Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Pork and Pie.

Pork and "pie' have great deal to answer
for in this country, and we wish most heart
lily that the old Jewish law regarding the
usage of the former could be observed by our
people. Few persons have digestive organs
of sufficient strength to master this meat,
and whether we eat it boiled, roasted, or fried,
or more indigestible sill, in the shape OF
sausage meat, it is almost certain to rebel
against us. 1t is but seldom that we ever use
this food in: our family, but we had the curio-
sity the other day TO ascertain how much fat
or grease was contained in two big doggy
looking sausages, weighing, perhaps, half u
pound. The result was, that over two table
spoonsfuls of clear lard were extracted from
these two saussges alone. We have frequently
seen men, and women too, eating this sort
of diet, and have heard them complain that
"it did not set very well I've should think
not. A table spoonful of lard between the
sensitive coats of the stomach is not apt to
induce the most delightful sensations, and
those persons who persist in using pork in
any shape, would find themselves much better
off without it. Down with the sausage! Let
US have no more of it; it has created enough
distress already, and we hope that It will
disappear from our tables entirely. We are
"
testimony of high character.
Repeatedly have physicians declared that
it was unwholesome and 50 on but still the
people cannot relinquish the forbidden food.
We are borne out in our dislike of pork by
medical testimony of a high character.
We are down" on pie, too not, however,
in so great degree as we condemn pork
Pies, made in the proper manner, are not
necessarily unwholsome, but IN the hands of
ordinary cooks are tremendous weapons of
offense. The EMBELLISHMENTS of pies arises
from the butter (shortening) employed in
mainly the pastry. Fruit baked between two
crusts is not unhealthy; but the crust itself
is, and lies heavily on the stomach. The
butter turns sour, gives Hatulence and creates
distress generally in persons of ordinary
digestive force. In the country, everybody
eats pie; at morning, noon and night, there
is deluge of pie, which old and young
eagerly attack. The little children cry for it,
the old ones demand 1t; and we have Just
heard with horror, on one occasion, woman
relate that she had just baked seventeen pies
for the week. How many are there in
your family?' we asked 1.-TWO" she said.
Comment is superfuous. Here are two peo-
pie who eat seventeen pies in week, quite
as matter of course. They were always
signing and complaining; the husband was
downcast and unhappy, and always taking
"tonics," and they were at loss to imsg,ne
why life seemed so commonplace and dull.
We ventured to suggest that the seventeen
pies weekly had some responsibility in the
matter, but were met with scorn and derison.
This is not solitary case; we might CHE
many others, and if the reader lives ia the
country his observation will bear US out in
our statement. Pie is good thing in its
way, but it is not a household god, and to
live on it mainly is to he dyspeptic and full
of all manner of minor troubles. The man
who introduced pie and pork as articles of
diet has great deal to answer for; con.
sumors of such edibles have usually heavy
doctors bill to settle annually. = Scientific
American.