Smyrna times., 1882-08-23
Food for the Climate,

We have bills of fare of tbo Mouth
We have either a dessicating simmer
IN which the energies and annctitos
are parched, or the over saturated sL;o,
OF August, when muscle and bodily
tone are limp and languid. and in both
Vi lhese conditions the thermometar
ana the example of semi-troniool
peoples ought to be studied. Frpits
ana 1rult juices we need vastly more
imam meat and meat juices, vegetable
soups the succulent vegetables. the
Iarnas, the light cheeses. the fresh
nsh' the nuts, the grapes. the raisins
the mushrooms and the omelettes tho
curd and whey. Maccaroni. cbestnuts
owes salads, beans, poultry. small
plrds, melons, these are the homo foods
OF Italy and Spain. with mutton and
rice as YOU travel further eastward and
INTO another civilization still. There
Is no country in the world whore
garden vegetables are so profuse as in
America because we have the products
OF Mexico naturalized in the North
ana the truck patches of all countries
except Japan, which is rich in some
that are yet strangers here. Item
While the florists are importing cboica
varieties of Japan shrubs and choice
ornamental trees why doesn't some-
Dody bring over the soy bean. which is
called the japanese garden bcefsteak
precisely as the mushroom is the field
Deefsteak of France? 1t is certainly
much pleasanter for the cooks. at least
the skilled ones, to serve up light
aisheS that tempt the appetite ir the |
hottest morning or the most air-tiobt
evening on a cool table cloth than 70
paste huge joint for hours in n |
hot oven that keeps the
whole house uncomfortable
We are summer Italians. M all
events, and should profit bv the hint
TO Keep in good condition. "You had
better make your lunch ON almonds
ana ralslns, said doctor last week 70
a pampered invalid, ethan thar bit of
-enderloin, Look on your map. III
were 70 put you on Il diet Of milk and
wafer crackers, it would do YOU more
good than all the chops YOU are intend
hg to eat for week. You are heavy
you say, take no interest i'm anvtbing
certainly, you are too busy digestinp TO
nave time for anything else. If Won
would only take My Novel down
rom the forgotten corner in the hook
ases, and turn to that delightfnl
description ofthe Riccabocca hospitality
low the poor italian gentleman had
aught his English wife to make fuit ,
yrups, and serve them out to summer '
hirsty visitors in simple and elegant '
ashlon you would learn how to he l
perhaps to yourselves. You t
you'd consider it a penance no doubt C
De put on German mush and milk O
Ut your complexion would be tho n
etter for it, and you would feel more
ke dancing at the Snug Harbor. A
oou rice pudding and a glass of Straw
errles make a stout enough luch at v
resent, and when you want a very +
ch dish, indeed, this summer. let the !,
after bring you maccaroni cooked II
18th cheese" :
1t is the privilege of the family phy- Fl
clan to give instruction by gibes and o.
treats; but here is huge family of m
early million Philadelphians. and >.
leIr neighbors in the country round I
no are troubling themselves to get a 81
ussian-English diet three times a dav n
hen what they want are the Mediter- Ia
mean foods until the middle of Ia
ptember at least. :;