have oar best bauf, and
ourselves tating tasw did not suppose such sheer
pporapce could be found, 10 the CITY. Hog the
'bread is .Vdden;" and the neat tough, c)oked and
o., as.d 10 the consistency Of solee afher woefe
have Won been Have you been rnsticating IN some
os cabin among boroer ruff ,Os, beyon the fesch OF
ciyi,z niiop with INT to make your talio butter,
your solder bread" your slop coffee" and your
Heaven knows what all T. Of have you bees 70
carIbazeo by bsd city provisions worse coohed ss-
v, ur u ach rising ~ the brsln, can oniy ma vent io
abuse and bad treatment by funi aeons ssass We. s
lorv continued bad habits have dsqialned you iof
apyrscistDg, country f cd and country Cooking;
And then you a sucker o. types, and qapEdnVer,
pret,nOing to lecture country housewives upon fues
OF .oOi cry, when every woro You nave ~ ne ~haie
matter. Such ignorance in our cooks "ooli M 70
tolerated i'll the county, we should discharge ueni
and ey could only fnd employ nent IN tne NY ha,
lie I. skeie bois OF when me beons or the Poddings
or The b cad ale cooking properly, We are is'ilso
Y.Looe" and our cooking il all vilalnous! Lex Ne
he'll " u, that when God mace The oounuy nc 49,
made c,uIiIy women; and, s,oousu Iioy bplY.Js
marvellous 10 city ewes, be pa. brains mt VEL n's
~, that they sre Dol mere machines opersted Dy eBs
ana kveIs And with these bfaiDs zee can .s We.
the teak eiie bviis when tie beans and Poadnss
cooking rightly, and tell too, W. tney a .S III
am. a 'eu,,Incueter" or watch." but yoa S'al N
bnv. rs coot turkey b. "therriomettI u 80 y.
gr.,s above zero, for 81! mbu Is oy ocon. ,s' es
Ter not whether the iosl Is thI.e sionH. y. ~ ~
ytA,s uld Il he b. Gays me, u ~ -
So Gnd none but - ! at0o ~ooio aaie " soy
And when ne are m1iig our pane Ike oauef, OF ouf
oonsh for bread OF boiling Potaee,' ~ sd ,ss
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n.Iisee d butter and meat, The Jeast toe Sale
.nS ~. bui wLes ana then sick IN The : ihsrIn0ns
@ sd look he .ssh , s9i vi" Ava th S.1 10.
il hand, i.ep all tainss ssoniS neI 80 - Vi
.;e,.,s,. SoaIery we country feminine fAhooe
I...sn eve npon tae process OF cooking our meats
,tee ane. pastries. aGd ~ iotA ,d !. lie Ds and
. 10 - cook b, i" zach" and % ts-r
n mn or .,peience AID obs-svs-Gn -osd es
rssess u g. B! oefvaa We have las,n-t me,
| II - ,arLrys, beef &c, Sam COOKING rnsef
y'- sc, ,ts.,,'e .ans vegetable al diffarsni az
H. vi ,rrs si6ef-lt inns O' e9y Neg aAd
;. ~ ii. Of u, -ane vegetables require
f,rar ne- ord 'roo b ONE ger 'si ra.s M: %
't'' -" -. :, a!c make u Tahoe, k'dsd
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