Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-02-25
Pies.

Pies are wholesome or not as they are
well or badly made. An apple pie can
be so prepared as TO be nearly or quite
as simple as bread, butter and apple
sauce A whole meal may be made of it
without injury to the health. On the
other hand it may be so prepared as to
be unfit for the stomach of even rhI-
noceros. The modelpie is in our opinion
the apple pie. Peach pies are highly
relished by many; but the peach loses
it's finest flavor by cooking, whereas the
apple is improved by this process. Most
pies So does rice and eggs, and the
custard pie is not only delicious but
wholesome. Meat mince pies are not to
be tolerated by delicate people; though
they may be eaten by men of strong al
gestion, who live much in the open air
and do muscular work. The first point
to be secured in pie is good crust. In
general terms this should be thin and,
when well baked, tender. 1t should not
be shortened with lard, but the best of
cream--or, in the absence OF this, good
butter. Delicate fruits are soon tainted
with the shortening of the crust. Many
in baking pies use too much crust. The
less that can be used the better
the pie will be. The crust should
be thin, the fruit good pie-apples, and
plenty Of them, put between the crust.
Where the two crusts meet on the edge
of the dish care should be taken to have
the apples pressed out, so that there
shall not be wide strip Of thick crust
with no apples near them. An apple pie
should be eaten just after it is cool. Ii
eaten while hot 1t is apt to go down only
half.masticated, and the effect OF the
heat ON the tongue tends to destroy the
finer sense of taste. After an apple pie
is one day old it begins to grow stale IN
less it is kept with great care. soyer,
the famous London pie-maker, thinks
that if all the spoiled pies made in Lon.
don on one single Sunday were placed
in a row beside railway 1t would take
an express train an hour to pass them IN
review. Whoever will induce bakers TO
improve their methods of making them
will be public benefactor. The usual
price for piece of pie in New York
restaurant is ten cents. They could De
afforded for half that price, at pront,
too, if there were no spoiled pies.-Eat-
ina for Strength.
The Danville (Ky) Adpocate says:
" An interesting little daughter OF Proi'
c., of this city, last summer, in eat
ing watermelon, got one OF the seeds
lodged in her windpipe. The effort was
made to disIodge it, but proved inefiect,
uaI and it was thought that the child
would have tn he taken to one OF the
large cities to have an operation per-
formed by a skil.ful surgeon. To TINS
she was decidly opposed, and pleaded
with her mamma to tell her II there was
NO other way Of relief Finally, in order
to quiet her childish fears, her Christian
mother told her to ask God TO help her.
The little one went into an adjoining
room, and shortly thereafter came run
ming to her mamma with the seed In her
hand and her beautiful and intelligent
face lighted up with Joy. In response
to the eager inquiry Of the mother the
little one said she had asked God to help
her and while she was praying she was
taken with severe cough, In whicn sne
threw up the seed"
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