The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1880-02-20

There was us much wisdom as satire
= kenelm chceringly advising the minst1a
= to sing the giories of a beefsteak instead
i love on the principle that we eat thre
. times day, but love once or twice in
lifetime. And yet it is wonderful how il
noeently we turn over our beefsteak t
Bridget or Dinah, and keep our daughter
I. ut the piano in order that they may b
;. prepared to refer some young man t
, ia, and be educated to make that youns
= man cFnic, dEspeptic or a lounger at
club, before he is married two years, b,
! serving him up food that would make Al
ostrich commit suicide. The aim of sci
ence is to give us good eating. The idea
man Will be perfect cook. Dining is {
matter worthy Of profound considerable
and should more seriously engage the at
tention OF our pie-eatine' men and Bender
Candy devouring girls. The architecture
OF an entertainment, the succession Of
dishes, is one Of the highest Of fine arts.
1t has been feelingly said by a good feeder,
''Whenat the close of a well-cooked and well
arranged dinner, when review the whole.
i it9si=er. L Il! - 1 y ~ st -
/ Baat1asssts--a succession OF elements har-
moniously combined and exqlisitelE di-
verSitied.H Blessed is he who has the senti-
/ ment to feel thus, and twice blessed is he
who gets an invitation to such a dinner!
1t is well known that all savage races have
I high cheek bones and punches Of facial
muscles, which are not by common con-
sent considered beautiful. In fact our
ideas of physical harmony and beauty,
/ very justly condemn too much prominence
in cheek bones. What is the reason? The
savage not having knife and fork to cat
with, and being unable to read Il modern
cook book, is compelled to use the weapons
nature gave him to masticate his lily pre-
pared food; the consequence is that being
under the necessity Of Using his jaws un-
duly the face Of the savage sadly compares
with the well rounded beauty Of the civil
lied mans jaw bones. But as soon as the
savage learns to cook, his jaw bones de-
crease i'll size, and after he has made cook
ing fine art, his face assumes the finely
developed shape Of the handsome Broad
way swell. Data carefully complied BY a
Well-known scientific writer shows con
clusiEely that national beauty depends up
OIL What food is eaten and how it is cook
ed A learned friend Of ours, somewhat
interested III this subject and by natural
bent of mind inclined to speculative /
thought assumes that he can tell the good /
cooks Of Lancaster-not PROFESSIONALLY /
the beauty of their faces. We are inclined
to think he can. The cook has reduced |
the savage jaw bone to graceful curves,
why cannot the same being revive the Gre |
clan face? Our destiny, 50 far as beauty /
Of this, girls, and be wise. The cook is
the great ciyiizer. He invented soup. We /
are serious-Aon't laugh. ''Soup is pro-
Fided for the purpose Of removing that I
tugbs the mind i'll the nice perception of
the harmony Of tastes" Civilized eating
has two objects: to appease the appetite
and exercise the taste. Soup satisfies nat
ural craving-and then comes the fine taste
10 enjoy without animal feeling. 1t is a
scientific diction, that the primitive germ
Of civilization was discovered some thou
sand years ago in the soup tureen. Tell
me, my friend of many bangs, arc you cal-
firaitines tlljs germ, 50 rs 70 assist IN the
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make the soup of nation and we care not
who makes her laws. But let lis look at
this cooking question by the light Of liter
ature and history. Said old DR.. Johnson
(Fe love to quote him, because when in
doubt you can make him say anything and
then he was such a relentless foe Of CAN'T: I
Some profess not to care for their stom-
achs; for my part, [ attend particularly to
mine: and look upon it that the man who
does not care for his stomach, will not care
for matters more important. Noble old 7
man. thy great brain was well fed because
thou ditIstthink and believe that good things (
we're not made for the special use of fools! I
Every genius is good eater and a lover Of
good eating. Homer delighted III acscrib- I
ing the caTousals of the gods. The gods +
squabbleA every day, but when they trot-
ted down to Jupiter's palace, and had
good time eating and drinking, they could /
agree very we'll ana leave the poor world |
manage itself. Scott never wrote a novel
without stout trencherzn1an in il and be
treats his good feeders with such kindly /
humor, that one must conclude tie great
author had 4 ''fellow feeling for his
mighty eaters. Dickens is another exam +
pie of genius paying due respect T. q din
ner. From the veal pie That .smelloU,ef I
the organs OF Veg before he Declined /
and Failed, TO make-shift meals Of Mr.
Dick Eswiveler, we have seen a proper ap-
preciation Of good cooking. So run the
whole gamut of literature and the sweet
music Of praise for tlle good things Of life
joyously burst forth, Caesar was smart IN
choosing sleek, fat men, who ate we'll and
slept we'll, and Napoleon was ulHiSe When
he ate a strawberry tart, got the dyspepsia
sls he should and lost the battle Of -Leipsie.
The W.isest thing aristotle did was writing
a code OF laws for the table. Oh!.th old
Greeks knew how to enjoy life. What
Jolly dog PhiIoxenus must have been, who
wished lie had the neck OF a crane that he
might prolong tlle sensation of taste. We
bet Ea never stuffed an Athenian batlot-boS
o1. nlisappropFiatsd the funds fan then
ian Savings BANK. Plttalch tells a story
OF one PolycIlarnns who, when accused of
various vices, solefnnly appealed to the
#paople. to know whether he had ever y3o-
lated ilae rules of the t;tbleor been deficient
{ III the devotion that was due to=a supper.
The sage 1Athenialls perceived IL tllisso
just 4 sense of oroprietY and ss,cIian habit
I=tal reetitilde of principle, chat they eqtlt-
ted tEle fellow BY aeslalnation. " e have
llosglapathg for the Roman sisfirist who
III dictIetI the Emperor for assembling The
/. Senate to discus the best raal1l1ei- 70 boil
i turbot. ii our American 65'on !gsfesIs would
only discuss wisely such Y lnpHaetltolis
question, what trouble and xeSatiolf should
Ne be- spared.
10 reeapitulate. his ssolss science, lita1.a-
4 ture and the finest sf@ 5est feelings ofouf
! nature are IL favor Vf good cookins-a
fact insist upon II. So letii*; have It. = E
commend tie cooking club III this siits AMI
hope Tor brave and happy results. We
1were1ed to these reflections from resiiI:4s {: 4
4 circular Wa received the other day, stating Y
i that Kiss H. Io1fho.s, o1s Boston, ssi Il.sgsiFe
young Women VI .asall senltttaiF my OBJECT
lessons in coollsill Truly the times are
Improving. eaisss1ali tiallts iAtlEse h