Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-29
TIE HERALD.
How and What to Eat.

the science of long and happy living,
from which we copy as follows:
Animals have been fed on pure
starch, or sugar, or fat alone, AID
they gradually pinned away and died
and the pitrates in all the fine flour
bread which the animal can eat, wis
not sustain life beyond fifty days ); but
others fed on unbolted flour. would
continue to thrive for an indefinite
period 1t is immaterial whether the
general quantity Of food be reduced
too low, or whether either OF the
matchmaking or heat producing
! principles be withdrawn when the
other is fully supplied In either
case the effect will be the satffe. The
animal will become weak, dwind,e
away, and die sooner or later, accor-
ding to the deficiency and if food j.
eaten which is deficient in either
& principle, the appetite will demand
it in quantity till tue deficient ele
ment is supplied All the food be-
yond the amount necessary TO cup
ply the principle that is not deficient,
is not only wasted, but burdens the
system with efforts TO dispose Of il.
Food, therefore containing the right
proportion Of heaters ard muscle
makers, ia not only tho best but
most economical.
La Boston, ard probably In all
American cities, large part ut the
expenses Of the table are butter, sur
perfne -four, and sugar, neither at
which contains enough Of the muscle
or brain feeding element TO austaia
life over fifty days. rs has been prov
ed by experiment with -four. while
ogster am sugar, would not sustain
aa9 mouth without Ioud
aa ar 81 we have articles Of food
5eaeleat VI arheuaie4 We eau a-s
h@a 9@@ b0g az Gar TO sap
, piv sa ii eheN but most OF oul
aatlo89l t5ud. 3 dh animal aud vege-
5abin, contains due proportion. ana
i wi1h them we use butter and sugar.
sbey cannot be apportioned by the
: sNstem and are therefore lost Ali
meats tat and team together ali
grain and milk contain al The car-
Donates that are needed. or can be
: used, to furnish heat in moderate
d weather All the butter or sug- r
therefore that is added to al, hei, ol
these common articles of food q,
they are used in making cakes. Gus
3 tar4a, pies, etc, are notouly lost. but
by adding too much fuel, increase
the tendency to inhammations, EN-
barrass the stomach, and induce dys,
pepsia, cOngestious Instructions. etc
With boetsteak or any other leaf
meats, or fish, or potatoes, or any
green vegetables, or fried beans. d
{ peas, some oily substance seems Il
be needed, az I'm these articles al,
deficient IN carbon. ami III commo1
d use we have she choice between lard
!, sweet oil or batter, or perhaps IA
pork, all OF which are precisely alik,
IN chemical construction and thai
one is most wholesome " hich is beo
!. relished
Sugar ~ needed with the acid fruit
and berries, and especially with ap
pies, which in New England are th.
most valuable Of ali fruits, either
;. with or without cooking. and which
with sug r. furnish excellent food
especially ia winter or spring. wbui
other fruit cannot be had Bal d
ind a good use for saperlino doui
! out Of which has been taken nine.
tenths Of its food for muscle or brain.
is exceedingly difficult, indeed, i'm
possible, IN health and it can only
be useful in disease When tao rrita,
bility Of the stomach or bowels for
bids the use Of their natural stimu
liant, just as inflammation Of the eyt
makes II necessary to exclude tie
light. The doctors recipe for max
ing natural bread is as follows
" Bread, light, sweet, delicious
and eminently wholesome, may b,
made b. mixing good unbollec
wheat meal with ceid water, on milb
i preferred, making u paste Of prop
q coosi9tence, which can only be de-
termined by experiments, pouring 81
dropping it quickly juto hot oven
d and baking il as soon az possible
: without burning. The heat Of III,
oyen and pam suddenly coag.lale.
The gIaten Of the outside, which re-
aina the steam formed within. ane
each particle Of water being inter
spersed with particle Of -four, ano
expanded into steam, separates thl
PARTICLES into cells and beng re-
tanned h.r the gluten which is abnn-
aan' "a thi- natugal -four, ~ i i
cooked, ne mass remains porous ana
4l~e,.ihie and containing na ca
iioaic acld gas. is Wholesome when
2afen Immediately, and, Of course
eQea!ty so on becoming cold