The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-04
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SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1855.


j luFta1 II p . lA1 6 llutliDS culture ana 1Fll
lianey with sound. practical sense. The
writer, Miss G. P. Hawes, Of Worcester, Is
woman Of taste, genius and msidealy refine
ment, yet she is as tolersnt toward the era
wings Of masculine appetite asif she wer,
the mother Of a tablefall Of hungry bows
The following paragraph shows that hel
culinary instincts have been educated Q,
they never would, have been in 4 world
made exclusively for women the writer il
no wife, perhaps not a sister, but she is q
daughter for whom any father should bs
grateful:
byron said he hated to see q woman eat.
and there is a class Of housekeepers who GER
tainly return the compliment upon men.
These ethereal beings are forever sighing
for life with appetite left out. Like Lord
Dundreary's ladylOve, they are so delicate,
unless caught m the pantry hastily devour-
ing onions and beefsteak. To behungry il 50
vulgar One should live By nothing grosser
than inhalation, and should never have an
appetite greater than that Of a health y
bumblebee. But thanks to the robust, lat
ier-dsy theory, that ihe best saints have the
best bodies, this puerile class Is diminish
ing. For who can doubt that hssenses are
entitled 70 Their full blossOmG Gustation
was meant 70 Be delightful; and cooking Il
certainly half as good as tasting.
At times one may have longed for the old
Roman custom Of two meals q day, and go
ing TO bed at ehicken-time, bringing the
hour Of roast near the hour Of roost. but
this was probably in families where there
were three repasls, with lunch all the way
| between, and an incessant buying Of cookies
from the baker, lest the children should 20
hungry. After this surfeit one pardons
recoil. Or, in sn enervating day Of July,
one may have longed to dine upon a hum
ming-bird, with rOss-leaves for dessert. But
these are exceptional times the abiding
hope Is, that We shall continue TO eat, drink,
and be merry. For the practical il in the
imperative. Il IS cumulative, and rein
forces itselfy-a real John Brown power that
is always msrching on, and we must march
beside it with patient, cherry hearts. Is it
strange that even the moss-eoyered Carlisle
town, on which the Last Minstrel sang, and
where the Scottish Mary tsrried in her
hight from the cousin queen, is now chiefly
remarkable for is cotton factory and biscuit
bakery7'
I Miss Hawes has re-diseoveFed the fine
relish Of simplicity she sees that we have
marred the rich favor Of dessert fruit by dis
guising it as pastry, ard in our anxiety to
get "better bread than that made Of wheat"
we have crushed the grain to impslpable
powder, rejected its richest portion, and
supplied the lack by intrusive and doubtful
additions. Let Us hope that the breakfast
cakes herein described are as tempting On
the plate as upon paper:
Probably the greatest Of ali bread won-
ders are the unleavened Graham cakes.
These are worth special mail and large
postage to tell Of. was about to beg that
you surprise H. with them ct your next
| breakfast. But no, he won't like them be-
sides according 70 the theory 'eWonan and
her Era" they're sdesl too good sor men,
they are fit only for women aud snge;s
/ 50 just salt and scald some Grsham meal
/ into dough as sOfG Is can be and behandlsd.
| Roll it an inch thick, cutting in diamonds
which place on a tin sheet and thrust into the
hottest Of ovens, Note this last direction
or the diamonds will be fiat leather
/ Strange 70 say, they will rise, and keep
rising, Till in ten minutes you take them up
quite pulled. One would never guess them
innocent of yeast. An inch thick,is the rule;
but there is nothing like adventurous cour-
| age. It Is at once suggestive, il they are %
| good at an inch viii they not be twice as
/ coed at two inthes. And certainly they are. |
The meal viii not be Outwitted. Il is the /
liveliest and most buoyant material. It's
lightness keeps up with the utmost expert
ment Finally it may be turned into
a massive loaf, and with brisk heat it will
refuse to be depressed. To be honest,
| for a few weeks / aad the radical cakes |
were as satisfied as young lovers, but |
soon csme temptations 20 progress from the |
/ primitiye-frst, 10 add little sugar. But /
vetoed as resolutely as Andrew Jackson |
himself, thus putting up the bars between |
the wheat FIELD and the cane feld, or proba-
bly, by this time / should have been pour
ing in spice, eggs, and milk, and at last /
should have committed the crime Of doing |
just as other people do.
We annex two more appetizng fragments |
referring to eggs aud their substitute, and |
the other TO that hereditary prince of /
viands, whether in Old or New England, i
beef:
"AmOng other things, you have doubtless /
discovered that one admirable breakfast i
dish is eggs. If you serve them in the
shell. it is quite worth while 10 follow the
English way, keeping them close covered |
for ten minutes in very hot wafer, without
boiling. The yOlks are thus left running,
and the whites are beautifully jellied These
are convenient to get when relations arrive
at night, and there is no meat in the house.
Relations always expect meat Tor breakfast.
In fact, il Is Just 80 this point that ones ge-
MUS is to come in-When a nice meal must |
be COTTON at short notice, and the Iar3er is
empty. None but thS woman of resources
can do it and she knows her realm is as
full Of suategies as was ever the depart
ment Of the P0tOmnc. Under her hand |
4
breakfast, have seen bits Of meat snatched
from cold soup, and wrought into the most
savOry mOrsels-One would never guess that
the goodness was all boiled out Of them
while cup Of yesterdays griddle-cake bat
ter went suddenly into the oven, snd came
out breakfast cake finer than wafies.
"AWhile since, some one fumbling among
the secrets Of nature, discovered, not that
stones were sermons, but that snow was eggs,
4 s-nf IA h,,1r "a, faT1 /
we will do on discovering that rain is milk.
OF course all things have their limitations;
and these new eggs are not lust the article
for custards, will not 90 TO pOaeh for break
fast or would hardly keep in brine but
they may be used in any compound that
requires Iightness without richness. Even
our grandmOthsrs made snow pancakes, but,
in the present age 10 be distinguished is TO
be ventures0me, and in this experiment one
need not stop short Of yeritable loaf-cake.i
The volatile element in snow makes two
table spoona Of Il equal 70 one egg; there
fore to small loaf I should allow teD table
spoons. Cooks always put in IS many eggs
as they eau Afford, you know. Thus when
snow falls every day for four months, IS it
does in New England, eggs get exceediDgiy
cheap in the prudent houshoId. Then one
can smile 10 think how she circumvents the
grocer, and prey The clouds to lay god
nsstful every week.
"Eot long since, having a discussion at
the market with an elderly gentleman, he
said something pleasant which must Be
written for the husband Of a young house
keeper. We agrsed that rump steak was
Of more uniform richness than si-ioin, the
best Of the latter being that lueious "trip
underlying the bone. But added the
kindly man, 4 always buy the sirloin, be
cause give that juicy scrap 70 my wife
~ - l u nH A. ~ a 49, 3 AL
th0ughtlul heart, who, after iorty years,
vet wills 70 give one the single caOics Bit
from the table Aside from the ordinary |
beef-foutine, there is another dish which Is |
usually popular. select cheap, lean piece |
Of beef, weighing two or three pounds, put
ID on the stove in cold water soOn after break
fast, boiling gently. Half az hour before
dinner add small onion, sliced parsEip
and carrot . few bits Of turnip, and q half
dozen dumplingd. When these are done,
remove them season sud thicksn, serving ]
a dumpline with meat and vegetables 10
each plste Of stew. This may be rather !
pIebian, bat i8 certainly palatable-Inless
there be choice coapany TO dine. We
might can it Rainy-day stew.
ssBut the toothsomc time for beef-eaters
vas undoubtedly in the days Of pleuro
pneumonia Then ths frightened public
ae5 from, beef as from ne plague ard al the | ,
i
te7spted to pray that such plearo might iast
- the geason save that the comulissioncrs
,rere 80 costly, and the dear cattle wers
baripg AZ unusualiy san ngainary BAH Ran.
/ know what our vegetarian friend, Mr. ,
Aleott. viii say; but lie must indulge IN .
-erv ANAL mania, even II it seem TO him q | !
ki,d Of nibalism; therefore EhsieEer
rhspsoiiss ere len irnn bread and potstoss,
lei them al be given 20 good beef While
tbe quarrel OF rlImp. round and surloin goes
on. this let ~ by and eat, and reinfrree
oarselves. in it are poema, powers, and
rosse-sions inefalle- fwfnfy -iiFo cents q
mound. HBd the strength Of the gods in one's
veins Broii il caretully and rare, then 60
ond toss ouo.ts with Hercules. In this, ys
diseonssi aie. bsi1ld lauilss lovers and Tir-
tues in plenty lt Aiis aud sieadies the
ones feet. MY friead is he who makes
-. n, -haf can avs 1ha eara Only