Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-07-14
Pork and Pie.

Pork and pie have great deal tc aD'
swer for in this country. and we wish most
heartily that the cid Jewish law regarding
the former could he observed by our peo-
pie.
Few persons have digestive organs of
sufficient strength TO master this meat, and
whether we eat it b lied. roasted, or fried,
or more indigestible still, in the shape of
anurage meat it ia almost certain to rebel
against US. 1t is seldom that we ever use
this kind of food in our family, but we had
she curiosity the other day to ascertain
how much fat or grease was contain d in
two big doggy-loOking sausages, weighing
half a pound The result was that over
two table spoonful of clear lard was extrac
ted from these two sausages alone. We
have frequently seen men aud women too,
eating this SORT Of diet, and have hoard
them complain that 'it did not sit very
we'll" We should think not.
A table spoonful Of lard between the scn-
si..7e coats of the stomach is not apt to in.
duce the most delightful sensations, and
those persons who persist in using pork in
any share, would hud themselves much
better of without it. -
Down with the sausage! Let us have
no more of it; it has created enough dis
tress already, and we hope it will disap-
pear from cur table entirely.
We are borne out in our dislike of pork
by medical testimony Of high character.
Repeatedly have physicians declared that
il was unwhOlesnm6, and so on; but the
people caunOt relinquiSh the forbidden
food.
We are down on pie, too not however in
so greHt degree as we condemn pork -
Pies, made in the proper manner, are not
necessarily unwhUlesnme, but in the hands
Of ordinary cooks they are tremendous
weapons of offence.
The EMBELLISHMENTS # pies arises
mainly from the quantity of butter (shOrt
ening) employed in the pastry. Fruit
baked between crusts is not unhealthy, but
the crust itself is, and lies heavily on the
stomach. The butter turns sour, gives
hatulsncs and creates distress generally in
persons Of ordinary digestive force. In the
country everybody eats pie; at morning,
n1OB and night there is deIuge of pie,
which old and young eagerly attack. The
little children cry for it. and the old ones
demand it; and we heard with horror, on
ore occasion, woman say she had baked
seventeen pies for one week.
'''HDw many are there in your family p
we asked.
"TwU," said she.
Comment is superfuous. Here are two
persons who eat seventeen pies in week
quite as a matter of course.
They were always signing and com
planning; the husband was wncast ard
unhappy and always taking tones, and
they were at loss to imagine why life
WIS so commonplace and dull. We zen.
tured to suggest that seventeen pies bad
some responsibility in the matter, but were
met with scOrn and derlsion
This is not solitary case; we might
cite many others and If the reader lives il
the country his observation will bear Vi
ont in our statement.
Pie is good thing in its way, but it ii
not household god, and to live upon it il
to be dispeptic and full Of all manner 0
trouble.
The man who introduced pie and rorl
az articles Of diet has great deal to an
swer fer /; and consumers of of such edible
have usually a heavy DOCTORS bill to settl
annually.-ScientJfc American.