The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-07
The Right 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 is rea-
soning Illinois person, and he has ar.
rived at his grand discovery by a
process of reasoning. 1t is well
ascertained physiological fact that the
ability to taste resides chiefly in the
tongue, and exists to very small ex-
tent in the roof of the mouth. Butter
is added to bread because butter is
pleasing to the taste. When, however,
we spread butter on the top of the
bread, thereby bringing it into contact
with the roof OF the mouth. we virtually
waste it, forwe do not taste it until it
accidentally comes in contact with the
tongue. 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 the
whole benefit of it. This train of rea-
soning is delightfully."- clear and entirely
convincing.
What is true of bread and butter is
true of many other articles of food. We
waste sauce when we place it on the
top of pudding instead Of the under
side, and we waste salt, pepper and
other condiments when we place them
on instead of under food. So, too,
when we sprinkle grated nutmeg on
the surface of glass of milk we are
foolishly catering for the roof of the
mouth instead of the tongue, and we
commit alike error when we put cream
on instead of under Strawberries.
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
pudding; but how can we sprinkle
nutmeg on the bottom of q glass OF
milkP Fortunately. although we can
not literally follow the Illinois persons
advice, we can reach the end at which
he aims in another way
1t makes no difference on which side
a slice of bread is buttered, provided
when eating it we place the buttered
side downward and in contact with the
tongue. This is perfectly simple
thing to do, and it does not radically
differ from the Illinois plan. In regard
to sauces which lack sufficient co.
herency to keep their place on slice
of pudding held upside down, the diff
Guilty can be surmounted by the eater
provided he stands on his head In
this position he could convey a slice OF
pudding to his mouth and bring the
side covered with sauce neatly and in
fallibly in contact with his tongue. It
is needless to say that to eat in this DO.
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 DO.
sition or of going without pudding.
We can eat reclining on touches, like
the ancient Romans. In all probable
ty those able eaters adopted the practice
OF lying down to dinner in order that
they might tickle their tongues instead
OF the roofs of their mouths. By simply
lying on their backs and hanging their
heads over the edge of their couches,
the Romans could eat plum pudding in
a way that would entirely satisfy the
Illinois reformer.
AS to the proper way of drinking
liquids with nutmeg sprinkled on the
surface the Illinois discoverer must con.
Germ himself. The problem is too diff
ticult for any one but an able scientific
person. Standing on the hesd while
drinking would not solve it, for the
reason that milk or water can not be
made to run up hill. The only plan
that suggests itself is that of sprink-
ling the nutmeg on the tongue and then
pouring the milk on it. This, however,
is crude suggestion, and we should
wait before adopting it to learn what
the Illinois person has to say.-M. Y
Tim %