The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-25
> SCIENCE IN THE KITCnEN.
How Food can bo Cooked 30 "a TO be
Healthful.

been a general awakening by tho public
| to the fact that they are Outraeing all
rules OF health by their intemperate man.
ner Of eating and drinking, and nun,er-
ous has been the reforms and scores of
retormers have sprung up on every side
all anxious to contribute advice on so vi.
tai subject. Among the latter there
ire none better known that Mrs. Amelia
Lewis. of the Food and Health Depot.
| Manchester, England, editress of several
health journals, authoress of q number Of
works on food and health and inventor
Of new system of cooking, at present ia
New York preparing for o lecture tour
through the principal cities and towns of
the interior. Mrs. Lewis was visited at
her Office, in Printing Horse square, by n
'Sfar reporter yesterday, ard 8 free ex.
preston OF her views on the subject of
healthful food and the manner in which
itshould be prepared for the table was
impaired.
II am and enthusiast on the subiect OF
health and its prom otion by wholesome.
economic food," she begun, .'and have
labored in this direction for many years
In England, where tho subject is heartily
! entertained by representatives of oiI
classes. More attention is given the
matter in England, from the fact that the
1000 facilities of America do not exist
there. With many, meat ia luxury en-.
tertained once day, while here it il n
drug to the food system, and ia found on
the table at every meal In Ireland, the
extreme to America is met, her people
who labor being obliged to nuke out the
majority Of their breakfasts, dinners aud
suppers on red herring and potatoes. 1t
IL pity that so many of them should be
starving for lack Of meat, which is so
plenty here"
In what manner does your system of
cooking differ from the majority of sys-
TENS now in vogue?"
In such manner that it IL difficult to
d6scribeitin newspaper space became
aware some years ago that by our system
OF cooking q great deal of the nutrition of
food was lost. The excessive heat Of
open fireplaces and CRATES, which arc so
numerous outside Of America, placing
animal food in water and boiling it TO
death and the arbitrary amaIgamation
aud combination of food cooking, all
carried out in no set or healthful princi.
pies whatever. l set TO work and devised
stove so arranged in compartments,
which will equalizo the heat, diffusing il
IN even cir waves to the cooking vessels
ot good Tin, the radiation Of which aids
in cooking. Fish, meat and vegetables
can roast the same by dry heat process
By cooking liz this manner the fibre of
food becomes softcned, the nutritious
juices retained and the true aroma pre-
served. The American system of cooking
IS IN many ways superior to the English !;
the method in which all food is hastily
prepared not only destroys it but saps the
health of those eating it,"
HAS the present system anything tc
do with the vast amount of indigestion
prevailing?"
"1t is responsible for all indigestion.
dyspepsia and oil other disorders to which
q. poor man is heir through the stomach,
that key to his existence. Man ia q lin.
| ited machine, deyiseu to work up force
aud matter, and must be treated as such.
His powers have to be regulated accord.
ing to certain health laws. and those
should be made and educational question
and thoroughly taught The human
stomach cannot WORK up and dipeat
everything forced into it. We harden
fibre; We burn meats and dry out the
nourishing juices; we exhaust fish in
boiling it; we devour half raw greasy
cakes i'll conjunction with the rest, and
then leave the problem of digestion to be
solved in our poor ston,achs. The brain
Is acted upon instantly, and becomes
p!ethoric and unable to act after an in
judicions meal Of foodso prepared. Lit
crary men, men who have to use their
brain power all day and far into the night:
commercial men with great anxieties,
teachers and every brain worker, suffers
to an excrutiating degree from such badly
prepared meals. A peculiar faintness
pervades the body of q victim 10 indiges.
tion, and it is the cause with many of ex-
cessive alcoholic drinking. So serious is
this question that if O reform is not made
in four generations we shall not be able
to consume raw fruit or anything but the
soitest. fibre-anything but like the meals
We make DOW. Parents with strained and
weakened digestions find their children
suffering the same, and this will continue
until there is sweeping change"
rs indigestion so prevalent among
the working classes?"
mo; they eat slower and take more
exercise; still with them it Is an impor.
tant question. Tho man who partakes of
an improperly cooked dinner cannot be
expected to perform his duties with o
clear and comprehensive mind"
What are your views on the economy
of cookingY"
Economy is everything. The waste
in England Is bad enough, but it is no
comparison to wha; find here. By
course cooking, food becomes detestable,
and is thrown away moro is wasted
upon the VIII ole in America than is eaten.
Then again too much bread and meat ia
placed on the table, and not enough veg
etables. Vegetables, variety Of them,
are much cheaper than bread. Have
some meat, bread and vegetables for
k-es.k :!;., fee. c: ae:: (: possible, instead 9.
the meat; very light dinner, apart from
puddings and dumplings, which are in.
clined 10 make one heavy, and q we'll
cooked meat, bread and vegetables will
swell instead of shrinking; avoid exces-
sive use of tea and Coffee cook variety
OF vegetable dishes 10 the exclusion Of 81
much meat and broad; do away with
costly, unhealthy pies and cakes and me
true spirit of economy may be arrived
! at"
"You object to tea and coffee, it ap.
pears2"
Certainly do; l would rather see
the workman take an occasional glass Of
beer at meals instead Of tea and coffee
Tea regard as especially untitled fol
Constant use. Though exhierating, it il
weakening, and creates an appetite fol
alcoholic drinks. The proposed reform oi
intemperance by establishing coffee
houses is anything but reform. It will
rather serve to add to than decrease in.
temperance"
"Are you familiar with the systam ad