The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1873-03-12
Dinners.

J Pierre Blot, in an article in Harner,,
bazar, says: Let our readers uhder
stand that it is a mistake to think tba,
W give dinner to friends, to relatives
VI even dinner of ceremony, it is ne
cessary, nay indispensable, to have lust
such dishes and such wines because
other people have them served on their
tables. 1t is much better and much
more pleasing to the guests to be orioi-
hal-We mean, to make ones own hill
9i 1are, and not initiate other peoples
Gihhers. We once heard a treatment
dlnef-out eNclaim: ''These dinners are
SnockihS'y monotOnous; one knows in
advance what dishes are coming: there
are The classic salmon, the chronic ti)let
ol oeei' the Innumerable roasts, accom-
panied oy the matter-of-course ice cream
TO chill the stomach, instead of some
lhlhs mat would help Digestion" We
are OF the same opinion. lee creom ;S
good, but not as a desert. An hour At
least should be allowed the stomach
after dinner before taxino if win thn
ai"i i work OF digesting so chilly dish
as ice cream.
!. The dinner is the principal meal of
the day, and the one that restores the /
waste OF the system most, being eener-
any taken after the days tasks are done
ana Delng composed of more nutritious
ana more numerous dishes than the
oCher meals. As the mind and stomach
,''lhot Doth work well at once, j., is
,e[ea'hiy according to hygenic laws
ioI to eat much or heavy food at break
asst and lunch. 1t is different at din
ier; besides, having no work to per-
orhl after it, the enjoyment of HAVING
ne "hoie family assembled is one of ,
he pest condiments that can accomna- :,
" the meal. ga
Wives and mothers have flowers IN :
ne o,iiner table. Have attractive-look- ;
n1S dishes. Have palatable food - 9
AYE cheerfulness! Have cup of warm :
'lee OF tea after dinner. You are +
ieii pretty sure to have warm hearts =
louha You. DO not freeze the stom- .
chS OF the members of your family ot y
ie aihner table, and then run the risk !.
lreezlnS their hearts. Keep the ice %
cam for the evening, to refresh tho y
iiates that may have been parched hv -
'nVerSation or singing. y \
Another important thing. and which
he nearly all other domestic dntias
,'olves on ire wife and mother is flo "
lection OF the daily food. We have a
pia'ned what to s'rve and how to W
rye 1t; we will add few directions to
a guide. First, understand that hv RI
oa ana proper food we do not mean nj
stly food. Many have poor food. and o ar
nSequently poor dinners. thourh thav al
We paid high price for it. while 9TH. {"
have good and properly prenared mi
III at u reasonable price, the difference ao
tween the two being only in its selec- IN
n and preparation. Sc
cookery is branch of chemistry nc hn
IL as an art. Soups, sauces, crayies sci
Ws, etc., are compounded as careful, he
as chemical preparation. They da
on the system according to ORE para Th
THAT 4, is, if well prepared they do Sh
Vi: If not, the opposite. a." -"
cookery is the science that keens in ""
er the animal mechanism of human. a."
The physician is only called in an'
en-, through causes entirely indenen- ant
{ OF cookery, that mechanism is ont ski
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