The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
he Light and the Wrong Use Of Butter.

An Illinois person has discovered that
bread should be buttered on the, under
instead of the upper side. He IL d rea-
soaing Illinois person, and .he uhas- az
rived at his grand discovery ty q
process of reasoning 1tTH q well
yassertaiped physiological fset that the
Fak6ty Ito taste. resiass Oh ely in the
tongue, and exists to q very small ex-
tent in the roof OF the moulh. Butter
is added to bread because butter is
pleasing to the taste. When, howe Ier.
we spread buster On the 100 Or the
bread. thereby bringing it. into CONTACT
I with the roof Of the mouth. we virtuh "
waste it. for we do not taste il until it
accidentally comes in contact with the
tongue. 81 Now. If bread were buttered
on the Under side the butter would be
brought. into immediate contact with
the tongue, and we should thus get lhe
whole benefit Of il IN y his train OF rtaS
soning Is delightfully."- clear and entir ~
convincing 80. ....,i,,r.y "a. ..,5... ,,.,r
What IS true of bread and butter is
true of many other articles of food. Ne
waste sauce when we place It on the
top Of pudding instead Of ! tia nnsler
side. and We waste salt. pepper and
other condiments when we place them
on instead of under. food So, too,
when we sprinkle grstd nutmeg on
the surface Of glass OF milk we are
-f0Olishly- catering for the roof of the
mouth instead of the tongue, and We
commit like error when'we put cream
on instead of under Strawberries. ""l
The Illinois person is quite right in
his facts and in the conclusion which he
draws from them. The difficulty is
that it is impracticable in some cases to
adhere to the rule which he lays down.
We can butter the under side of / slice
of bread, or put sauce on, the bottom of
q pudding; but how can we sprinkle
nutmeg on the bottom of . glass of
milkP Fortunately. although we can
not literally follow the Illinois persons
advico, we can reach the end at which
he aims in another wsy. stvyosI ,
1t makes no difference "a Which, SIDE
. slice of bread is buttered, provided
when eating it We place The buttered
side downward and in contact with the
tongue. This is g. perfectly simple
thing to do, and it does not radically
differ from the Illino's plan. In regard
to sauces which lack sufficient, CO.
herency to keep their place on q slice
ofpuddiug held upside down, the d fl,
Guilty can be surmounted by the eater
provided he stands on his hesds In
this position he could convey slice of
pudding to his mouth and bring the
side covered with sauce neatly and in
fallibly in contact with his, tongue. 1t
is needless to say that to eat in this po-
sition would require practice. In fact,
there are several grave objections
against eating while standing on the
head, but we are not shut up to the al
tentative of either assuming that POI
sition or of going without pudding.
We ean eat reclining on couches, like
the ancient Romans. In all probabili-
ty those able eaters ad opted the practice
Of lying down TO dinner in order that
the mlghtfickle their tongues ins cad
of the roofs of their mouths By simply
lying on their backs and hanging, their
heads over the edge of theif. .eouches,
the Romans could eat plum pudding in
a way that would entirely satisfy the
Illinois reformer. ~ E 20 I'd
5 AS tothe proper gyays of drfrking
liquids with nutmeg sor nkled on the
surfa the limos discoverer must con-
Germ himself The problem is too diff
ticult for any one but an able scientific
person. Standing on the head while |
drink hg would mot IsolNe it. for tia |
reason that milk or water can not be
made to run up hill -. The only plan
t at su -gests itself is that OF sprink-
ling the nutmeg on the tongue and then
pouring themilk OMIT. Tbs. however.
is crude suggestion, and we should
wait before adopting it 10 zlsara-wha
the Illinois person has to say.-M Y.
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