The daily Panola star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-02

Intern ationai Cookery.
| If cookery be form Of flattery, as Plat
says, and If food serve us In the place o
medicine, it Is doubly necessary that olu
food be agreeable and wholesome, for IL
this way alone can this indispensable form
of flattery be acceptable to us and preserv,
us from the apothecary. Professor Tief
denken, of Giessen, In spirit of philan
thropy, has therefore put forth plea fol
an international convention to discuss the
important subject of absolute and relative
cookery.
As Prince Hal asked, when tired and
thirsty, "Doth 1t not show vilely In me tc
desire small bcerT' so we are forced to won.
der at our weakness In desiring bread and
cheese or an equivalent at stated intervals
AS matter of fact, however, we need these
supplies; and any device likely to satisfy
the need in the best manner must meet with
universal appreciation.
But cooking and eating must be kept In
their legitimate places. 1t has been said
that cooking is an experience and not an
art, and the members Of the cooking con
vention must continually remember that
they are to depend upon their memory and
not upon their imagination. IL these So.
Ions of the kitchen can recollect their child
iol buctts anu prutiliiiitS, tlicy VIII verify
this opinion by recalling the fact that eating
Is only habit, formed entirely by long
practice. Hence to him who lives In New
England, johnny-cake aud pumpkin pie are
orthodox articles OF food; to the English
man, the traditional roast beef alone is re.
ceived without grumbling; to the French.
man, a pate de Joie gras Is the crowning
glory of the feast; while he who lives In the
furthcst north makes himself comfortable
with an unctuous strip OF blnbber.
1The first thing to be done, then, is to
concoct dish which shall be current the
world over. A cosmopolitan pot-pic Is
what is needed--an article of food which
shall be considered the best among all men.
This can be formed only by combination
Of national dishes, In which the Chinamen
shall taste his juicy rat-steak, the Dutchman
his 0doriferous sour-kraut, and the South
Sea Islandri his tender missionary chop.
Or the many advantages likely to be in-
closed in this delectable dish no man, per-
hsps, can speak intelligcntly. Under Its
benign influence personal and national ego
tism will disappear, for every man and ev-
cry people will aver that the same dish is
the best. Diplomacy will be reduced to
dining, and philanthropists will find their
occupation gone. Travelling will have Its
pleasures multiplied, and he who loses tenn
per at all tables but his own will lose it no
longer. The orphan and the homeless viii
eat Of the familiar dish in strange land
and be comforted. The souls Of all men
would be blessed,
land universal peace
Lie like shaft OF light across the land,
AMI like lane of beams athwartthe sea-"
Recognizing the need of some such
means Of bringing the world together, and
anticipating that cooks are able to do 1t, we
second Professor Tiefdenken's proposal.
OF course such glorious result cannot be
Immediately attained. Cocks are but hui
man after all. They have their personal
and national prejudices, like common per-
sons. Early in the session we shall read Of
cliques and coalitions to this and that ar
tlclc of food to the supreme place. After q
free and full discussion Of the relative mer-
Its of pork and beans. macaroni, corndodg-
ers, Limburger cheese and so on, each will
see that every district has its merits, and
combined effort will be made to incorporate
these several excellencies into one royal
compound, whose familiar flavor shall
sweeten life and bless the world. m Y.
Post.