The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-17

preached on carbonaceou5 or phosphate diet;
and the estimate Of the old divine. 'h the
number of tons OF beans and pork preached
to every Sunday while the owners were asleep
might be Offset by an estimate OF the number
of congregations, not only IN New England but
in Old England and all tho rest of the fat and
starch-eating world, who are put asleep by SER
mons made from stupefying principles extract,
ed frvm tat pork, fat beef and supertne Hour.
lhe nitrates aud phosphates OF all meats
and vegetables ere partly soluble and partly
insoluble; and, therefore, in soaking IN cold
water. ali lose much that is important, espe-
cially to the thinking man. In cold water, al
bumen is dissolved or lost, but IN hot water
the albumen is coagulatcd, and mostly re-
tanned; but IL hot water as well as cold, the
soluble phosphafes are lost. Neither iish. nor
meats nor vegetables should, therefore. ever
be picked in brine, nor should they be bollco
ci:ess in o little water, as III the adnnaole ar
rangement Of Zimmerman or Durcklee, |here
all tho soluble materials, as well Us all the
flavor, are retained in tho water that is neces-
sary to keep up tho steam, and oelnS use9 as
gravy or soup, all the elements are saVea Us
nature intended.
In roasting, or broiling, or, indeed, in any
manner OF cooking, care must be taken not 10
burn ND or otherwise destroy or lose any OF
the Juices OF either vegetable or animal tood,
especially is this important for thinking men,
and for those whose digestion is full-the
power OF the stomach, as we'll rs the power OF
the bIsiu, being dependent on soluble phos-
phorus. And especially is the power OF the
stomach dependent on the flavor Of the food.
Let any one try the experiment OF cooking
meats. fish, potatoes, carrots, turnlps, or any
other food-auImal or vcgetable-ln steamer
in which the q lvor and all the steam are dis-
TILED back and saved, and compare the tas.e
of these with that OF the same food cooked so
that all these elements are lost, and he Will be
IL l,{1., in tllE0r.
d;sestibility, and mental and physical energy
impaired Gy it.
MUSCLE WORKERS.
From the chapter on "Feod for Laborlng
Men. we make somo valuable selectloDs also.
The kinds Of food most wanted, because eaten
when not wanted, by tho system. arc the most
expensive. The article most used VIXEN not
wanted. is superfue -four, out OF which has
been bolted large portion OF its nltrates SUD
phosphatcs. This being used with butter and
sugar, furnishes very little but heating mate
rial. The next article on which most money IL
expended and wasted, because most used
with other articles containing enough OF car
bonaceous clements, is butter, which con-
talns not q particle OF strength or lfe-GlvlnS
material and therefore useless except with
food deficient in carbon. Aud another artl-
Gle most extensively used ond for the samo
reason wasted is sugar, which though use
full With too acid fruits, and as part OF q
meal IN which is too large proportion OF
nltrogorous food, is worse than useless Ill con-
fectionery, cakes, &C.. especially If eaten be-
tween meals. and when food ls not wanted; as
it not only adds to the supelf1uous heat, but
causes fermentation in the stomach and bow
els, and causes or tends to cause, tatulence,
collie, dyspepsia. and the thousand and one
troubl S Of the digestive organs which VIC are
apt to impute to green vegetables ana Iruit,
when the fact is, these extra carboDaceous suc-
stances, IN 'hcir passage out OF the system;
embarraSs the digestion OF natural iood, aud
cause it to glvc us these troubles; and this is
proved by the fact that tLose who avoid these
expensive and useless articles may cat as much
as they choose Of green vegetables and fruits,
and they give them no fatulence, produce no
irritation.
Our forefathers, who lived on beans, peas
unbolted grains, aud the meats, vegetables,
and fruits as they came from their fields and
gardens, cooked in the simplest manner, best
calculated to develope their natural flavor, and
prepare them for digestion, were not troubled
with flatulence, collie, or indigestion. And our
foremothers were not the pale-faced, habby
muscled, toothless, chloret,c, .consumptlve,
and sentimental lace, as are their degenerate
daughters of the present generation. Even
our farr.ers and their wives and daughters
have become terribly deg cneratcd. Instead OF
the robust and healthy men, and the iull-
chested, healthy. rosy-cheeked, beau ,Iful wo-
men of former generations, We see people
almost as feeble and slckly as the city people,
And tho reason is apparent. Tho outor crust
Of the wheat, and the buttermilk, which con-
tains the nitr lgen. phosphorus, and iron, on
which strength aud energy, mental and physi-
cal anu beauty or cutttpivsiorf tferettet given
to the cattle and the pigs, while they take
instead, the butter, fine flour and
sugar, which contains only tho heating and
caroonates.
The robust Irshman aud Scotchman, also
who comes here with strong. energetic mus"
cles, aud sound teeth, from their oatmeal,
wheat and barley cakos, with their potatoes,
buttermilk aud cheese, soon fall into our
starch and grease-esting habits, and become,
or at least their children become, as pale,
puny and toothless az l'urc-blooded Yankees.