, 1873-01-05
COOKERY.
Evils Q; the American Cuisine.
Knowledge that Should Be- Acquired
by the Coming Woman.
How to Prepare Coffee and Tca---
Something About Break
fast and Dinner.


+. There has been such An immense amount 9
preaching done upon the subject CT
AMERICAN COOKERY,
that Ta almost hesitate to add our small quot
- of hints to the antecedont aggregate OF censures
hut upon the principle that " Constant droppin
wears away stoue," SO possibly, after one o
Two rore generations, certain projudices may b
= hammered out Of the brains OF American house
keepers. The fact of the matter IT, that ours i
too new country; that VIC hare been in to-
great haste to build up material wealth, ever tt
" have given to tho cuisine proper attention. Gu
Puritan ancestors had not the necessary nateri
a. OF the proper mechanical contrivances, tt
supply their tables with an1thing more than tn
mere necessaries Of ifo. Engaged in India,
skirmishes, often having the entire fruits o
their agricultural labor cut of, working earl,
and late for possible means Of subsistence
they developed species of cast-iron stomach
to which fried swine's flesh was +
delicious cate. While their descendants have
Inherited mnny Of the tastes and the barbarisms
of the early settlers, the entail of those unim-
pressible digestive organs, second only to those
.of tho ostrich, has decidedly been cut of
aS8ine'e flesh and New England rum may still bf
= nrncinal tom in our national dietotice. but the
. ,,nndv o1a ernicrrnts who srnpi;ed Naturo's ex.
h,nsted MOWERS with them. are succeeded bv 8
.r,at,v di1rerent 1ace. Tho arera4o American ie
naJa tbIn, cadarsrous. dynpeptie. and re1ishes
1ndar-done dnurb ar occasionally. where
there has been recent admixture Of foreign
blood, assumes sort Of Falstafian obeeity, but
without the Injurious oleasinousness Of that
do1,v old lover of sack instead. a sort of bulb-
~,,a ontorozrth anreeativa IT dash of
oue oase-."s' 49, e .-a, go, 0sAA ~
Ha5enne tna' nAs oi'eu 'n7'eau u en-
1iched tho bibulous individuals blood
l. Who that has ever diued at 9 hotel where
4hora w.aa f1ed tonr for fha fobfe trbofe ram
<a, ~ ~ ,,s1a - ,ot;oaa ~ ,,r,ost +ot,1
'au ~ 1a'o no4cea 1lo @~uos4 tol11
eyinced in the slowing away OF the fuel Of Life
II ia 1iterally that and nothing moro. For the
-. ~ b;n.a ia ,noro1v .,o1,ar ~
~ % ~ ~ a-istanes ~ I'D ha ~ wars. a hr
the steam,ens1ne Q, etlstsnee, aha No "orka py
,,ro,,da3 +.h1oa nil, haze f;nis,,aa THAR ,nsol
<aonaeu soo.eo "I1 Lave t.!8noo 'no41 tneais
while tho other tenth are still discussing their
soup or fish. Can any one who has ever OBJ
aervad tba ordinary American animal faed cari1
~ n;e,,ons, .t,ic+1,r..9 uo5 ~ ,,;rror 49,.
~ oAAene ee1e'os AAa 'no tn14o oe1n
held up 70 rs oy one OF ou1seises' We would, no
doubt, hare laughed at the reflection, and
recognized it's truth: but submarine cables
b.d not +be7 nnitad ma eo cloza1v IA thu
~ ~ ..e. ~ -.
"otnei-coouy w "o4e souue auo eoucu9'
and did not Like tho goad to find the tender
place and 30 licked, and took the bit in ou1
mouths, an1 asserted our force, il not our wis-
aon a. other rounr .hich-mctt}ed nntraiued
animals have done wien they were heinr broIen
tn harneaa We ara gradually learninp fo travail
batter Int. in the trot for the stef15.s m tha
cou1ae Of Life, most assuredly ssThe race Is not
to the swift nor t,e battle to the strong"
a1lv resds xro eySlence II The ;ndivi5nal'a chaT.
acter the manner in which Derso1 ents ia cer-
taiulv
Er7nrrce M u1s psrrnrxa
During summers soiourn among the White
Mouutains while dining At the Prof{e Honse. VA
were ris-a-pis With man who YVES entertajninp
IadF At sorna digtance fron, him NTH remarks
in 1at. bass. fortissruo. emphasiz;ug h;s genti-
merits b. Uttlo dabg at her With his knife. when
nver he could spare It from the stoking business,
Elcgant,-we Wondered il any one did but
We thanked with brief thanksgiving
that We we're not the objective point at which
that I,'l1e.brandish1ng vas leFelled
Has1DG thus ruined our digest1ons and neg
iecteo our manners In onr head!ong race after
the almighty dollar, would 1t not be wall to pause
Willie, and among the nesthet1c tastes that ne
aie ulneentiy 1aooIlng 70 cnlt1Fate, not forget !
inat eating may also be considered not only ono !
o. the nne arte, but also the foundation upon !
"hch We must on1ld persona beauty! I'm
healthy 1000, poorly cooked, gobbled, and undi- !
sested, WILL surely oestroy AL personal comei- !
ness, 80" tho seeds OF dl8case, and make Us !
moro 1ea1l' car&hy, and acrimonious than We are.
4 QUEER IDEA
'eemg TO OBTAIN, that it shows lack OF intellect
. @ be heedtnl Of tho matter or manner Of our
netanc5; What should We think OF the man
Fho, "1shing to build fine yacht that should
70 model OF beauty and speed, should psy no
ICED to the STOCK which Wns put into it, and
houid give 1t INTO the hands OF some clumsy ap-
'tenuce. WHO did not know the difference be-
#eea lighter and man-of-war? II he could
|ot employ clever builder, would he not try to
an N some knowledge o. tue matter himself, aud
each his ignorant assistant2 Or, to come near
: to the biped man, how would the raiser Of fine
tock pc looked upon II he was utterly regard
rs OF the sort Of feed which w1s given to his
ho'ce anima.5 (their own instinct would prevent
heir eating too fast), or who, having hurried IN
0e leal, suoula ltn1neulately set them at work !
gam 31 and yet theirs is merely physical labor.
Why, We know
4 FIG
nee aquAdtnped} Who. being too early snatcted
rom the maternal fonnt, refused to eat, until
cc1aentaly come crusts OF New England brown
soad-t1at peculiar co1nposltion Of rye, Indian |
Ieal, ana p molasEes-were thrown into his pen.
urska! they had found it! and ever after, II
ota that infant pig became a swine OF such i'm .
enae obesity TINT he could not Rtpnd eyen tn |, I